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1738-1820. Built by. Taylor, Benjamin. NRHP reference No. 75001622 [1] Added to NRHP. December 6, 1975. The Benjamin Taylor Homestead, also known as Dolington Manor, is an historic, American home that is located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
False titles of nobility. False titles of nobility or royal title scams are claimed titles of social rank that have been fabricated or assumed by an individual or family without recognition by the authorities of a country in which titles of nobility exist or once existed. They have received an increasing amount of press attention, as more ...
NRHP reference No. 76001607 [1] Added to NRHP. May 24, 1976 [1] Growdon Mansion, also known as Trevose Manor, is a local historical landmark in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It played an important role in early Bucks County history. The mansion sits along the Neshaminy Creek in Bensalem, a township that borders the northeast ...
Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, also known as the Ley Home, is a historic property which is located near Myerstown, Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [2] Added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975, [1] the building now serves as the headquarters of the Hanover Rifle Battalion, Revolutionary War re-enactors.
Elkins Estate. The Elkins Estate is an American 42-acre (170,000 m 2) estate located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. The estate contains seven buildings, the most notable being Elstowe Manor and Chelten House, mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer. Elstowe Manor was built in 1898 at the location where "Needles", the former family summer home of ...
Lynnewood Hall. Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1900. Considered the largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the Philadelphia area, it housed one of the most important Gilded Age ...
Pennsbury Manor. 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.
January 18, 1974. Designated PHMC. September 25, 2000 [2] Pottsgrove Manor, also known as the John Potts House, is an historic, American home that is located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]