Ross Common Manor | |
Location | South of Saylorsburg on Pennsylvania Route 115 in Ross Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°51′54″N 75°18′23″W / 40.86500°N 75.30639°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | c. 1810 |
Built by | Ross, John |
NRHP reference No. | 78002432 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 22, 1978 |
Ross Common Manor is a national historic district that is located in Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
This district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site that are located on the historic estate of Ross Common Manor. The manor house was built circa 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay-wide, stone dwelling with a gable roof. The 1809 stone kitchen building was attached to the main house around 1890, and was built by John Ross (1770–1834), who served as a U.S. Congressman.
Also located on the property are a stone ice house (1810), a 3+1⁄2-story frame grist mill, a former barn (1880) that was converted to a theater in the 1930s, and the Ross family cemetery with burials dating from 1814 to the 1850s.
During the mid-19th century, the manor house was used as an inn and tavern. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Ross Common Manor | |
Location | South of Saylorsburg on Pennsylvania Route 115 in Ross Township, Pennsylvania |
---|---|
Coordinates | 40°51′54″N 75°18′23″W / 40.86500°N 75.30639°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | c. 1810 |
Built by | Ross, John |
NRHP reference No. | 78002432 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 22, 1978 |
Ross Common Manor is a national historic district that is located in Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
This district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site that are located on the historic estate of Ross Common Manor. The manor house was built circa 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay-wide, stone dwelling with a gable roof. The 1809 stone kitchen building was attached to the main house around 1890, and was built by John Ross (1770–1834), who served as a U.S. Congressman.
Also located on the property are a stone ice house (1810), a 3+1⁄2-story frame grist mill, a former barn (1880) that was converted to a theater in the 1930s, and the Ross family cemetery with burials dating from 1814 to the 1850s.
During the mid-19th century, the manor house was used as an inn and tavern. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]