Riverside Farm (Erwinna, Pennsylvania) Explained

Riverside Farm
Location:River and Headquarters Rds., near Erwinna, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.5003°N -75.0683°W
Built:c. 1870-1883
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:April 21, 1988
Refnum:88000461

Riverside Farm, also known as Evermay-on-the-Delaware, is an historic, American hotel that is located near Erwinna, Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History and architectural features

The house is a three-and-one-half-story, six-bay, frame, vernacular dwelling with Greek Revival and Italianate influences. The oldest section of the main house was built during the late eighteenth century as a two-story, three-bay frame structure. Additions to the house occurred were made roughly between 1870 and 1883, when this structure took its present form.

A stairwell addition was built in 1982. The front facade features a one-story, flat roofed porch. Also located on the property are a contributing tenant house, a carriage house, a shed, and a ice house. The house was built as a private dwelling, then converted for use as a hotel and resort starting about 1870. It operated as an inn until 1930. It reopened in 1982 as a bed-and-breakfast known as EverMay On-The-Delaware.[1] But was closed in 2005 and now operates as a private residence.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-10-08. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H090559_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Riverside Farm]. 2012-10-01. Judith Hayman Moore and William Sisson. PDF. 1988.