Peters-Graham House

Peters-Graham House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
From Second Street, June 2014.
Location	Jct. of Walnut and Second Sts., Greensboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°47′34″N 79°54′47″W / 39.79278°N 79.91306°WCoordinates: 39°47′34″N 79°54′47″W / 39.79278°N 79.91306°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1859
MPS	Greensboro--New Geneva MPS
NRHP Reference #	95000116[1]
Added to NRHP	March 9, 1995

Peters-Graham House is a historic home located at Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The first section was built about 1859, and is a one-story, single pen log dwelling, measuring 15 feet by 13 feet. Attached to it is an 18 feet by 13 feet timber frame addition built in the mid- to late-19th century. The two sections are covered by a shallow pitched roof. A shed roofed kitchen was added in the mid-20th century. It was built by Robert Peters, an African American and freed slave who worked in the local potteries.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jerry A. Clouse (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Peters-Graham House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-09.