George Diehl Homestead

George Diehl Homestead is a historic home located at Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular hewn log building with a gable roof. It measures 18 feet, 6 inches, wide and 28 feet, 4 inches, long. It features mortise and tenon jointing, also known as corner-post construction, for the log structure. A 14 foot by 28 foot, 4 inch, shed-roofed addition was built about 1850.[2]

George Diehl Homestead
Road view
LocationEast of U.S. Route 422 on Diehl Road, east of Indiana, Cherryhill Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°36′29″N 78°58′44″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1840
Architectural styleOther, corner post log house
NRHP reference No.87000672[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1987

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert B. Schultz (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Diehl Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-04.


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