Nutting Hall

Nutting Hall is a historic home located at 205 South Tulpehocken Street in the Borough of Pine Grove, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Erected between 1823 and 1825 for Christian Lay who had, as a boy, met and come to know American President George Washington, it was built by Peter Filbert, a pioneering industrialist who was involved in Pine Grove's founding.

Among their nine children was son Michael Ley (1739-1824), who built Myerstown's historic Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, where Washington stayed during three visits to Lebanon County between 1777 and 1794.

[8] Nutting Hall's construction date and name of its builder, Peter Filbert, reportedly were still visible on the home's original plaster from its completion in 1825 until the 1963 apartment conversion.

[8] A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Mattox had fond memories of watching Decoration Day parades across the street from Nutting Hall while visiting relatives in Pine Grove during her childhood, and had previously restored historic homes in New Smithville (near Allentown) and Aspers (near Gettysburg).

A World War II veteran who went on to become a military historian and author of 17 books, including The Bloody Battle for Suribachi,[12] Dick Wheeler was frequently contacted for technical advice about the Battle of Iwo Jima by film and television writers and directors, including those involved with the development and release of Flags of Our Fathers, and continued to reside with Mattox at Nutting Hall until his death there in 2008.