Shippen House

Shippen House is a historic home located at Shippensburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

[3] The original house was built by Edward Shippen, III (1703-1781), who laid out Shippensburg and occupied the house on periodic visits to his trading companies.

[4] Anne Shippen returned as Mrs Livingston after her arranged marriage failed by 1783 and she then started a journal.

[4] A two-bay addition was built in 1785, and a two-story, brick rear addition was built in 1935 as part of a major restoration effort.

[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.