George Diehl Homestead

George Diehl Homestead

Road view
Location East of U.S. Route 422 on Diehl Road, east of Indiana, Cherryhill Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°36′29″N 78°58′44″W / 40.60806°N 78.97889°W / 40.60806; -78.97889Coordinates: 40°36′29″N 78°58′44″W / 40.60806°N 78.97889°W / 40.60806; -78.97889
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1840
Architectural style Other, corner post log house
NRHP Reference # 87000672[1]
Added to NRHP April 30, 1987

George Diehl Homestead is a historic home located at Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular hewn log building with a gable roof. It measures 18 feet, 6 inches, wide and 28 feet, 4 inches, long. It features mortise and tenon jointing, also known as corner-post construction, for the log structure. A 14 foot by 28 foot, 4 inch, shed-roofed addition was built about 1850.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert B. Schultz (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Diehl Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-04.


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