welcome to
Pennsdale Pennsylvania
The history shows this home has had several names ...
Springhouse, The Mansion House, Sherwood, Mendenhall Farm ...
From Heidi Stoever, past resident "We lived there when David Armstrong painted his "Early American" watercolor using the algae pond water.
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"The Stockings Were Hung" Etching 2018
From David Seybold, artist, "I personally have also painted it many times, and done some etchings, and I have tons of photographs of the interior for some more future paintings. I just love old places like this!"
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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Letter from J.D. Wentzler 1962
Heirs of John + Elizabeth Carpenter
Now and Then April 1985 Vol. XXI No. 7
Survey of Homes of Lycoming County
The Underground Railroad in Lycoming County
Early Apple Harvest 2002
Historic Photo - Summer of 1889 "Sherwood" (possibly another name for the house?"
Historic Photo - Mary Mendenhall and Henry Warner - Date Unknown
Reports from past residents describe the headstone at the Springhouse "Issac Carpenter a 13 years old boy who was killed in a Native American raid while hiring a field to the south west, is supposedly buried. There's a narrow headstone with the name hand chiseled in it."
The Springhouse includes a cornerstone with the original owners names and year of construction.
