George Wilson Homestead | |
Location in
Pennsylvania | |
Nearest city | Southwest of Centennial on Pennsylvania Route 550, Halfmoon Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°45′19″N 78°4′5″W / 40.75528°N 78.06806°W |
Area | 12.4 acres (5.0 ha) |
Built | 1810 |
Built by | George Wilson |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 82003776 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 24, 1982 |
The George Wilson Homestead is an historic home which is located in Halfmoon Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The original owner of this home, George Wilson, was a pioneer Quaker settler in the Halfmoon Valley. [2]
Built in 1810, Wilson's home is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay, limestone and sandstone dwelling with a medium pitch gable roof. The house measures forty feet by twenty-five feet, and was designed in the Georgian style. [2]
A one-and-one-half-story, sixteen square foot addition was built circa 1870. Also located on the property are a number of contributing outbuildings, including a barn, which was erected circa 1820, a carriage shed, a storage garage that was built sometime during the 1930s, a saltbox shed, a gable shed, two corn cribs, and an ice house. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]