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Frank D. Yuengling Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Frank D. Yuengling Mansion, November 2008
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Location	1440 Mahantongo St., Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built	1913
Architect	Harry Maurer
Architectural style	Tudor-Jacobean
NRHP reference No.	79002342
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1979

Frank D. Yuengling Mansion is a historic home located in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a large three-story dwelling in the Tudor-Jacobean style. It is constructed of brick, stucco, and half-timbering and contains 20-plus rooms. It features side and rear porches, a front portico, stone facing, and many gables, overhanging balconies, and brick chimneys. Also located on the property are a contributing Jacobean style garage, formal garden with decorative statuary and sundial, and sunken garden with gazebo. The house was the first house to have a telephone and electricity in at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Frank D. Yuengling of the Yuengling brewery, grandson of David Yuengling. The house is used as a cultural center and education facility, managed by the Schuylkill County Council For The Arts.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

• Devlin, Ron. "History Book: Reading architect designed Yuengling mansion." Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, December 12, 2013.
• Dougherty, Ryan. "Yuengling: An American Tradition." University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Pennsylvania State University, 2009.

Photographs

The Frank D. Yuengling mansion in Pottsville as photographed by Sheldon Dick in 1938 for the U.S. Farm Security Administration (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).