Isaac Manchester House
Plantation Plenty | |
Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Landmark | |
 The farm house in August 2014 | |
  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Nearest city | Avella, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°15′17″N 80°27′40″W / 40.25472°N 80.46111°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001673[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 21, 1975 |
Plantation Plenty, also known as the Isaac Manchester House, is an historic building which is located in Avella, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] with a boundary enlargement and renaming undertaken in 2016.[3]
History and architectural features
[edit]The property is endangered by longwall coal mining.[4]
In 2011, it was named to the list of America's Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Manchester, Isaac House". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Weekly list of actions, 02/01/16 through 02/05/16" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Wills, Rick (June 16, 2011). "Longwalling plan called threat to historic Avella farm". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
- ↑ Pitz, Marylynne (June 15, 2011). "Historic Washington County farm on endangered places list". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011.
- ↑ Wills, Rick (June 15, 2011). "Washington County farm named a historic endangered place". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "11 Most Endangered Historic Places - Isaac Manchester Farm". America's Most Endangered Places. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2011. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isaac Manchester House.
- Manchester-Farms, Avella, Pennsylvania
- James D. Van Trump (1972). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Manchester, Isaac, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
