- Old Economy
Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Old Economy, Pennsylvania, USA
nhld=yes
caption = The Rapp house in Old Economy Village, Pennsylvania.
location = Beaver County,Pennsylvania , USA
nearest_city=Ambridge, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 35
lat_seconds = 46.17
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 80
long_minutes = 13
long_seconds = 58.8
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area = 6 acres (0.024 km²)
built =1824
architect=George Rapp and Frederick Reichert Rapp
architecture= 19th Century German-American
designated_nhl =June 23 ,1965 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=474&ResourceType=District
title=Old Economy |accessdate=2008-02-10|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =October 15 ,1966 cite 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 =Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
refnum=66000644Old Economy, also known as
Old Economy Village , founded in 1824, was the third and final settlement of theHarmony Society . It is located onPennsylvania Route 65 , within the town ofAmbridge, Pennsylvania , USA. It was declared aNational Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000644.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Economy National Historic Landmark / Old Economy/Ambridge] |2500 KB|date=June, 1986 |author=Christina M Schmidlapp |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000644.pdf "Accompanying 37 photos, from 1974 and other dates."] |4700 KB]External links
* [http://www.oldeconomyvillage.org/ Old Economy Village Museum]
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