The Nathan Michener House is an historic, American home that is located in

South Coventry Township South Coventry Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,604 at the 2010 census. History The township derives its name from Coventry, England, the native home of an early settler. Coventry Hal ...

, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History and architectural features

Built circa 1813, this historic structure is a -story, four-bay by two-bay,

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

dwelling that was designed in a transitional Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof and end chimneys, and features large corner

quoin Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. According to one 19th century encyclopedia, t ...

s. It also has a one-story, fieldstone sunporch with a pyramidal roof. ''Note:'' This includes The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Michener, Nathan, House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival houses in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1813 Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania