John Bishop House
John Bishop House | |
John Bishop House, March 2011 | |
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Location | Perkiomen Avenue east of Reading, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°18′2″N 75°50′56″W / 40.30056°N 75.84889°WCoordinates: 40°18′2″N 75°50′56″W / 40.30056°N 75.84889°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c. 1770 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Palladian Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 85001390[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1985 |
John Bishop House is a historic home located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a colonial Georgian dwelling in the Palladian style. It was built about 1770, and is a 2 1/2-story stone dwelling with a gable roof and two-story addition. It features a cut stone facade, Georgian entryway, and open staircase rising three stories.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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 Richard Levengood and Dale Wayne Slusser (November 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Bishop House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
Categories:
- Houses completed in 1770
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- 1770 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs