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Benjamin B. Leas House

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Summary

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Benjamin B. Leas House
image	Benjamin B. Leas House south and east sides.jpg
caption	The house in September 2014
location	US 522, Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Pennsylvania#USA
built	1755, 1850
architect	Benjamin B. Leas
architecture	Greek Revival
added	February 23, 1984
area	2.8 acre
refnum	84003401

Benjamin B. Leas House, also known as Shirleysburg Female Seminary, Fort Shirley Site, and "The Rock," is a historic home located at Shirleysburg in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1850, and is a -story, rectangular red brick building, five-bays wide and measuring 41 feet by 32 feet. It has a rear kitchen / servant's quarters wing. The house is in the Greek Revival style. The house was built on the site of Fort Shirley, originally built in 1755. The house was used for a seminary from 1855 to 1866, as a rest-home for members of the German Baptist Church from 1885 to 1893, then housed the Shirleysburg Female Seminary until about 1903.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

{{NRISref
George John Drobnock. (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Leas, Benjamin B., House". National Archives and Records Administration.

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