The Jackson Mansion and Carriage House is an historic American home and carriage house which are located in Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History and architectural features

The mansion was built in 1877, is three stories tall with a basement, and was surfaced with Vermont stone and designed in a Second Empire/ Italianate style. The front facade features a three-story central tower with a

mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ...

and pedimented

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by Doric order columns. The carriage house is a two-story, hipped roof building faced with Vermont stone. ''Note:'' This includes The mansion once housed the Berwick City Hall and is now home of the Berwick Historical Society. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Gallery

File:Berwick PA WWI memorial 1923.jpg, World War I Memorial in front of the mansion Jackson Liberty Berwick PA.jpg, Statue of Liberty replica in front of the mansion File:Carriage house in Berwick PA.jpg, Carriage house behind mansion

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Second Empire architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1877 Houses in Columbia County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania 1877 establishments in Pennsylvania