James Finley House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

James Finley House
Location Building No. 505, Letterkenny Army Depot, Greene Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°59′56″N 77°38′19″W / 39.99889°N 77.63861°W / 39.99889; -77.63861Coordinates: 39°59′56″N 77°38′19″W / 39.99889°N 77.63861°W / 39.99889; -77.63861
Area less than one acre
Built 1778
NRHP Reference # 74001783[1]
Added to NRHP November 19, 1974

James Finley House, also known as the Commanding Officer's Residence, is a historic home located at Letterkenny Army Depot in Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1778, and is a  2 1⁄2-story, limestone farmhouse. It is five bays wide and has a medium pitched gable roof. The house was obtained for use as the Commanding Officer's Residence in 1942. It is one of the oldest surviving dwellings in Franklin County.[2]

View from the north

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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 Harvey Freedenberg (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: James Finley House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.

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