Old Economy

Old Economy

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Old Economy, Pennsylvania, USA
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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, 1965cite 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, 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 = Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
refnum=66000644

Old Economy, also known as Old Economy Village, founded in 1824, was the third and final settlement of the Harmony Society. It is located on Pennsylvania Route 65, within the town of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA. It was declared a National 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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