Hite House is an historic hotel building which is located in Stoystown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Hite House | |
 The house in October 2014 | |
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| Location | 121 W. Main St., Stoystown, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°6′13″N 78°57′17″W / 40.10361°N 78.95472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1853, c. 1914, 1920 |
| MPS | Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor Historic Resources: Franklin to Westmoreland Counties MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001428[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1998 |
Part of the Stoystown Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
History and architectural features
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A 3+1⁄2-story, L-shaped, wood-frame building with a brick veneer on a stone foundation, Hite House features a twelve-foot-deep, one-story porch across its front facade.
The original building was built in 1853 by John H. Hite, and was then extensively enlarged and remodeled sometime around 1914, and again in 1920.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, it is included in the Stoystown Historic District.[1]
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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-13. Note: This includes B. Raid (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hite House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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