Espy House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Espy House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= 123 Pitt St., Bedford, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 1
lat_seconds = 10
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 78
long_minutes = 30
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1770
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= July 28, 1983cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1477&ResourceType=Building
title=David Espy House |accessdate=2008-02-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 19, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001750

Espy House, also known as David Espy House or Gen. Arthur St. Clair Office is a house in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The house is significant for its association with American Revolutionary War General Arthur St. Clair and for its use by George Washington when putting down the Whiskey Rebellion.

David Espy "was the prothonotary of Bedford County in 1778 and the owner of the house when Washington stayed there in 1794."

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001750.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Espy House / Espy House (General Arthur St. Clair Office)] |32 KB|date=1982 |author=Charles W. Snell and James W. Sheire |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74001750.pdf "Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1972 and 1974."] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.bedfordcounty.net/espy/index.htm Bedford County: The Espy House]
* [http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=888 Explore Pennsylvania, Historical Markers: Espy House]