Archibald McAllister House facts for kids
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Archibald McAllister House
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Archibald McAllister House, August 2013
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 Location in Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Location | 5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1814 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001633 |
| Added to NRHP | June 7, 1976 |
Archibald McAllister House, now officially known as Fort Hunter Mansion, is a historic home located on the Susquehanna River approximately 6 miles north of downtown Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It consists of a 2-story, 2-room stone "cabin' built in 1787, to which was added in 1814 a 2 1/2-story, five-bay wide stone dwelling in the Federal style. The mansion has an overall "T"-floorplan, with the 2 1/2 story 1814 addition in front and the original 1787 cabin and an attached, woodframe summer kitchen built in the mid- to late-19th century to the rear. The mansion features a front portico with Tuscan order columns above which is a Palladian window on the second floor. The entry door has a semi-circular fanlight and sidelights with thin wooden ribbing.
The house is open as a 19th-century historic house museum and 40 acre park.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Fort Hunter Historic District.
