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Open Gate Farm, House, Ridge Road, 1 mile East of Elephant Road, Perkasie, Bucks County, PA
Summary
Significance: Stone farmhouse displaying the additive quality typical of Bucks County farmhouse architecture. The entire house was built in sections, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It has a number of interesting intact features such the large double cooking fireplace in the summer kitchen, corner fireplaces in the living room, a Rumford fireplace in an upstairs bedroom, exposed summer and floor beams, winder stairs, etc.
Survey number: HABS PA-5589
Building/structure dates: after. 1763- before. 1804 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1809 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Trough, Rudolph
Schaffhousen, Florence Platt
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Location
Perkasie (Pa.), 40.40965, -75.22314
Source
Library of Congress
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
