Joseph Gilpin House, U.S. Route 1 (Birmingham Township), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA
Summary
Significance: This early stone house, part of which dates from c. 1695, was used by Lafayette during the Battle of Brandywine.
Survey number: HABS PA-1116
Building/structure dates: ca. 1695 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1745 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1782 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1791 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1809 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1767 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lafayette
Pyle, Howard
Brumbaugh, G Edwin
Anderson, Bart, historian
Goode, Ned, photographer
Location
Chadds Ford (Pa.), 39.87178, -75.59132
Source
Library of Congress
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