Schoonover Mountain House

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

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| name = Schoonover Mountain House

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| image = Schoonover Mountain House DWG NPS.jpg

| caption = Schoonover Mountain House

| location = South of Bushkill, Middle Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|41|4|44|N|75|0|48|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = c. 1850-1860

| architect OR builder =

| added = August 21, 1979

| area = {{convert|2.8|acre}}

| refnum = 79000245{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Schoonover Mountain House, also known as the Schoonover Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

The original section of this historic house was built roughly between 1850 and 1860, and was enlarged at least three times by 1900. It is a large, rambling, two-story, L-shaped, frame banked dwelling. It is five bays wide, has a slate covered gable roof, and features a one-story wraparound porch.

It was owned by the locally prominent Schoonover family, and was operated during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as a vacation and boarding house.{{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}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H000588_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Schoonover Mountain House| accessdate = 2012-03-24| author = Wayne K. Bodle| format = PDF| date= April 1977}}

Schoonover Mountain House

History and architectural features

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