Millmont Farm Explained

Millmont Farm
Coordinates:39.8044°N -77.8733°W
Built:1798–1821
Architecture:Georgian vernacular
Added:April 27, 1979
Refnum:79002233

The Millmont Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

This property includes the main house, a double log house, a stone and frame secondary dwelling, a large frame bank barn, and the site of a grist mill. The main house was built between 1798 and 1821, and is a two-story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a -story rear wing. It has a vernacular, Georgian plan. The property was owned by James Ramsey, whose granddaughters were the sisters Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law of and White House hostess for U.S. President William Henry Harrison, and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison (1810–1850), mother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000895_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Millmont Farm ]. 2012-02-04. Paula Stoner Dickey . PDF. n.d..