Chestnut Street Log House

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


Chestnut Street Log House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Chestnut Street Log House, November 2011
40°20′15″N 76°25′46″W / 40.33750°N 76.42944°W / 40.33750; -76.42944
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	c. 1772
Architectural style	Pennsylvania German log; Vernacular architecture
NRHP reference No.	78002424^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1978

Chestnut Street Log House is a historic home located in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was built around 1772, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular log residence on a limestone foundation. It is three bays wide and one bay deep, with a gable roof, and central fireplace. It is believed to have been raised 1 1/2-feet about 1850, and according to National Register of Historic Places records was restored to its 1700s appearance around 1978.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-02. Note: This includes Thomas E. Jones; Gerald Collins; Vicki Bernardo; Beverly J. Manbeck (1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chestnut Street Log House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-02.