Forester's Hall, also known as Forest Hall, is a historic commercial building located at
Milford,
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Pike County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,535. Its county seat is Milford.
Pike County is included in the New York- Newark-Jersey City, ...
. The original section was built in 1886, and expanded in 1904. It is a large three-story, eight-bay wide building constructed of
bluestone
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* basalt in Victoria, Australia, and in New Zealand
* dolerites in Tasmania, Australia; and in Britain (including Stonehenge)
* fe ...
. It features a steep pointed roof, small towers, gables, dormers, and three bluestone chimneys in a
Châteauesque style.
The 1904 addition was built to house classrooms and
auditorium
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s for the summer forestry Masters program operated by the
Yale School of Forestry
Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a professional school of Yale University. It was founded to train foresters, and now trains environmental leaders through four 2-year degree programs ( Master of Environmental Management, Master of Environ ...
at nearby
Grey Towers.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1983.
It is located within the
Milford Historic District.
References
External links
Forest Hall Antiques
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Commercial buildings completed in 1886
Commercial buildings completed in 1904
Buildings and structures in Pike County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Pennsylvania