Archibald McAllister House, now officially known as Fort Hunter Mansion, is a historic home located on the Susquehanna River approximately 6 miles north of downtown Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It consists of a 2-story, 2-room stone "cabin' built in 1787, to which was added in 1814 a 2 1/2-story, five-bay wide stone dwelling in the Federal style. The mansion has an overall "T"-floorplan, with the 2+1⁄2-story 1814 addition in front and the original 1787 cabin and an attached, woodframe summer kitchen built in the mid- to late-19th century to the rear. The mansion features a front portico with Tuscan order columns above which is a Palladian window on the second floor. The entry door has a semi-circular fanlight and sidelights with thin wooden ribbing.[2]
Archibald McAllister House | |
 Archibald McAllister House, August 2013 | |
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| Location | 5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′34″N 76°54′37″W / 40.34278°N 76.91028°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1814 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001633[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 7, 1976 |
The house is open as a 19th-century historic house museum and 40 acre park.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Fort Hunter Historic District.[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 2011-11-12. Note: This includes Madeline Cohen (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Archibald McAllister House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-12.
External links
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Media related to Archibald McAllister House at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-38, "Fort Hunter Mansion, Fort Hunter, Dauphin County, PA", 8 photos, 10 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material