Millmont Farm

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
United States historic place
Millmont Farm
39°48′16″N 77°52′24″W / 39.80444°N 77.87333°W / 39.80444; -77.87333
Area28.7 acres (11.6 ha)
Built1798–1821
Architectural styleGeorgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.79002233[1]
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1979

The Millmont Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

History and architectural features

This property includes the main house, a double log house, a stone and frame secondary dwelling, a large frame bank barn, and the site of a grist mill. The main house was built between 1798 and 1821, and is a two-story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a 1+1⁄2-story rear wing. It has a vernacular, Georgian plan. The property was owned by James Ramsey, whose granddaughters were the sisters Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law of and White House hostess for U.S. President William Henry Harrison, and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison (1810–1850), mother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Millmont Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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