National Register of Historic Places
William Cree House
Listed federally as Cree, William, House
Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- July 15, 2002
- Type
- Building
- Address
- W side of PA 1011, 0.1 mi. N of PA 21, Jefferson Township
- County
- Greene
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1750 to 1824
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings
- Coordinates
- 39.89148, -80.04584
- Reference number
- 01000678
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The William Cree House is a three-bay stone house on the west side of PA 1011, 0.1 mile north of PA 21, in Jefferson Township, Greene County, built around 1792 to 1794 in the federal style. It was listed in the National Register in 2002.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture. Its significance runs from about 1794 to 1798, reflecting the 1798 U.S. Direct Tax record.
Physical character
Its walls and foundation are sandstone, laid in ashlar blocks with quoins of unseamed stone, under a gambrel roof and segmentally arched openings. Inside, a cooking hearth, a corner stair that keeps its early grain-painted finish, a chimney cupboard, and a walnut mantelpiece remain. A log wing was joined to the house's east end in 1974, a window became a door around 1900, and a facade sunporch was added and removed around 1920.
Historical context
William Cree patented 280 acres in 1789 and built the house that bears his name. In 1912, 83 acres of the farm were sold to Samuel Cree. The 2002 boundary covers only the surface estate, and the nomination associates the property with the Cree family, the Pittsburgh Coal Seam, and the Cumberland Coal Company.