Fort Hunter Historic District | |
.jpg) Frame barn across Old 22 from the McAllister House | |
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| Location | U.S. 22, Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′29″N 76°54′30″W / 40.34139°N 76.90833°W |
| Area | 32 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Georgian, High Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002216[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 17, 1979 |
| Designated PHMC | July 3, 1947[2] |
Fort Hunter Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Hunter, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and one contributing structure. The area has seen continuous settlement since the early 1700s and once was the site of an early supply fort (Fort Hunter) and garrison. Also in the district are the remains of a section of the Pennsylvania Canal. Notable buildings include the separately listed Archibald McAllister House, a spring house, Everhart Covered Bridge, large frame barn (1876), corn crib, farm house, blacksmith shop, stone stable barn, Hunter's House or Old Hotel, ice house, and archaeological sites for Fort Hunter, the garrison, Hunter's Mill, and the Pennsylvania Canal.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ "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 2011-11-14. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Hunter Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.