Riverside Farm (Erwinna, Pennsylvania)

Riverside Farm
Evermay-on-the-Delaware, September 2010
LocationRiver and Headquarters Rds., near Erwinna, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°30′1″N 75°4′6″W / 40.50028°N 75.06833°W / 40.50028; -75.06833
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Builtc. 1870-1883
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.88000461[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1988

Riverside Farm, also known as Evermay-on-the-Delaware, is an historic, American hotel that is located near Erwinna, Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

History and architectural features

The house is a three-and-one-half-story, six-bay, frame, vernacular dwelling with Greek Revival and Italianate influences. The oldest section of the main house was built during the late eighteenth century as a two-story, three-bay frame structure. Additions to the house occurred were made roughly between 1870 and 1883, when this structure took its present form.

A stairwell addition was built in 1982. The front facade features a one-story, flat roofed porch. Also located on the property are a contributing tenant house, a carriage house, a shed, and a ice house. The house was built as a private dwelling, then converted for use as a hotel and resort starting about 1870. It operated as an inn until 1930. It reopened in 1982 as a bed-and-breakfast known as EverMay On-The-Delaware.[2] But was closed in 2005 and now operates as a private residence.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 October 8, 2012. Note: This includes Judith Hayman Moore and William Sisson (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Riverside Farm" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2012.