Troxell-Steckel House
Troxell-Steckel House | |
Location | 4229 Reliance St., Egypt, Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°40′32″N 75°32′8″W / 40.67556°N 75.53556°WCoordinates: 40°40′32″N 75°32′8″W / 40.67556°N 75.53556°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1756 |
Built by | Peter Troxell |
Architectural style | Colonial, Pennsylvania German |
NRHP reference No. | 80003557[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
Designated PHMC | November 2, 1970[2] |
Troxell-Steckel House is a historic home located at Egypt, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1756, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone dwelling with a high-pitched gable roof in the Pennsylvania-German style. It measures 48 feet long and 35 feet wide. Also on the property is a contributing stone spring house and late-19th century barn. The house and property were given to the Lehigh County Historical Society in 1942, and is now open as a historic house museum.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes James C. Dotterer (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Troxell-Steckel House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.
External links[]
- Lehigh County Historical Society - Historic sites including Troxell-Steckel House
Categories:
- Historic house museums in Pennsylvania
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1851
- Houses in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Museums in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania state historical marker significations
- 1851 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Historic House Museums of the Pennsylvania Germans
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania museum stubs