Robert Fulton Birthplace

Infobox_nrhp | name =Robert Fulton Birthplace
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Quarryville, Pennsylvania
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1765
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= January 29, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=497&ResourceType=Building
title=Robert Fulton Birthplace |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=66000670

Robert Fulton Birthplace is a stone house that was the birthplace of inventor Robert Fulton.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000670.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert Fulton Birthplace] |399 KB|date=1974(?) |author=Richard E. Greenwood |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000670.pdf "Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, from 1963, 1972, and 1974."] |1.67 MB]

It is located approximately 8 miles south of Quarryville, Pennsylvania on U.S. Route 22 or 7.5 miles south on U.S. Route 222.

The Southern Lancaster Historical Society gives weekend tours of the house from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

References

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paslchs/ Southern Lancaster Historical Society]