Millmont Farm

Millmont Farm is a historic home and farm complex at Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the main house, a double log house, a stone and frame secondary dwelling, a large frame bank barn, and the site of a grist mill. The main house was built between 1798 and 1821, and is a 2-story, five bay stone dwelling with a 1 1/2-story rear wing. It has a vernacular Georgian plan. The property was owned by James Ramsey, whose granddaughters were the sisters Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law of and White House hostess for U.S. President William Henry Harrison, and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison (1810–1850), mother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.[2]

Millmont Farm
LocationEast of Mercersburg at the junction of Pennsylvania Routes 16 and 416, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°48′16″N 77°52′24″W
Area28.7 acres (11.6 ha)
Built1798–1821
Architectural styleGeorgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.79002233[1]
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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 Paula Stoner Dickey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Millmont Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.


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