Pennsylvania governor Samuel Pennypacker made the Mills his summer home in the early 1900s, and lived there for much of his term in office (1903–1907). After his term, he lived at the Mills year-round until his death in 1916.[4] He was an avid collector of antiques and manuscripts, and many of these can still be found on display at the Mills, along with letters and orders written by George Washington.[5]
The home's dining room, decorated for the holiday season.
Pennypacker Mills is open to the public for tours Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 pm with the last daily tour at 3:30 pm. Admission is free. It also hosts special events such as Civil Warreenactments on a regular basis.
pennypacker, mills, colonial, revival, mansion, surrounded, acres, farmland, located, perkiomen, township, near, schwenksville, pennsylvania, shore, perkiomen, creek, approximately, miles, northwest, philadelphia, originally, built, around, 1720, hans, jost, h. Pennypacker Mills is a Colonial Revival mansion surrounded by 170 acres 0 69 km2 of farmland located in Perkiomen Township near Schwenksville Pennsylvania on the shore of the Perkiomen Creek approximately 35 miles 56 km northwest of Philadelphia Originally built around 1720 by Hans Jost Hite it was purchased in 1747 by Peter Pennebacker and remained privately owned by Pennypackers for eight generations In 1976 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places 2 Pennypacker MansionU S National Register of Historic PlacesPennsylvania Historical MarkerSouthern elevationShow map of PennsylvaniaShow map of the United StatesNearest citySchwenksville PennsylvaniaCoordinates40 15 15 N 75 27 28 W 40 25417 N 75 45778 W 40 25417 75 45778 Coordinates 40 15 15 N 75 27 28 W 40 25417 N 75 45778 W 40 25417 75 45778Area5 5 acres 2 2 ha Built1720NRHP reference No 76001657 1 Significant datesAdded to NRHPNovember 07 1976Designated PHMCSeptember 24 1946During the American Revolutionary War George Washington used Pennypacker Mills in the fall of 1777 3 as a headquarters prior to the Battle of Germantown and also as a field hospital for injured soldiers after the battle Western elevation Pennsylvania governor Samuel Pennypacker made the Mills his summer home in the early 1900s and lived there for much of his term in office 1903 1907 After his term he lived at the Mills year round until his death in 1916 4 He was an avid collector of antiques and manuscripts and many of these can still be found on display at the Mills along with letters and orders written by George Washington 5 The home s dining room decorated for the holiday season Pennypacker Mills is open to the public for tours Tuesday Saturday from 10 00 am 4 00 pm and Sunday 1 00 4 00 pm with the last daily tour at 3 30 pm Admission is free It also hosts special events such as Civil War reenactments on a regular basis References Edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 Pennypacker Mills Historic sites Montgomery County PA Retrieved December 30 2013 Pennypacker Mills History amp Events Patriot Trails www valleyforge org Retrieved 2016 02 25 Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker PHMC gt Pennsylvania Governors www phmc state pa us Retrieved 2016 02 25 Pennypacker Mills Scope of Collections Montgomery County PA Archived from the original on December 31 2013 Retrieved December 30 2013 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pennypacker Mills Pennypacker Mills visitors website A History of Schwenksville including detailed history of Samuel and the Mills Montgomery County website including a photographic tour of Pennypacker Mills This article about a property in Montgomery County Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Pennsylvania museum related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pennypacker Mills amp oldid 1102562055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
