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Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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Summary

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian bracketing, cornice carving, and porch detailing, yet it is planned on the traditional three-room Pennsylvania German model, complete with separate entries for the parlor and kitchen.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162, FN-163, FN-164, FN-165
Survey number: HABS PA-112
Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1948 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Stamm, Cornelius S
Pleasant Valley Luncheonette & Grocery
Benson, Perry, project manager
Hoagland, Alison K, transmitter
Bley, Anthony, photographer
Kheel, Thomas, historian
Clarke, Robert E, delineator
Miller, Gregory Lee, delineator
Moje, Robert, delineator
Clancy, Daniel F, delineator
Shapiro, Steven M, delineator
Campbell, Stuart, historian
Dornbusch, Susan M, delineator
Grashof, Bethanie C, delineator
place

Location

Mount Pleasant (Berks County, Pa.)40.34516, -75.99277
Google Map of 40.3451566, -75.9927652
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Source

Library of Congress
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