Israel Platt Pardee Mansion

Israel Platt Pardee Mansion

Main house in 2013
Location 235 N. Laurel St. and 28 Aspen St., Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°57′36″N 75°58′22″W / 40.96000°N 75.97278°W / 40.96000; -75.97278Coordinates: 40°57′36″N 75°58′22″W / 40.96000°N 75.97278°W / 40.96000; -75.97278
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1893
Architect Barber, George W.
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 84003487[1]
Added to NRHP January 12, 1984

Israel Platt Pardee Mansion is a historic home located at Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1893. It is a large, 3-story, 19 room, clapboarded Victorian dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It measures approximately 50 feet wide, 75 feet deep, and 50 feet tall. It features a huge, tin-roofed wraparound porch and a turret. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house. The house was built by Israel Platt Pardee (1852 - 1934), son of Ario Pardee (1810 - 1892) founder of Hazleton.[2]

Carriage House

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Gordon T. Muckler (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Israel Platt Pardee Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-13.


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