John Bishop House

{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = John Bishop House

| nrhp_type =

| image = John Bishop House.JPG

| caption = John Bishop House, March 2011

| location = Perkiomen Avenue east of Reading, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|18|2|N|75|50|56|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = c. 1770

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Other, Palladian Colonial Revival

| added = June 27, 1985

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 85001390{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

John Bishop House is a historic home located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a colonial Georgian dwelling in the Palladian style. It was built about 1770, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story stone dwelling with a gable roof and two-story addition. It features a cut stone facade, Georgian entryway, and open staircase rising three stories.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-08-25| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H064328_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Bishop House| accessdate = 2012-08-22| author = Richard Levengood and Dale Wayne Slusser| format = PDF| date = November 1984}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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