Bellefonte is a borough in, and the county seat of, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately twelve miles northeast of State College and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The borough population was 6,187 at the 2010 census. It houses the Centre County Courthouse, located downtown on the diamond. Bellefonte has also been home to five of Pennsylvania's governors, as well as two other governors. All seven are commemorated in a monument located at Talleyrand Park.
The Keim Homestead is a historic farm on Boyer Road in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1753 for Jacob Keim and his wife Magdalena Hoch on land given to the couple by her father. Jacob was the son of Johannes Keim, who immigrated from Germany in 1689 and scouted the Pennsylvania countryside for land that was similar in richness to the soil from the Black Forest of Germany. He thought he found it and returned to Germany, married his wife, Katarina. They came to America in 1707. Keim originally built a log structure for his family's housing and later a stone home along Keim Road in Pike Township. The main section of the Jacob and Magdelena Keim house on Boyer Road was built in two phases and it is, "replete with early German construction features ... including[an] extremely original second floor Chevron door." The exterior building material (cladding) is limestone. The finishings and trimmings are mostly original to the house; relatively unusual in a home of this period.
The Thompson Cottage, also known as the James Marshall Cottage, is an historic, American tenant farmer's house that is located in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The Gilpin Homestead, also known as General Howe Headquarters, is a historic home which is located in Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The McConnell House is an historic, American home that is located in McConnellsburg Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
Brockerhoff Hotel is a historic hotel located at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1866, and is a large brick building on a stone foundation, measuring 170 feet by 60 feet. The original building was executed in the Italianate style. It was renovated in the 1880s to have a mansard roof in a combined Second Empire / Queen Anne style. The roof features multicolored slate. The building was built by Henry Brockerhoff (1794-1878), who also built the Brockerhoff Mill.
The Centre County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in the Bellefonte Historic District in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Gamble Mill, also known as Lamb Mill, Thomas Mill, Wagner Mill, and Bellefonte Flouring Mill, is an historic grist mill located at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Abraham Elder Stone House is a historic home located at Halfmoon Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The first section was built in 1808 and a second phase of construction took place in 1832. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay limestone building. The center entrance features an elliptical stone arch with a fanlight, and a door with sidelights. The house served as a tavern stand for many years on the Bellefonte-Pittsburgh Turnpike.
The Logan Furnace Mansion is an historic, American home that is located in Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Bellefonte Academy was a historic school building located at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The original building was built in 1805, as a two-story, rectangular limestone building. It was enlarged between 1839 and 1845, with the addition of two bays and wings to the north and south. After a fire in 1904, the building was rebuilt with the addition of a third story and the addition of a portico with six Tuscan order columns and Classical Revival style details. The wings were enlarged in 1913. Also on the property was the headmaster's house.
Brumbaugh Homestead, also known as the Timothy Meadows Farm, is a historic home located at Penn Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections. The oldest section was built in 1804 and is a two-story, stone building in an early Federal style. A brick addition and vertical plank addition were added to the stone section sometime before the 1860s. The house is believed to have been used for church services for the James Creek Dunker Congression, later Church of the Brethren.
The Samuel Stoner Homestead, also known as Indian Road Farm, Bechtel Farm, and Wiest Dam, is an historic home and farm property that is located in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
The Swetland Homestead is an historic, American home that is located in Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Alan West Corson Homestead is a historic house located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1734 and 1820. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, stuccoed stone dwelling, six bays wide and two bays deep. It has a 2+1⁄2-story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smoke house. The property was used for one of the earliest area nurseries and a boarding school.
The Mill Tract Farm, also known as the George Boone Homestead, is an historic, American house and farm complex that is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The Rhoads Homestead is an historic, American homestead that is located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The Benjamin Taylor Homestead, also known as Dolington Manor, is an historic, American home that is located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The Morgan James Homestead is an historic, American home that is located in New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Hayes Homestead, also known as Green Lawn Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
