Emig Mansion is a historic home located at Emigsville, Manchester Township,

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, US. It was built in about 1810 and is a 2½-story,

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-style brick dwelling. It measures about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is five bays wide and two bays deep and has a

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

-covered gable roof. A large wing was added in about 1885. The wing is four bays by two bays and integral porches. The house was remodeled in the early-20th century to add a large two-story bay window and porches. The front porch has

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns and the porch on the south facade is semi-circular. ''Note:'' This includes The house is open as a

bed and breakfast Bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, wit ...

and meeting center. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984.

References

External links

Emig Mansion website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bed and breakfasts in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1850 Houses in York County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania