Nitre Hall
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Nitre Hall
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Nitre Hall, November 2009
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| Location: | Karakung Dr., Haverford, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 39°59′1″N 75°17′9″W / 39.98361°N 75.28583°WCoordinates: 39°59′1″N 75°17′9″W / 39.98361°N 75.28583°W |
| Area: | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built: | 1805 |
| Architectural style: | Other, Federal, I house |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 70000545[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 18, 1970 |
Nitre Hall is a 19th-century building in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Built shortly after 1800 on the banks of Cobbs Creek, the hall was the residence of the master of the Nitre Hall Powder Mills, which has long since been torn down. With the ground floor reserved for custodians, the upper two floors are decorated in Empire and Victorian style. The top floor contains various temporary exhibits and the educational Colonial Living Experience. It is is near Lawrence Cabin, another historic building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]
Nitre Hall is open to the public May through October, in December for special events, and by appointment for a nominal admission charge, according to the Haverford Township Historical Society.
The building's main use is probably school and group field trips; tourist attraction outside of that is minimal. The historical society puts on a "day in the life" show for the township's 5th graders.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 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 ELisabeth Donaghy (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nitre Hall" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H000709_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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