Amos Palmer House is a historic farmhouse located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1760, and is a two-story, double pile brick structure on a stone foundation. The house subsequently had four additions: a 2+1⁄2-story, single pile stone structure built about 1810; a 1+1⁄2-story, stone and rubble structure and frame shed roofed kitchen added about 1870; a two-story, frame kitchen addition built about 1900; and a small frame shed dated between about 1940 and 1980. The house is in the Georgian style.[2]
Amos Palmer House | |
 Amos Palmer House. September 2012. | |
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| Location | Township Line Rd., Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°12′44″N 74°52′53″W / 40.21222°N 74.88139°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1760, c. 1810, c. 1870, c. 1900, c. 1940-1980 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002661[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1988 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-09-29. Note: This includes Ray Ott and Kathryn Ann Auerbach (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Amos Palmer House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-5492, "Kirkbride-Palmer House, 559 Palmer Farm Drive (Lower Makefield Township), Yardley, Bucks County, PA", 4 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page