Speedwell Forge Mansion
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Speedwell Forge Mansion | |
Location | 465 Speedwell Forge Rd., Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°12′56″N 76°19′52″W / 40.21556°N 76.33111°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Georgian, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 06000429[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 24, 2006 |
Speedwell Forge Mansion, also known as Speedwell Forge Homestead, is a historic home located at Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The mansion was built about 1760, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay wide and two bay deep, brownstone and fieldstone dwelling in the Georgian style. It was expanded about 1795 with a Georgian \ Federal style wing. Also on the property are a contributing stone summer kitchen (c. 1760), stone and frame workshop (c. 1795-c. 1850), stone paymaster's office c. 1795), and stone privy (c. 1795).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Speedwell Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1795
- Houses in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs