Conrad Weiser House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Conrad Weiser House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =26 acres
built =1729
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= October 09, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=475&ResourceType=Building
title=Conrad Weiser House |accessdate=2008-02-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000646

Conrad Weiser House was a home of Johann Conrad Weiser, who enlisted the Iroquois on the British side of the French and Indian War.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000646.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Conrad Weiser Park / Conrad Weiser Home] |552 KB|date=February 10, 1975 |author=Richard Greenwood |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000646.pdf "Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1974."] |1.29 MB]

The house is located about 2 miles east of Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania on U.S. Rte. 422.

The Conrad Weiser Homestead is a administered as a historic house museum by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The site includes period buildings and an orientation exhibit on a 26-acre landscaped park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The Friends of the Conrad Weiser Homestead assist in operating the programs.

See Conrad Weiser Homestead for a longer article about this house.

References

External links

* [http://www.conradweiserhomestead.org/ Conrad Weiser Homestead official site]