Gen. William Montgomery House is a historic home located at Danville in Montour County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2+1⁄2-story stone house with a pedimented gable roof. The main house is three bays by two bays. Attached to the stone structure is a gable-roofed, 2+1⁄2-story log and frame structure, thought to have been the original Montgomery House and constructed about 1777. It was the home of the developer of Danville, Gen. William Montgomery (1736–1816).[3]
Gen. William Montgomery House | |
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| Location | 1 and 3 Bloom St., Danville, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°57′52″N 76°37′0″W / 40.96444°N 76.61667°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1777 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002305[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | August 09, 1979 |
| Designated PHMC | May 06, 1952[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
Montgomery House is now owned by the Montour County Historical Society and is open for seasonal tours on Sunday afternoons.
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Ned Ritter (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Gen. William Montgomery House" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20. [dead link]