Olof Persson Stille (1610–1684) was a pioneer settler of New Sweden, a colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in North America claimed by Sweden from 1638 to 1655. Stille served as the first chief justice of the Upland Court, the governing body of the New Sweden colony following Dutch West India Company annexation from Swedish colonial rule.
Dusmal House is a historic building in Gastonville, Pennsylvania. It is a three-bay, 2 1⁄2-story house built in 1839. A one-story addition was added later in the nineteenth century. The historic significance of the house is as an example of the Post Colonial style of architecture found in Western Pennsylvania. Vernacular builders mixed elements of Georgian, Roman Classical, Adamesque, and European Renaissance styles as they saw fit, differing from traditions in other parts of the country.
Michael and Margaret Heller House, also known as the Heller Homestead, is a historic home located at Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The house is a two-part building, renovated in 1934–1935 in the Colonial Revival style. The house has a two-story, five bay main block built about 1820, with a two-story, two bay core structure to the rear built about 1751. Also on the property are the contributing Widow's House, built in 1850, and a mid-19th century root cellar.
Collen Brook Farm, also known as Collenbrook, is a historic home and associated buildings located in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes three contributing buildings: a farmhouse, a granite spring house, and stone and frame carriage house. The house is a 2 1⁄2-story, vernacular stone residence with a Georgian plan and consisting of three sections. The oldest section was built around 1700, with additions made in 1774, and 1794. It was the home of noted educator and political leader George Smith (1804–1882).
Thomas H. Thompson House, also known as Wayside Manor, is a historic home located at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1906, and is a 3 1/2-story brick dwelling with Spanish Colonial Revival style design details. It has a hipped roof clad with red Spanish tile, dormers on three sides of the roof, a full width front porch, and carved stone detailing. Also on the property is a two-story, hipped roof carriage house built in 1917–1918.
John S. Douglas House, also known as Dolfi Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1901, and is a large 2 1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a two-story rear wing added in 1967. The house is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with Chateauesque elements. It is five-bays wide and has a wraparound porch and porte cochere. The front facade features rounded arched windows with wide cut stone arches. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house.
Corker Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The manor house was built between 1810 and 1820, and is a two-story, seven bay, brick dwelling on a limestone foundation in the Federal style. The facade was modified about 1905, to add Colonial Revival style elements, such as a cupola and wraparound porch. Also on the property are the contributing large stone and frame Pennsylvania bank barn, stone vaulted root cellar, frame shed / chicken coop, frame carriage house / garage, small stone furnace building, wagon shed / corn crib, and frame tenant house.
Colver-Rogers Farmstead, also known as the Norval P. Rogers House, is a historic home located at Morgan Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1830, and is a two-story, stone dwelling, with a two-story stone kitchen wing, in a vernacular Greek Revival-style. The house was modified about 1906, with the addition of a gambrel roof and rambling porch with Colonial Revival-style design elements. Also on the property is a bank barn and large wash house.
Milmoral, also known as the H.G. Fetterolf House, John & Elizabeth Eagleson House and Ruth Nissen House, is a historic home located at Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1905–06, and is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay, L-shaped dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It is built of Wissahickon schist and was remodeled and enlarged in 1912. The house features a hipped roof, wraparound porch supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property are a contributing stable / carriage house and greenhouse.
William and Caroline Schall House is a historic home located at Green Lane, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1835, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, "L"-shaped stone dwelling with an open, two-story porch in the Federal style. A Colonial Revival style portico was added to the front facade about 1925. Also on the property is a contributing stucco covered wash house, also built about 1835.
Byerly House, also known as the Best House, is a historic home located in Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The main section was built in 1842, with a rear ell dated to the 1830s. The main section is a two-story, brick dwelling, five bays wide and on a stone foundation. It has a gable roof and three chimneys. It has a one-story, rear ell consisting of two rooms. It is a vernacular dwelling with Post Colonial and Greek Revival design elements.
Cedar Grove Christian Academy is a private Christian school located in the Lawndale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the former Lawndale School building. The school was built in 1903–1904, and is a two-story, three-bay, stone-faced brick building in the Colonial Revival style. Two two-story wings designed by Irwin T. Catharine were added in the 1920s. It features heavy stone sills and lintels and a crenellated parapet.
John and Phineas Hough House, also known as "Twin Arches," is a historic home located at Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The original two-bay stone house was expanded to its present form in about 1840 with the addition of a two bay section. It is a 2 1/2-story, four bay dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features an arcade of two Roman arches added about 1801 to the original dwelling. Also on the property is a contributing stone spring house. The original section of the house is believed to date as early as 1700, and considered the oldest documented stone house in Bucks County.
Jacob Funk House and Barn is a historic home located at Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The house consists of three sections; the oldest built about 1792. It is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling measuring 40 feet wide and 28 feet deep and originally reflective of the Georgian style. The oldest section is a two-story, two bay, stone structure two rooms deep. About 1855, a two-story, three-bay extension was added to the east gable. A kitchen and bath addition was built about 1930. The house was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style between about 1945 and 1955, at which time a one-story addition and deck were added to the rear of the house. Also on the property are a contributing stone bank barn and stone spring house.
Barclay House, also known as the Joshua Hartshorne Estate, North Hill, and The Barclay, is a historic home located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1866–67, and believed to have been designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916). It was a 2 1⁄2-story, brick dwelling in the Italianate style. It was expanded to three stories with the expansion of 1935–36. Also added at that time was a three-story connecting block, three-story west block, and one-story north block. The house was also renovated in the Colonial Revival style. The north block was expanded to two stories in 1998. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house built in 1869. It was converted to a residence in 1925. It was built as a single family residence, but converted to a Quaker boarding home for the elderly in 1935-1936. The boarding home closed at this location in 1997.
Lukens Main Office Building is a historic office building located at Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The original section was designed by the architectural firm of Cope & Stewardson and built in 1902, for the Lukens Steel Company. It is a 2½-story, seven bay, brick "T"-shaped building in a Colonial Revival / Georgian Revival style. It has a hipped roof with dormers and flanking two-story, three bay wings. A duplicate of the original structure was added to it in 1916, making it an "H"-shaped building. The addition was designed by the successor firm of Page & Stewardson. Today the building is home to the National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum and other local businesses and organizations.
Parkesburg School is a historic school building located at Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections; the oldest dating to 1899–1900, with additions made in 1916 and 1958–1959. The oldest section is a two-story, rectangular brick building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It is nine bays by four bays and has a dual pitched hipped roof. The 1916 addition is two stories and in the Colonial Revival style. The 1958–1959 addition is a one-story, rectangular brick structure attached to the main building by a narrow ell-shaped connector wing. It has been converted into a retirement home.
Merestone, also known as the John S. Reese, IV, House, is a historic estate located in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware, spanning the border of the two states. The estate consists of the Merestone House, guest house / garage, milk house, and stone shed.
Dr. Hubert Benbury Haywood House is a historic home located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1916, and is a two-story, Prairie School-style brick dwelling with a green tile hipped roof and two-bay wide, one-bay deep, one-story brick sun porch. A two-story rear ell was added in 1928. The interior has Colonial Revival style design elements.
Joseph Everett Chandler is considered a major proponent of the Colonial Revival architecture.
Oldest part of the house
Door c. 1751
