Isaac Manchester House

Plantation Plenty, also known as the Isaac Manchester House is a historic building in Avella, Pennsylvania.


Plantation Plenty
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Landmark

The farm house in August 2014
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Nearest city	Avella, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°15′17″N 80°27′40″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1815
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	75001673[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1975

It is designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] with a boundary enlargement and renaming in 2016.[3]

The property is endangered by longwall coal mining.[4] In 2011, it was named to the list of America's Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[5][6][7]

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
"Manchester, Isaac House". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
"Weekly list of actions, 02/01/16 through 02/05/16". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
Wills, Rick (June 16, 2011). "Longwalling plan called threat to historic Avella farm". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
Pitz, Marylynne (June 15, 2011). "Historic Washington County farm on endangered places list". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Wills, Rick (June 15, 2011). "Washington County farm named a historic endangered place". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
"11 Most Endangered Historic Places - Isaac Manchester Farm". America's Most Endangered Places. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16.

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