Troxell-Steckel House | |
Location: | 4229 Reliance St., Egypt, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates: | 40.6756°N -75.5356°W |
Built: | 1756 |
Builder: | Peter Troxell |
Added: | June 27, 1980 |
Refnum: | 80003557 |
Designated Other1 Name: | Pennsylvania state historical marker |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | PHMC |
Designated Other1 Date: | November 2, 1970[1] |
Designated Other1 Link: | List of Pennsylvania state historical markers |
Designated Other1 Color: | navy |
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The Troxell-Steckel House is an historic, American home that is located in Egypt, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Built in 1756 by Johannes Peter Troxell (1719-1799), ts historic structure is a -story, fieldstone dwelling with a high-pitched gable roof. Designed in the Pennsylvania-German style, it measures forty-eight feet long and thirty-five feet wide. Also located on the property are a contributing stone spring house and late-nineteenth century barn. The house and property were given to the Lehigh County Historical Society in 1942, and are now open as a historic house museum.[2]
This property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.