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Miles-Humes House
Miles-Humes House, August 2010
Location: 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40°54′48″N 77°46′45″W / 40.91333°N 77.77917°WCoordinates: 40°54′48″N 77°46′45″W / 40.91333°N 77.77917°W Area: 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) Built: 1816 Architectural style: Georgian Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 76001619[1] Added to NRHP: October 21, 1976 Miles-Humes House, also known as the Potter Home, is a historic home located at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
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History
The Miles-Humes house was originally built in 1815 for Captain Joseph Miles, the co-founder of both Milesburg, Pennsylvania and the Centre Furnace Iron Works. [2] He sold the house in 1830 to William Wilson Potter and his wife, Lucy, who continued to reside in the house after William's death in 1839. She lived in the house alone until she convinced her niece, Lucy Alexander, and nephew-in-law, Edward Humes, to move in with her. [3]
After Edward Humes' death in 1895, his children William Potter Humes and Ann Elmira Humes took up ownership of the house and decided to renovate it. [2] The Humes siblings decided to add new porches to the front and side of the building, which required that the house four feet off the ground and twelve feet away from the sidewalk.
Architecture
It is a 2 1/2-story, five bay rectangular limestone building in the Georgian style architecture. It has a low pitch, gable roof and three dormer windows. A rear ell was added in 1895-1896. The building houses the Centre County Library and Historical Museum.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b [Kerstetter, Rich. "Miles-Humes Building received a Big Lift." Centre Daily Times February 14, 2003.]
- ^ [Montgomery, Dot. "Library wil be a Stop on May 19 Homes Tour." Pennsylvania Mirror May 15, 1976.]
- ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Note: This includes Gregory Ramsey and Michael Halm (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miles-Humes House" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H001632_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
External links
- Centre County Library and Historical Museum website
- Potter Home (Centre County Library): Virtual Walking Tour of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association website
Categories:- Museums in Centre County, Pennsylvania
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures completed in 1816
- Houses in Centre County, Pennsylvania
- Public libraries in Pennsylvania
- History museums in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
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