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The Henry Antes House is a historic house museum in Upper Frederick Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.Built in 1736 by Henry Antes, it is a particularly high-quality example of a Moravian settlement house, with intact original interior finishes.
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation in the park. The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is a living museum on the 112-acre (0.45 km 2) farm where the Pratt family lived from 1720 to 1820. Admission is charged and it is open to the general public on weekends from April through November. [8] [9]
Antes was born in 1701 in Freinsheim in Electoral Palatinate. [2] [3] Henry Antes emigrated with his father's family to Pennsylvania Colony about 1720. [3]He partnered with William DeWees to establish the second paper mill in the nation at Wissahickon near Philadelphia, and later married DeWees's daughter, Christina DeWees.
Stone with wood trim in the Colonial style. Wistar's Tenant House 5269 Germantown Ave. 1745 Listed separately on NRHP. Addition in early nineteenth century. Stone with wood trim in Colonial style. Clarkson-Watson House 5275 Germantown Ave. 1745 Additions/alterations in 1775, 1825, 1870, 1910.
United States historic place Cliveden U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property Location 6401 Germantown Avenue Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates 40°02′46″N 75°10′56″W / 40.0461°N 75.1822°W / 40.0461; -75.1822 Area 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) Built 1767 Built by ...
Glen Fern, also known as the Livezey House, is a fine example of Colonial architecture. This mill that later was one of the largest on the Wissahickon, just below Cresheim Creek, was built by Thomas Shoemaker in 1746 on twenty acres of land purchased from John Harmer on February 5, 1746. The deed mentions buildings and improvements. Green Tree ...
Pennsbury Manor is the colonial estate of William Penn, founder and proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who lived there from 1699 to 1701. He left it and returned to England in 1701, where he died penniless in 1718. Following his departure and financial woes, the estate fell into numerous hands and disrepair.
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation; O. Old Dry Road; Q. Quiet Valley Farm This page was last edited on 19 June 2011, at 16:33 (UTC). Text is available under the ...