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Philip Erpff House

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Built
  
c. 1750

Area
  
8,000 m²

NRHP Reference #
  
79002287

Added to NRHP
  
20 November 1979

Philip Erpff House

Location
  
South Market Street, Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Germanic vernacular

Philip Erpff House is a historic home located at Schaefferstown, in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1750, and is a 2 1/2-story, limestone residence with a gable roof. It is five bays wide and measures 36 feet, 7 inches, by 26 feet, 6 inches. It features large limestone quoins and a limestone chimney and is in the vernacular Germanic tradition. Also on the property are a contributing limestone wash house, limestone spring house, and the "Arch." The Arch is an underground cold storage area. It has a vaulted ceiling and two niches on the back wall.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Philip Erpff House Wikipedia