The Johann Agust Sutter House is an historic American home that is located in

Lititz Lititz is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370. History Lititz was ...

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; ), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States ...

. Added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1982, it is located in the Lititz Moravian Historic District.

History and architectural features

Built in 1871, this historic structure is a two-and-a-half-story brick dwelling with a gable roof. Designed in a Late Victorian style, it measures thirty feet wide by forty-two feet deep. During the 1930s it was modified for commercial use. This included rear brick and

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additions. ''Note:'' This includes It was the home of California pioneer

Johann August Sutter John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in th ...

(1803 – 1880), who built the structure after moving to Lititz in 1871. ''Note:'' This includes Restored during the 1980s, it was listed on the

in 1982, and is located in the Lititz Moravian Historic District.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutter, Johann Agust, House Lititz, Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1871 Houses in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania