Stroud Mansion Explained

Stroud Mansion
Location:Main and 9th Sts., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.9844°N -75.1986°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Stroud Mansion
Built:1795
Added:August 1, 1979
Refnum:79002297

Stroud Mansion is an historic house located in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

Built circa 1795, this historic structure is a -story building with a pedimented gable roof and a -story rear wing. The main section measures fifty feet by forty feet, with the rear wing measuring twenty-eight feet by twenty-four feet, four inches.

Built by Stroudsburg's founder Jacob Stroud for his son, John Stroud, it remained in the Stroud family until 1893, although it was leased for a time for use as a store and as a boarding house. It now houses the Monroe County Historical Association.[1]

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

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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. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000586_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stroud Mansion]. 2012-03-24. Florence E. Scholla and Susan M. Zacher. PDF. n.d..