Packer Rd., Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Carbon.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 30, 1974. NRIS 74001765.
3 contributing buildings.
The Asa Packer Mansion is a historic house museum on Packer Road in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States. Completed in 1861, it was the home of Asa Packer (1805–1879), a coal and railroad magnate, philanthropist, and founder of Lehigh University. Asa Packer was also a major contributor in the Lehigh Valley Railroad system. The mansion is one of the best preserved Italianate Villa homes in the United States, with original Victorian furnishings and finishes. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995974