File:Andalusia, The Graperies, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA HABS PA,9-ANDA,1D- (sheet 1 of 1).tif

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HABS PA,9-ANDA,1D- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andalusia, The Graperies, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA
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Walter, Thomas U
Mellor, Meigs and Howe
Rosenblum, Martin J, historian
McCown, Susan, historian
Barker, John H, delineator
Rosenblum, Martin J, delineator
Title
HABS PA,9-ANDA,1D- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andalusia, The Graperies, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Bucks County; Andalusia
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,9-ANDA,1D- (sheet 1 of 1)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The graperies attributed to Thomas U. Walter were one of the largest greenhouse-type structure of the time probably built in this country. The purpose of the graperies was indoor cultivation of grapes. In 1834 a glazed forcing house (a type of greenhouse) was built. Each grapery consisted of a long wall and a roofed structure. In 1838 an engine house was built to house steam engine, which pumped water up from the river to the water tower. Improvements were also made to the forcing houses that year...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-189
  • Survey number: HABS PA-1248-D
  • Building/structure dates: 1834-1836 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000649.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1395.sheet.00001a
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Object location40° 04′ 09.98″ N, 74° 58′ 18.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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