Daniel Royer House is a historic home located in the community of Royer, Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. It was built in at least two sections. The oldest section is a three-bay, two-story stone section built about 1815. Built about the same time was a 1+1⁄2-story clapboard section. A two-bay by five-bay wing addition was probably built in the 1840s. It features a two-story porch across the length of the addition. The house is associated with the Royer family; early settlers of Woodbury Township and prominent in the local iron making industry.[2]
Daniel Royer House | |
![]() East side of the house in September 2014 | |
Location | 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Williamsburg on Pennsylvania Route 866, Woodbury Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°25′25″N 78°16′13″W / 40.42361°N 78.27028°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1815, c. 1840 |
NRHP reference No. | 75001620[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1975 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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 2011-11-05. Note: This includes Sally McMurry (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Daniel Royer House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.
External links
editMedia related to Daniel Royer House at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6066, "Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile north of Township Road 392, Williamsburg vicinity, Blair County, PA", 5 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page