Hutchinson Farm
Why it's listed
Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, is the setting for this farm, whose two-story brick farmhouse was built in 1865 and shows vernacular Victorian design with Italianate and Gothic Revival features. The house has a five-bay front, a two-room-deep center hall plan, bracketed cornices and a two-story porch with keyhole-and-lozenge fretwork. Its interior keeps thirteen-foot ceilings, deeply grooved moldings and a hexagonal newel post. Outbuildings include a brick smokehouse with hourglass-shaped ventilators, a springhouse banked into the ground with a stone front probably added around 1900, and a terra cotta block dairy barn of the 1930s. The Hutchinson family owned the land from 1822, when Joseph Hutchinson bought 135 acres. The property is significant as one of the most intact nineteenth-century farms in the county, with a rural setting largely unaffected by suburban development.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is one of the few remaining nineteenth-century farms in Allegheny County with good integrity in both its buildings and its rural site. Its farmhouse retains Victorian detailing with Italianate and Gothic Revival elements, and its outbuildings are described as excellent examples of their types in the county. The farm is also linked by the nomination to the adjacent Van Kirk Farm and to the Hutchinson family's ownership over more than 150 years.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 86000321, listed February 19, 1986. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Round Hill Rd. at PA 51, Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| County | Allegheny County |
| Listed | February 19, 1986 |
| Reference number | 86000321 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 |
| Architectural style | Vernacular Victorian with Italianate and Gothic Revival elements |
| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The farm is described as an operating springhouse and a dairy barn that no longer serves dairy cows; the farmhouse is described as well preserved. |
| Acreage | 56.5 |
| Coordinates | 40.24167, -79.86714 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 86000321.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q15227173
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.