Daniel Royer House
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Daniel Royer House is a historic home located at Woodbury Township
, Blair County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in at least two sections. The oldest section is a three-bay, two story stone section built about 1815. Built about the same time was a 1 1/2 story clapboard section. A two bay by five bay wing addition was probably built in the 1840s. It features a two-story porch across the length of the addition. The house is associated with the Royer family; early settlers of Woodbury Township and prominent in the local iron making industry.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1975.
Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Woodbury Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Blair County, Pennsylvania
-Significant Topographic Features:*Brush Mountain*Logan Valley*Morrison Cove*Tussey Mountain-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 129,144 people, 51,518 households, and 34,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 246 people per square mile . There were 55,061...
. It was built in at least two sections. The oldest section is a three-bay, two story stone section built about 1815. Built about the same time was a 1 1/2 story clapboard section. A two bay by five bay wing addition was probably built in the 1840s. It features a two-story porch across the length of the addition. The house is associated with the Royer family; early settlers of Woodbury Township and prominent in the local iron making industry.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1975.
External links
- Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile North of Township Road 392, Williamsburg vicinity, Blair, PA: 5 photos, 3 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey