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The John P. Jefferson House, also known as the Jefferson Tea House and YWCA Residence, is an historic American home that is located in
Warren A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Angl ...
,
Warren County, Pennsylvania Warren County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,587. Its county seat is Warren. The county was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford Coun ...
. 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 1985.


History and architectural features

Built in 1890, this historic structure is a three-story, stone and shingled dwelling that was designed in a
Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...
style. It features a steep hipped roof, four tall chimney stacks, a semi-circular turret, porch supported by massive stone columns, and bay windows. ''Note:'' This includes The Jefferson House is currently occupied by the administrative offices of the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College. 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 1985.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferson, John P., House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1890 Houses in Warren County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Warren, Pennsylvania