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Hunter House Museum

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1848. 1150 N. Front St.
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

Built on the site of Fort Augusta's stockades, and now administered by the Northumberland Historical Society, Hunter House Museum exhibits a collection of fort-related artifacts excavated during archaeological digs. A one-sixth-scale replica of Fort Augusta on the site includes the well and underground powder magazine built in 1756.

Writing Credits

Author: 
George E. Thomas
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Citation

George E. Thomas, "Hunter House Museum", [Sunbury, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-NB9.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 398-398.

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