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North facade of 1823 stone house, with 1895 dining room at right. - Friendship Hill, 223 New Geneva Road, Point Marion, Fayette County, PA
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Traub, Nicholas, creator
Title
North facade of 1823 stone house, with 1895 dining room at right. - Friendship Hill, 223 New Geneva Road, Point Marion, Fayette County, PA
Description
Gallatin, Albert; Graham, Hugh; Society of Architectural Historians, sponsor; Donnelly, Lu, historian; Marston, Christopher H, transmitter
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Fayette County; Point Marion
Date 2005
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS PA-6740-1
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Notes
  • Site is a National Historic Landmark.
  • Significance: Friendship Hill is the home of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), a Swiss "migr" who rose from a western Pennsylvania legislator to the Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He was instrumental in arranging financing for ht Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the construction of the National Road. The house was constructed in a total of five stages, three under Gallatin, and is now a National Historic Site.
  • Survey number: HABS PA-6740
  • Building/structure dates: 1789 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1798 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1823 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1895 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000663.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa4056.photos.223003p
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