Warrenpoint (Knauertown, Pennsylvania)

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caption = William Branson House
nearest_city= Knauertown, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 9
lat_seconds = 52
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 44
long_seconds = 37
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1756
architect= Branson,William
architecture= Georgian
added = November 11, 1975
governing_body = Private
refnum=75001630cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Warrenpoint (also known as William Branson House) is an historic home located in Knauertown, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. The house was built in 1756 in the Georgian Colonial style by William Branson.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1975.

History

William Branson, the original owner of the house was a leader in the early iron industry. The house was constructed of stone in the German Colonial tradition, but adapted to the Georgian style. [ [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=pa/pa0200/pa0285/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=2&itemLink=r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(PA0285))) Library of Congress-HABS]

The house was photographed by Ned Goode of the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1960.

ee also

*Knauertown, Pennsylvania
*List of Registered Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania

References