Alan West Corson Homestead

Alan W. Corson Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Alan West Corson Homestead. September 2012.

Location	5130 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°7′0″N 75°15′55″W / 40.11667°N 75.26528°W / 40.11667; -75.26528Coordinates: 40°7′0″N 75°15′55″W / 40.11667°N 75.26528°W / 40.11667; -75.26528
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1734-1820
NRHP Reference #	73001649^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

Alan West Corson Homestead is a historic home located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1734 and 1820. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, stuccoed stone dwelling, six bays wide and two bays deep. It has a 2 ¹⁄₂-story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smoke house. The property was used for one of the earliest area nurseries and a boarding school.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1] It is located in the Cold Point Historic District.

References

1 2 Staff (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 Kathryn Stoler (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alan West Corson Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.

US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types

Lists by county	Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester East North South Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

Lists by city	Pittsburgh Lancaster Philadelphia Center City North Northeast Northwest South Southwest West

Other lists	European archaeological sites Native American archaeological sites Bridges (covered) National Historic Landmarks (Philadelphia)

Category NRHP portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.