Adam Fisher Homestead

Adam Fisher Homestead
Adam Fisher Homestead, August 2011
Adam Fisher Homestead is located in Pennsylvania
Adam Fisher Homestead
Adam Fisher Homestead is located in the United States
Adam Fisher Homestead
LocationBrinkerton Rd. near jct. with Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°13′9″N 79°30′10″W / 40.21917°N 79.50278°W / 40.21917; -79.50278
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1837
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.91000230[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1991

Adam Fisher Homestead, also known as Artuso Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1837, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling with a cut sandstone foundation in a vernacular Federal style. The farmstead includes the following contributing outbuildings: a combination smoke-house / bake oven / coal-house, a combination summer kitchen / wash house, and a cooper's shed.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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 2012-06-10. Note: This includes Ralph and Karen Artuso (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adam Fisher Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.