Gauff-Roth House

Gauff-Roth House

Gauff-Roth House, October 2011
Location 427-443 Auburn Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°35′46″N 75°27′52″W / 40.59611°N 75.46444°W / 40.59611; -75.46444Coordinates: 40°35′46″N 75°27′52″W / 40.59611°N 75.46444°W / 40.59611; -75.46444
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1880
Architect Gangewere, William H.
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 85001966[1]
Added to NRHP September 5, 1985

Gauff-Roth House is a historic home located at 427–443 Auburn St, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It features a wraparound porch, third floor balcony, a polygonal turret, and a hipped roof with multiple gables and dormers.[2]

History

The house was built in 1880 for Mary Craig and Elizabeth Craig Gauff with money inherited from their grandfather. Mary met William Gangewere while the house was being constructed and married him. She lived only a short time in the home or not at all.

The home is a 2 1/2-story, irregular rectangular brick dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It has 66 windows, two working chimneys and two interior non- functional chimneys. Inside the house, is an oak staircase stretching three floors, 43 doors and extensive wood decoration have retained their original finish with few minor changes over the years.

Throughout its history, the home was occupied by the Gauff family in 1880, the Roths in 1930, and the Ziegler's in 1982. At one Sunday dinner, Wilbur Roth discovered the hobo at his table was the brother of a prominent Allentonian. Out of concern, he called the brother, but was asked not to meddle in family affairs.

Kenneth Roth, whose parents, Wilbur and Bertha Roth, bought the house lived in the home until 1944, says his mother was reluctant to move into the mansion, but for a different reason. The Roths had been living in a city-owned home in Lehigh Parkway and she wanted to stay on there. She waited until the summer's end with their children before joining her husband in the mansion.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The home was compeletely renovated in the mid-1990s.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael W. Ziegler (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gauff-Roth House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.

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