Slifer House
Slifer House, October 2011
Slifer House is located in Pennsylvania
Slifer House
Slifer House is located in the United States
Slifer House
LocationNorth of Lewisburg off U.S. Route 15 on Pennsylvania Route 59024, Kelly Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°58′33″N 76°52′59″W / 40.97583°N 76.88306°W / 40.97583; -76.88306
Arealess than one acre
Built1861
ArchitectSamuel Sloan
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No.75001668[1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1975

Slifer House, also known as the Administration Building-Evangelical Home, is an historic, American home that is located in Kelly Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

History and architectural features

Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan, this historic structure was built in 1861 as a country home for Lewisburg merchant Eli Slifer (1818-1888). It has a 2+1⁄2-story, brick, square main section, with two rectangular rear wings. The main section has a hipped roof with cross gables and was designed in a Victorian style. It features wraparound and two-story porches and a four-story square tower, and has housed elder care facilities since 1916, when it was purchased by the Evangelical Association.[2]

This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] and is now owned by Albright Care Services, which operated it as a Victorian-era historic house museum until the museum's closure in 2022. It featured artifacts from its use over the years as a home for seniors, orphanage and community hospital.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William K. Watson (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Slifer House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
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