Heisey House
Heisey House was the first brick dwelling in Lock Haven, county seat of Clinton County, a city built along the West Branch Canal in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Constructed about 1831, the building served as a tavern and inn in its early days, and the town's founder, Jeremiah Church, boarded there.[1]
Heisey House | |
 Heisey House, January 2010 | |
| Location | 362 East Water Street, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°08′15″N 77°26′24″W[1] |
| Built | 1833 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001113 |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
Heisey House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
History
The house was built about 1831 by Dr. John Henderson of Huntington County as a brick Federal farmhouse. The bricks were shipped into town on canal boats.[1] Henderson was the son-in-law of local landowner John Fleming. Jerry Church, the founder of Lock Haven lived here when the building was used as a tavern. Roger Develing and his son John who immigrated from Ireland owned the tavern. After Church owned the house, Dr. William J. Henderson purchased it in 1852 and practiced medicine there.[2] The Heisey family owned the stucco-covered house from 1875 through 1960, when ownership passed to the Clinton County Historical Society.
The Clinton County Historical Society maintains its headquarters in the 2.5-story building, which it operates as a museum. Substantially unchanged from its mid-19th-century condition, the Victorian interior of the house includes furniture from that era.[1] Local archaeological artifacts are displayed in the house's ice house.[2]
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Heisey House" (PDF). National Park Service. August 1, 1971. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- "Heisey House Museum". Clinton County Historical Society. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
