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Amos Palmer House (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)

Coordinates: 40°12′44″N 74°52′53″W / 40.21222°N 74.88139°W / 40.21222; -74.88139
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Amos Palmer House
Amos Palmer House. September 2012.
Amos Palmer House (Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Amos Palmer House (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)
Amos Palmer House (Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Amos Palmer House (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)
LocationTownship Line Rd., Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°12′44″N 74°52′53″W / 40.21222°N 74.88139°W / 40.21222; -74.88139
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1760, c. 1810, c. 1870, c. 1900, c. 1940-1980
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.88002661[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1988

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+12-story, single pile stone structure built about 1810; a 1+12-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]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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.
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