Swetland Homestead

	Swetland Homestead
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Swetland Homestead, HABS photo, December 1934
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Location	885 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°18′6″N 75°51′10″W / 41.30167°N 75.85278°WCoordinates: 41°18′6″N 75°51′10″W / 41.30167°N 75.85278°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1797, 1803, 1809, 1813, 1850
NRHP reference No.	78002427
Added to NRHP	December 13, 1978

Swetland Homestead is a historic home located at Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1797, and subsequently expanded between 1803 and 1813. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, L-shaped frame structure measuring 54 feet 3 inches (16.54 m) by 88 feet 4 inches (26.92 m). A four-columned portico was added in 1850.^[2]

The Swetland Homestead is now a historic house museum that is open by appointment with the Luzerne County Historical Society.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[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 Siener, William A. (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Swetland Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-15.

External links[]

Media related to Swetland Homestead at Wikimedia Commons

Swetland Homestead - Luzerne County Historical Society
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-23, "Swetland House, 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, Luzerne County, PA", 6 photos, 8 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Siener, William A. (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Swetland Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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