National Register of Historic Places

Heisey House

Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Listed
March 16, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
72001113

About this property

Heisey House was the first brick dwelling in Lock Haven, county seat of Clinton County, a city built along the West Branch Canal in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Constructed about 1831, the building served as a tavern and inn in its early days, and the town's founder, Jeremiah Church, boarded there. Heisey House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The house was built about 1831 by Dr. John Henderson of Huntington County as a brick Federal farmhouse. The bricks were shipped into town on canal boats. Henderson was the son-in-law of local landowner John Fleming. Jerry Church, the founder of Lock Haven lived here when the building was used as a tavern. Roger Develing and his son John who immigrated from Ireland owned the tavern. After Church owned the house, Dr. William J. Henderson purchased it in 1852 and practiced medicine there. The Heisey family owned the stucco-covered house from 1875 through 1960, when ownership passed to the Clinton County Historical Society. The Clinton County Historical Society maintains its headquarters in the 2.5-story building, which it operates as a museum. Substantially unchanged from its mid-19th-century condition, the Victorian interior of the house includes furniture from that era. Local archaeological artifacts are displayed in the house's ice house. National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Location

362 E. Water St.
Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
41.13758, -77.43965

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When was Heisey House listed on the National Register?

Heisey House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Heisey House?

Heisey House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Heisey House?

The period of significance for Heisey House is recorded as the industrial era.

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