Archibald McAllister House

Archibald McAllister House
Archibald McAllister House, August 2013
Location5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′34″N 76°54′37″W / 40.34278°N 76.91028°W / 40.34278; -76.91028
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1814
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.76001633[1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 1976

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]

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

  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 November 12, 2011. Note: This includes Madeline Cohen (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Archibald McAllister House" (PDF). Retrieved November 12, 2011.

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