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The Joseph J. Oller House is an American historic home that is located in Waynesboro in
Franklin County, Pennsylvania Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932 Its county seat is Chambersburg. Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...
. Now the headquarters of the Waynesboro Historical Society, ''Note:'' This includes this property 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 1996.


History and architectural features

Built between 1891 and 1892, this historic structure is a two-and-one-half-story, seventeen-room, brick dwelling that was designed in the Queen Anne style. A two-story addition was built in 1910. The house features a multi-gabled
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. ...
roof and a projecting round bay topped by a tower and conical roof. Also located on the property is a one-story, wood-frame
carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open ...
and two-story, wood-frame stable. ''Note:'' This includes The property is headquarters of the Waynesboro Historical Society. ''Note:'' This includes 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 1996.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oller, Joseph J., House History museums in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1892 Houses in Franklin County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania