John Douglass House
John Douglass House | |
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Location | Sproul Road, south of Pennsylvania Route 896, Kirkwood, Colerain Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°51′55″N 76°0′30″W / 39.86528°N 76.00833°WCoordinates: 39°51′55″N 76°0′30″W / 39.86528°N 76.00833°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | c. 1769 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 90001411[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 5, 1990 |
John Douglass House, also known as the Governor Sproul Birthplace, is a historic home located at Colerain Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2 1/2-story, five bay stone dwelling with a center hall plan in the Georgian style. The house was built about 1769, with a remodeling sometime after 1815 when a summer kitchen was added and the original walk-in fireplace was filled in. The property was restored in 2007. Also on the property are a contributing bank barn, log smokehouse, and the ruins of a stone carriage shed. It was the birthplace of Pennsylvania Governor William Cameron Sproul (1870–1928).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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 Frederick L. Richards and Paula B. Kunkel (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Douglass House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-14.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1769
- Houses in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs