Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminster), Johnsville, Bucks County, PA
Summary
Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it unique to the county and perhaps rural SE Pennsylvania.
Survey number: HABS PA-5600
Building/structure dates: 1780- 1820 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1823- 1850 Subsequent Work
Tags
houses
stone buildings
domestic life
war revolutionary war
religions
education
johnsville
craven
craven hall
southeast corner
street road
newtown
newtown road
warminster
bucks
bucks county
pennsylvania
jack e boucher
historic american buildings survey
c lavoie
catherine c lavoie
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
church buildings
convent
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Location
Johnsville
,
40.41080, -75.24791
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html