George Wilson Homestead


George Wilson Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Southwest of Centennial on Pennsylvania Route 550, Halfmoon Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°45′19″N 78°4′5″W / 40.75528°N 78.06806°W / 40.75528; -78.06806Coordinates: 40°45′19″N 78°4′5″W / 40.75528°N 78.06806°W / 40.75528; -78.06806
Area	12.4 acres (5.0 ha)
Built	1810
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP Reference #	82003776^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1982

George Wilson Homestead is a historic home located at Halfmoon Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1810, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, limestone and sandstone dwelling with a medium pitch gable roof. The house measures 40 feet by 25 feet, and is in the Georgian style. A 1 1/2-story, 16 feet square addition was built about 1870. Also on the property are a number of contributing outbuildings including the barn (c. 1820), carriage shed, storage garage (1930s), saltbox shed, gable shed, two corn cribs, and an ice house. George Wilson was the pioneer Quaker settler in the Halfmoon Valley.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Martha P. Birshenall (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Wilson Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-07.

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