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Hower-Slote House

Hower-Slote House
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Hower-Slote House, October 2009
Hower-Slote House is located in Pennsylvania
Hower-Slote House
Hower-Slote House is located in the US
Hower-Slote House
Location West of Turbotville, Lewis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°06′06″N 76°47′45″W / 41.10167°N 76.79583°W / 41.10167; -76.79583Coordinates: 41°06′06″N 76°47′45″W / 41.10167°N 76.79583°W / 41.10167; -76.79583
Area 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built c. 1845
NRHP Reference # 79002314
Added to NRHP August 22, 1979

Hower-Slote House, also known as the Fort Freeland House, is a historic home located at Lewis Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1845, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay by two bay, rectangular brick dwelling in the Germanic style. It measures 40 feet by 28 feet, and has a gable roof. The house is sites on the location of the American Revolutionary War Fort Freeland. It was also the site of grist and sawmills (1772), a fulling mill (1806), and later commercial enterprises.

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



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