The John O'Hara House is an historic American home that is located in

Pottsville, Pennsylvania Pottsville is the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of th ...

. 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 1978.

History and architectural features

Built circa 1870, this historic structure is a three-story, three-bay-wide, stone building that was designed in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style. The front elevation features a three-story central tower. The house was built by

David Yuengling David Gottlieb Yuengling (March 2, 1808 – September 27, 1877) was an American businessman and brewer, the founder and first president of America's oldest brewery, D. G. Yuengling & Son. Early life He was born David Gottlob Jüngling on March ...

of the

Yuengling D. G. Yuengling & Son, established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewery, brewing company in the United States. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest Craft brewery and microbrewery, craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and l ...

brewery family. It was the childhood home of author

John O'Hara John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent ''The New Yorker'' magazine short story style.John O'Hara: Stories, Charles McGrath, ed., The L ...

(1905–1970), whose father purchased the house in 1916 and remained there until 1940. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohara, John, House Houses completed in 1870 Houses in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania