Schoonover Mountain House Explained

Schoonover Mountain House
Location:South of Bushkill, Middle Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:41.0789°N -75.0133°W
Built:c. 1850-1860
Added:August 21, 1979
Refnum:79000245

The Schoonover Mountain House, also known as the Schoonover Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

The original section of this historic house was built roughly between 1850 and 1860, and was enlarged at least three times by 1900. It is a large, rambling, two-story, L-shaped, frame banked dwelling. It is five bays wide, has a slate covered gable roof, and features a one-story wraparound porch.

It was owned by the locally prominent Schoonover family, and was operated during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as a vacation and boarding house.[1]

It was added to 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|H000588_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Schoonover Mountain House]. 2012-03-24. Wayne K. Bodle. PDF. April 1977.