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John Roebling House is a historic home located at Saxonburg,
Butler County, Pennsylvania Butler County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Western Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 193,763. Its county seat is Butler. Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Alleghe ...
. It was built between 1832 and 1835, and is a two-story, brick and frame dwelling on a partially exposed basement. A two-story rear addition was built about 1904. Included in the listing is the Roebling Shop. It was built in 1841, and is a one-story, gable-roofed frame building covered in clapboard. It was the shop of noted
civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...
John A. Roebling John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as ...
(1806-1869), who was also a founder of Saxonburg. ''Note:'' This includes Sometime after its listing, the shop was moved from its original location at the intersection of Rebecca and Main Streets, to Roebling Park, along Rebecca Street. It was listed on 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 1976.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1835 Houses in Butler County, Pennsylvania Relocated buildings and structures in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Pennsylvania Roebling family {{ButlerCountyPA-NRHP-stub