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Sconnelltown House, Birmingham Road (East Bradford Township), Sconnelltown, Chester County, PA

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Sconnelltown House, Birmingham Road (East Bradford Township), Sconnelltown, Chester County, PA

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Summary

Significance: This house, in the Battle of Brandywine area and dating probably from the mid-eighteenth century, represents a fairly rare example of a house type which was once very common. It incorporates a sloping dormer.
Survey number: HABS PA-202
Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

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1750

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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Dilworth, John

Goode, Ned, photographer

Anderson, Bart, historian

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Location

Sconnelltown, 40.00102, -75.80691

Google Map of 40.0010204, -75.8069082

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