National Register of Historic Places

Craft, Gershom, House

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Listed
October 15, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86002892

About this property

The Gershom Craft House (c. 1806–1808), also known as Pomona Farm, is a historical house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River about 2 miles from Trenton, New Jersey. The house is as excellent an example of Federal style architecture as is found in Bucks County, combining the vernacular with Federalist ideals of proportion and decoration. The four main rooms of the house are each approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) square by nine feet high. Ninety percent of the woodwork and hardware in the house are original. Its original owner and builder, Trenton businessman Gershom Craft, built the house and surrounding 84-acre (340,000 m2) farm as a summer home. Craft planted over 100 different species of fruits on the farm and named it after the Roman goddess of fruit trees, Pomona. Craft was influential in business and politics at the local level, owning a Federalist newspaper and being involved in the Trenton Water Works and Trenton Banking Company. The farm was subdivided in 1911 and annexed to the Borough of Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is one of only two houses in Morrisville on the National Register, the other being Summerseat, host to General George Washington during the days leading up to the Battle of Trenton. The Gershom Craft House now sits on a heavily landscaped .75-acre (3,000 m2) lot. Also included on the property are a smokehouse, carriage house, and wood frame shop. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places of the United States in 1986. "Philadelphia Buildings Register". Retrieved January 8, 2008.

Location

105 Barnsley Ave.
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
40.20239, -74.78976

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Nearby Historic Sites

Summerseat
Industrial
0.7 mi
Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge
Civil War
1.4 mi
Slate Hill Cemetery
Listed
2.9 mi
Hough, John and Phineas, House
Industrial
2.9 mi
Walt Disney Elementary School
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3.1 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Assunpink Creek (Second Trenton)
1777Revolutionary War
1.8 mi
Second Battle of Trenton
1777Revolutionary War
1.9 mi
First Battle of Trenton
1776Revolutionary War
1.9 mi
Battle of Trenton Dec 26 1776
1776Revolutionary War
1.9 mi
Battle of Assunpink Creek / Second Trenton Jan 2 1777
1777Revolutionary War
2 mi

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When was Craft, Gershom, House listed on the National Register?

Craft, Gershom, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1986.

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Craft, Gershom, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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