Barclay House, also known as the Bedford Mansion or Barclay Mansion, is a historic home located at
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
in
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,577. The county seat is Bedford. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth.
History 18th century
According to ...
. It was built in 1889 and is a -story, brick dwelling with
Gothic and
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...
style details and a
jerkin-head gable roof. It once housed the Bedford County Public Library.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ] It is the current location of the Bedford Fine Art Gallery which features 19th century art.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1978.
References
External links
Bedford Fine Art Gallery
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Houses completed in 1889
Houses in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania