Adam Fisher Homestead

Adam Fisher Homestead

Adam Fisher Homestead, August 2011
Location Brinkerton Rd. near jct. with Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°13′9″N 79°30′10″W / 40.21917°N 79.50278°W / 40.21917; -79.50278Coordinates: 40°13′9″N 79°30′10″W / 40.21917°N 79.50278°W / 40.21917; -79.50278
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1837
Architectural style Other, Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference # 91000230[1]
Added to NRHP February 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: combination Smoke house / bake oven / coalhouse, combination summer kitchen / wash house, and cooper's shed.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[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 Ralph and Karen Artuso (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adam Fisher Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.


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