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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1823/00/00 Thomas B Hoover Developer Thomas B Hoover buys three contiguous lots, c 1.5 acres, for $550.
1825/00/00 Thomas B Hoover Architect The Witherspoon-Hunter House is probably built between 1823 and 1831. Built of wood, the residence sits on a raised brick basement.
1831/00/00 Isaac D Witherspoon Home Isaac D Witherspoon, a lawyer, purchases "the lot whereon the said Thomas B Hoover now resides" $3,000.
1880/00/00 The executor of the estate of I D Witherspoon sells the property to John Jackson Hunter (1844-1913). A veteran of the Civil War States, Hunter established a successful dry goods business in York in 1876. He also served as mayor of the town.

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Particulars for Witherspoon-Hunter House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 7th February 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Witherspoon-Hunter House
Registry Address: 15 W. Liberty St.
Registry Number: 78002536
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Hoover,Thomas B.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1825
Associated People: Witherspoon,Isaac D.,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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