Ernest Thralls House

Ernest Thralls House was a historic home located at Wayne Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1939–1940, and is a 2 1/2-story, concrete block dwelling in the Spanish Revival-style. It measures 64 feet wide and 51 feet deep, and has terraces on the front and rear. Also on the property are a contributing tenant house (c. 1940), three sheds, a horse barn, open sheep shed, pig shed, and chicken coop.[2]

Ernest Thralls House
The new house in September 2014, built just behind the location of the original house
LocationPA 218 S at TR 353 and TR 522, Wayne Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°45′13″N 80°13′03″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1939-1940
Built byThralls, Ernest
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.99000513[1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1999

The house was demolished several years after it was damaged in 2000 by subsidence caused by Consol Energy's Blacksville No. 2 longwall mine.[3] A new one story house now sits near the site of the previous house.

The Ernest Thralls House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Clinton Piper (December 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ernest Thralls House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  3. Hopey, Don (2006-11-23). "Historic house ruined by mining to be demolished". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
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