Our local DAR Chapter has been working on documenting Revolutionary War Patriot Homes that are still in existence in Dauphin Co., PA. We have made a good start, but have opened up to the remainder of the State of Pennsylvania to add additional homes that have been found. I have received a few names and am now putting together a talk on some of these homes. The purpose is to keep them preserved for future generations.
If you go on line at HABS or the National Registry of Historic Places you will find information about some of these homes. With that and copies of the deeds, you can put together quite an interesting story. You can also find some disturbing news, such as the very old, Mendenhall Inn was demolished in 2002 and replaced with a new building. This is the kind of thing we want to keep from happening to these historic old homes. By making people aware of the age and history of these homes, we hope to help preserve them.
If you know of any old homes that were occupied in the 1700 or early 1800s by a Revolutionary War veteran, let me know. We would love to document and preserve their history.
