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Archibald McAllister House

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Built
  
1814

Opened
  
1814

Phone
  
+1 717-599-5751

Added to NRHP
  
7 June 1976

NRHP Reference #
  
76001633

Area
  
400 m²

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Archibald McAllister House

Location
  
5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Address
  
5300 N Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA

Similar
  
Wildwood Park, National Civil War Museum, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Whitaker Center for Science a, City Island

Archibald McAllister House, now officially known as Fort Hunter Mansion, is a historic home located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1814, and is a 2 1/2-story, five-bay wide stone dwelling in the Federal style. It has an overall "T"-floorplan, with two rear additions built in the mid- to late-19th century. It features a front portico with Tuscan order columns. The entrance has a semi-circular fanlight and sidelights with thin wooden ribbing.

The house is open as a 19th-century historic house museum and 40 acre park.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Fort Hunter Historic District.

References

Archibald McAllister House Wikipedia