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David Pollins Farm, “Sewickley Manor”

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1790s; 1849 barn; 1852 house; 1880s. 272 Pollins Rd., 2 miles southwest of Pleasant Unity

Seven generations of the Pollins family have worked this 192-acre farm, among the most beautiful in western Pennsylvania, which has buildings dating from the late 1700s to the 1880s. The handsome red brick Greek Revival house sits on a shelf of land sheltered on the northwest by the crest of a hill and overlooks a rural vista to the southeast. The large, white frame posted forebay Pennsylvania barn is of timber-frame construction with an unusual triple-braced center post. Turned walnut posts supporting the forebay are unique to this barn. A remarkable number of intact outbuildings remain, including a smokehouse from the 1790s, springhouse (1820s–1850s), chicken coop, machinery shed, wagon shed, utility shed, pig pen, sheep barn (all 1880s), and tenant house (c. 1900).

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lu Donnelly et al.
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What's Nearby

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg's Lynch Hall (Charles McKenna Lynch House, “Starboard Light”)
First Presbyterian Church
Westmoreland County Courthouse
St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, Monastery, and College Complex
Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger and Freight Stations

Citation

Lu Donnelly et al., "David Pollins Farm, “Sewickley Manor”", [Greensburg, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-WE33.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 1

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 230-230.

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