Simon Cameron House and Bank
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Simon Cameron House and Bank consists of a historic home and bank
building located at Middletown
, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
. The house was built about 1833, and is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, brick building with a typical half-Georgian plan. Attached to the house is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, stone building, also with a typical half-Georgian plan. The stone structure originally housed the Cameron Bank, chartered in 1832. It was the primary home for the Simon Cameron (1799-1889) family from 1832 to 1855. Simon Cameron's son J. Donald Cameron
(1833-1918) was born in the house.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976.
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
building located at Middletown
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Middletown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, nine miles southeast of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital...
. The house was built about 1833, and is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, brick building with a typical half-Georgian plan. Attached to the house is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, stone building, also with a typical half-Georgian plan. The stone structure originally housed the Cameron Bank, chartered in 1832. It was the primary home for the Simon Cameron (1799-1889) family from 1832 to 1855. Simon Cameron's son J. Donald Cameron
J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for twenty years....
(1833-1918) was born in the house.
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 1976.