Harry Packer Mansion

Harry Packer Mansion
Location Packer Road, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°51′53″N 75°44′17″W / 40.86472°N 75.73806°W / 40.86472; -75.73806Coordinates: 40°51′53″N 75°44′17″W / 40.86472°N 75.73806°W / 40.86472; -75.73806
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1874
Architect Addison Hutton
Architectural style Italianate,
NRHP Reference # 74001766[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1974

The Harry Packer Mansion, is a historic home located at Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The mansion was designed by noted architect Addison Hutton and built in 1874. It is a  2 1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, red-brick dwelling in the Italianate style. The front facade features a verandah constructed of green Vermont sandstone and a bell tower attached to the two-story extension. It was given as a wedding gift from his father Asa Packer.[2]

The residence was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1974.[1] It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District.

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "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 Sally McMurry (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harry Packer Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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