George Diehl Homestead

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George Diehl Homestead
George Diehl Farmhouse.jpg
Road view
George Diehl Homestead is located in Pennsylvania
George Diehl Homestead
LocationEast of U.S. Route 422 on Diehl Road, east of Indiana, Cherryhill Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°36′29″N 78°58′44″W / 40.60806°N 78.97889°W / 40.60806; -78.97889Coordinates: 40°36′29″N 78°58′44″W / 40.60806°N 78.97889°W / 40.60806; -78.97889
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1840
Architectural stylecorner post log house
NRHP reference No.87000672[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1987

George Diehl Homestead is a historic home located at Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular hewn log building with a gable roof. It measures 18 feet, 6 inches, wide and 28 feet, 4 inches, long. It features mortise and tenon jointing, also known as corner-post construction, for the log structure. A 14 foot by 28 foot, 4 inch, shed-roofed addition was built about 1850.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert B. Schultz (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Diehl Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-04.


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