Slifer House
Slifer House | |
Location | North of Lewisburg off U.S. Route 15 on Pennsylvania Route 59024, Kelly Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°58′33″N 76°52′59″W / 40.97583°N 76.88306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1861 |
Architect | Samuel Sloan |
Architectural style | Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 75001668[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1975 |
Slifer House, also known as the Administration Building-Evangelical Home, is a historic home that is located in Kelly Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan, this historic structure was built in 1861 as a country home for Lewisburg merchant Eli Slifer (1818–1888). It has a 2+1⁄2-story, brick, square main section, with two rectangular rear wings. The main section has a hipped roof with cross gables and was designed in a Victorian style. It features wraparound and two-story porches and a four-story square tower, and has housed elder care facilities since 1916, when it was purchased by the Evangelical Association.[2]
This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] and is now owned by Albright Care Services, which operated it as a Victorian-era historic house museum until the museum's closure in 2022. It featured artifacts from its use over the years as a home for seniors, orphanage and community hospital.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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 William K. Watson (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Slifer House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
External links
[edit]- Slifer House Museum - official site
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1861
- Houses in Union County, Pennsylvania
- 1861 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Pennsylvania
- Museums in Union County, Pennsylvania
- Historic house museums in Pennsylvania