Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum
- Address: 163 Boal Estate Dr
- Vicinity: US 322 and PA 45
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1789/00/00 | David Boal | Architect | In the late 1700's, David Boal emigrates to the American colonies from the north of Ireland, serves as a captain in the Revolutionary War and in 1789, settles in Centre County, Pennsylvania on a 4000-acre tract of land. | |||
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| 1909/00/00 | Christopher Columbus | Significant name | Columbus Chapel, once part of the Columbus Castle in Asturias, Spain, is inherited in 1908 by Mathilde de Lagarde Boal from her Aunt Victoria Columbus and imported to Boalsburg in 1909 by her husband, Col Theodore Davis Boal. | |||
| 1909/00/00 | Theodore Davis Boal | Architect | Columbus Chapel, once part of the Columbus Castle in Asturias, Spain, is inherited in 1908 by Mathilde de Lagarde Boal from her Aunt Victoria Columbus and imported to Boalsburg in 1909 by her husband, Col Theodore Davis Boal. |
| Particulars for Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Beaux Arts |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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