Nearpass House

Nearpass House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Sandflats Rd. at Mill Rift, Westfall Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°25′7″N 74°44′30″W / 41.41861°N 74.74167°WCoordinates: 41°25′7″N 74°44′30″W / 41.41861°N 74.74167°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1820, c. 1840
Built by	Nearpass, Balthus
Architectural style	Other, Vernacular early 19th century
MPS	Upper Delaware Valley, New York and Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP Reference #	93000849[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1993

Nearpass House was a historic home located at Mill Rift, Westfall Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1820, and was a small 1 1/2-story, wooden dwelling of post-and-beam construction. A lean-to addition was built about 1840, and the building was sided and roofed in the 20th century. Maintenance was neglected, however, and it was demolished by the current owner, Paul Farrell, around 2007. Also known as the Knickerbocker House and the Padgett Homestead, after subsequent occupants, it was the earliest remaining building from the early settlement of Mill Rift.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[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 Mary E. Curtis (February 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nearpass House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-30.