Phelps House
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American Legion Post (Phelps House)
1902, Wilson Eyre Jr. 45 N. River St.
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
Eyre's compact essay in the Colonial Revival contrasts with his usual medievalizing picturesque and instead tilts toward the ancestor worship mode of elite housing. The first-story windows have been altered.
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Location: Plains, PennsylvaniaRegional Overviews:Architect:Types:no metadata availableStyles:Materials:no metadata available
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George E. Thomas, "American Legion Post (Phelps House)", [Plains, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LU14.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 464-464.
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