O.B. Grant House
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O.B. Grant House is a historic home located at Ridgway in Elk County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1870 in the Italianate
style. It is a two story, balloon frame dwelling resting on a stone foundation and capped by an intersecting gable roof.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2004.
Elk County, Pennsylvania
Elk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,946.Elk County was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties, and is named for the Eastern elk that historically inhabited the region. Its county...
. It was built in 1870 in the Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style. It is a two story, balloon frame dwelling resting on a stone foundation and capped by an intersecting gable roof.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2004.