Adam Fisher Homestead

Adam Fisher Homestead
Adam Fisher Homestead, August 2011
LocationBrinkerton Rd. near jct. with Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°13′9″N 79°30′10″W / 40.21917°N 79.50278°W / 40.21917; -79.50278
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1837
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.91000230[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1991

Adam Fisher Homestead, also known as Artuso Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1837, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a cut sandstone foundation in a vernacular Federal style. The farmstead includes the following contributing outbuildings: a combination smoke-house / bake oven / coal-house, a combination summer kitchen / wash house, and a cooper's shed.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  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 July 21, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2012. Note: This includes Ralph and Karen Artuso (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adam Fisher Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved June 10, 2012.