Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA
Summary
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend.
Survey number: HABS PA-243
Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1849 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: before 1874 Subsequent Work
Tags
houses
brick buildings
domestic life
botany
west chester pa
matlack townsend
house
matlack townsend house
matlack
north matlack street
chester
west chester
chester county
pennsylvania
bart anderson
thomas bateman
ned goode
historic american buildings survey
isaiah matlack
david townsend
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
stairs
stairways
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Matlack, Isaiah
Townsend, David
Bateman, Thomas
Goode, Ned, photographer
Anderson, Bart, historian
Location
West Chester (Pa.)
,
39.96352, -75.60328
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html