Alexander Hamilton House
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Alexander Hamilton House
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library
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| Location: | 45 E. Main St., Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 39°45′18″N 77°34′35″W / 39.755°N 77.57639°WCoordinates: 39°45′18″N 77°34′35″W / 39.755°N 77.57639°W |
| Area: | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built: | 1814 |
| Built by: | Bittinger, Mr. |
| Architectural style: | Georgian, Georgian vernacular |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80003501[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 27, 1980 |
The Alexander Hamilton House is a historic home located at 45 East Main Street in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, is now the site of the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library.
The town’s library is not named for Alexander Hamilton the founding father, but for Alexander Hamilton, a Waynesboro land speculator and wagon maker. Built around 1816 by John Bittinger, the two-story, five bay Georgian-style 16-room brick house with dual fireplace chimneys was purchased by Waynesboro’s Alexander Hamilton in 1842. The house remained in the family until the 1943 death of Hamilton’s granddaughter, Jane Stover Yost, who bequeathed the property to the Borough of Waynesboro for the town’s first permanent public library.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1980.[1]
The McCleary home, once located on the east side of the library, was demolished to make way for the library wing added in 1987. The back yard contains a summer kitchen from the Hamilton era, as well as old gristmill grinding stones donated by Sammy Stoner. The brick courtyard and flower gardens make the area a charming place to visit.
This name is also used for a bed and breakfast style inn in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
[edit] See also
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial — Alexander Hamilton's Manhattan home
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Note: This includes Richard A. Miller (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alexander Hamilton House" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H000880_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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