Isaac Meason House
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Isaac Meason House
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| Location | U.S. Route 119 North in Mount Braddock, Dunbar Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Built | 1802 |
| Architect | Isaac Meason; Adam Wilson |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000707 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 25, 1971[2] |
| Designated NHL | June 21, 1990[3] |
| Designated PHMC | November 22, 1946[1] |
Isaac Meason House, also known as "Mount Braddock," is a historic home located in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It was built from 1797 to 1802, and is a seven-part, Palladian style 20 room[4] mansion. It is one of only 2 Palladian plan "true cut" stone mansions in the U.S. the other being "Mount Airy" in Warsaw, Virginia.[4] Its namesake and original resident was a Revolutionary War hero and early political power broker in the area, becoming the richest person in Fayette County due to his interest in iron furnaces,[4] Meason also served for 4 years on the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The house consists of a 2 1/2-story, main section flanked by two hyphens, end pavilions, and dependencies. It is built of ashlar sandstone. Also on the property are a contributing frame bank barn, two stone dependencies, the remains of a shed, a low cut-stone wall with entrance pylons, and a stone wellhead. [5]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990.[3]
References
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/art-architecture/meason-house-owners-offer-to-give-landmark-away-if-you-can-dismantle-move-it-703294/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, from 1989. PDF (3.00 MB)
External links
- Isaac Meason Mansion sale site by owner
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Meason mansion owners seek patrons to save historic home", Saturday, May 26, 2007
- Pittsburgh Live, "Historic landmark in Fayette for sale", August 6, 2005
- Listing and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
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