Woodville (Heidelberg, Pennsylvania)
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Woodville
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South elevation of house, with kitchen wing, garden and outbuildings visible, 2008
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| Nearest city | Heidelberg, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°22′47″N 80°5′47″W / 40.37972°N 80.09639°WCoordinates: 40°22′47″N 80°5′47″W / 40.37972°N 80.09639°W |
| Built | 1785 |
| Architect | John Neville |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001733 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 5, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | July 28, 1983 |
| Designated PHMC | August 12, 1947 |
| Designated PHLF | 1976 |
Woodville, also known as the Neville House or John Neville House, is a house on Washington Pike (PA 50) south of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. It is significant for its association with John Neville, a tax collector whose other house was burned in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The oldest portion of the house dates to 1775, with a main section built a decade later. It is one of the oldest houses in Allegheny County, preserved and restored to its original condition.
For those reasons, it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983. After being significantly renovated by an early 19th-century resident, it remained a private house until 1975. Today it is a historic house museum.
The house is located on a one-acre (4,000 m²) lot on the west side of the highway. There is a small gravel parking lot on the south side, with a hedge to buffer it from some modern commercial buildings. The west and north sides border on woodlands.
Woodville is a one-and-a-half-story frame house with moderately pitched gable roof pierced by four dormer windows and two brick chimneys at either end. A full veranda stretches across the east (front) elevation, and a one-story kitchen wing projects from the south, with a small garden next to it.
Inside, the house follows a center-hall plan. The stairway rises from the hall to the upstairs bedrooms. A large living room occupies the north side of the first story; a dining room and another smaller room are on the north. The kitchen is located in the wing; slaves slept in the garret above it. All the interior rooms have been restored to their original furnishing.
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