Wilmot House | |
Location | Wayne St., Bethany, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°36′46″N75°17′3″W / 41.61278°N 75.28417°W Coordinates: 41°36′46″N75°17′3″W / 41.61278°N 75.28417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1811 |
NRHP reference No. | 74001815 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 15, 1974 |
Wilmot House, also known as David Wilmot House, is a historic home located at Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1811, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, wood-frame dwelling in the style of a New England farmhouse. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and has a medium pitch gable roof. It has a 1+1⁄2-story addition with a saltbox roof. Congressman, Senator, and abolition advocate David Wilmot (1814-1868) was born in the house in 1814. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
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