Millmont Farm

Millmont Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	East of Mercersburg at the junction of Pennsylvania Routes 16 and 416, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°48′16″N 77°52′24″W / 39.80444°N 77.87333°WCoordinates: 39°48′16″N 77°52′24″W / 39.80444°N 77.87333°W
Area	28.7 acres (11.6 ha)
Built	1798-1821
Architectural style	Georgian, Other, Georgian vernacular
NRHP Reference #	79002233[1]
Added to NRHP	April 27, 1979

Millmont Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Montgomery Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the main house, a double log house, a stone and frame secondary dwelling, a large frame bank barn, and the site of a grist mill. The main house was built between 1798 and 1821, and is a 2-story, five bay stone dwelling with a 1 1/2-story rear wing. It has a vernacular Georgian plan. The property was owned by James Ramsey, whose granddaughters were the sisters Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law of and White House hostess for U.S. President William Henry Harrison, and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison (1810-1850), mother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "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 Paula Stoner Dickey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Millmont Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.