Most buildings have a start date. This one began in 1805 as a rectangular brick structure on a stone foundation, but it underwent additions and remodeling in 1835, 1854-55, 1909, and 1963-64.
In 1835, a Greek Revival style entry porch was added to the building. It features eight smooth-faced columns, each standing 26 feet tall with Ionic order capitals.
It sits in the Bellefonte Historic District and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building is faced in stucco and has a gable roof topped by a cupola, maintaining its dignity despite the fact that it was the site of the Jerry Sandusky trial in June 2012.
Today, you can still see the scale of the place on South Allegheny Street. It measures 135 feet long by 60 feet wide, still doing the job it was hired for over two hundred years ago.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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