Swatara Ferry House, also known as "Old Fort," is a historic home located at Middletown

Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Middletown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, nine miles southeast of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital...

. It is a 1 1/2-story log building with a full stone foundation and cellar, built in two sections. It is believed to date to about 1820. The Middletown Area Historical Society currently owns the building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1976.