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Lowndes Taylor Carriage House, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West Chester, Chester County, PA

Lowndes Taylor Carriage House, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Townshi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1100-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birm...

Significance: Wounded British troops were carried to this 1763 Meeting House during the Battle of Brandywine. Survey number: HABS PA-1193 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structu... More

William Everhart Building, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

William Everhart Building, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, Cheste...

Significance: This office building, dating from the 1830's, was for a time occupied by the Chester County Times and retains a great amount of original architectural design. Survey number: HABS PA-1207 Buildi... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Rogers-Hoopes House, 1121 Fernhill Road (West Goshen Township), West Chester, Chester County, PA

Rogers-Hoopes House, 1121 Fernhill Road (West Goshen Township), West C...

Significance: The original 1806 section of this house has some of the finest exterior and interior woodwork to be found in Chester County. Survey number: HABS PA-1212 Building/structure dates: 1806-1807 Init... More

David Pulsifer Inn, Route 103, Rockingham, Windham County, VT

David Pulsifer Inn, Route 103, Rockingham, Windham County, VT

Significance: There are records of local town meetings held in this house in 1775. Local legend says that the town of Concord, Vermont, was planned in this house. Survey number: HABS VT-41 Building/structure... More

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester County, PA

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester Co...

Significance: The house is an excellent example of a mid-eighteenth century house with few alterations. The stone work is of interest and much outstanding original interior woodwork remains. The original owner,... More

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester County, PA

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester Co...

Significance: The house is an excellent example of a mid-eighteenth century house with few alterations. The stone work is of interest and much outstanding original interior woodwork remains. The original owner,... More

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a late Georgian frame building but with later, classic Revival, details from the late 1840's. Survey number: HABS NH-60 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a late Georgian frame building but with later, classic Revival, details from the late 1840's. Survey number: HABS NH-60 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a late Georgian frame building but with later, classic Revival, details from the late 1840's. Survey number: HABS NH-60 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Joseph Collins House, 633 Goshen Road (West Goshen Township), West Chester, Chester County, PA

Joseph Collins House, 633 Goshen Road (West Goshen Township), West Che...

Significance: The original house (now the south front portion) was erected in 1727 and, though small, was a place of some style with its dressed stone and jack arch over the date stone. The local historical soc... More

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, ...

Significance: This house, erected about 1720, is noteworthy because of its excellent brickwork and exceptional interior woodwork. Survey number: HABS PA-173 Building/structure dates: ca. 1720 Initial Construction

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, ...

Significance: This house, erected about 1720, is noteworthy because of its excellent brickwork and exceptional interior woodwork. Survey number: HABS PA-173 Building/structure dates: ca. 1720 Initial Construction

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

Barnes-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, ...

Significance: This house, erected about 1720, is noteworthy because of its excellent brickwork and exceptional interior woodwork. Survey number: HABS PA-173 Building/structure dates: ca. 1720 Initial Construction

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Township), Chrome, Chester County, PA

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Tow...

Significance: This stone inn, probably erected between 1715 and 1720, was completed to its present size by 1745. Important features include a very rare main door, fine hardware and paneling throughout the house... More

Philip Sharples House, 400 South Church Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Philip Sharples House, 400 South Church Street, West Chester, Chester ...

Significance: Large house with fine Doric and Greek Revival details. Survey number: HABS PA-164 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction

Upper Octoraro Presbyterian Church Session House, State Route 10 & Octoraro Road (Sadsbury Township), Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Upper Octoraro Presbyterian Church Session House, State Route 10 & Oct...

Significance: A rare survival of a once common type of building used by Presbyterian Church officials for business meetings. Survey number: HABS PA-201 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740- ca. 1745 Initial Co... More

Sharity Road (House), (West Marlborogh Township), Green Lawn, Chester County, PA

Sharity Road (House), (West Marlborogh Township), Green Lawn, Chester ...

Significance: Unusual type of construction for area and a rare survival of a small early eighteenth century house. Survey number: HABS PA-160 Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1750 Initial Const... More

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshall...

Significance: This early building (c. 1715-1725) was the site of a fulling mill for over 175 years and preserves almost all architectural detail both exterior and interior. Survey number: HABS PA-1109 Buildi... More

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshall...

Significance: This early building (c. 1715-1725) was the site of a fulling mill for over 175 years and preserves almost all architectural detail both exterior and interior. Survey number: HABS PA-1109 Buildi... More

Taylor-Parke House, State Route 162 (East Bradford Township), Copesville, Chester County, PA

Taylor-Parke House, State Route 162 (East Bradford Township), Copesvil...

Survey number: HABS PA-205 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1960 Subsequent Work

Loch Aerie, U.S. Route 30 (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester County, PA

Loch Aerie, U.S. Route 30 (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester...

Significance: Loch Aerie was designed by architect Addison Hutton in 1865 for William E. Lockwood, who made his fortune manufacturing paper collars and folding boxes, and lost much of it promoting local railroa... More

Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, 238 South High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, 238 South High Street, West ...

Significance: This Gothic Revival Church, which has served the community of West Chester since 1870, is built of green serpentine stone with brick used as trim. Survey number: HABS PA-1223 Building/structure... More

Daniel Hoopes House, State Route 926 (Westtown Township), Westtown, Chester County, PA

Daniel Hoopes House, State Route 926 (Westtown Township), Westtown, Ch...

Significance: This early house (two old sections 1723 and 1740) was owned by a prominent Quaker family and retains much original woodwork and hardware. Survey number: HABS PA-161 Building/structure dates: 17... More

Downing House, Bell Tavern Road (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Downing House, Bell Tavern Road (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Che...

Significance: Fine example of a mid-eighteenth century stone house. Survey number: HABS PA-171 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1772 Subsequent Work

Downing House, Bell Tavern Road (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Downing House, Bell Tavern Road (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Che...

Significance: Fine example of a mid-eighteenth century stone house. Survey number: HABS PA-171 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1772 Subsequent Work

Stoltzfus House, U.S. Route 30 vicinity (Valley Township), Coatesville, Chester County, PA

Stoltzfus House, U.S. Route 30 vicinity (Valley Township), Coatesville...

Significance: Good example of a mid-eighteenth century house which expanded as needed. Survey number: HABS PA-159 Building/structure dates: 1732 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1813 Subsequent... More

Coventry Forge Inn, Nantmeal Road (South Coventry Township), Coventryville, Chester County, PA

Coventry Forge Inn, Nantmeal Road (South Coventry Township), Coventryv...

Significance: This house, the original portion of which was erected about 1717, contains some exceedingly handsome mid-18th century woodwork. Survey number: HABS PA-1133 Building/structure dates: ca. 1717 In... More

Gould House, Parker Hill Road, Springfield, Windsor County, VT

Gould House, Parker Hill Road, Springfield, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Restored example of early 19th century brick house. Survey number: HABS VT-46 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...

Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More

Morriseianna, State Route 41 (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester County, PA

Morriseianna, State Route 41 (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester...

Significance: Large house built in 1843 according to plaques on front downspouts, but appears to have been built in several stages and may incorporate parts of an earlier house (possibly as early as ca. 1700). ... More

Chester County Courthouse, 10 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Courthouse, 10 North High Street, West Chester, Chester...

Significance: This courthouse, the subject of many controversies was designed by Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1119 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1... More

Willis Bristol House, 584 Chapel Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Willis Bristol House, 584 Chapel Street, New Haven, New Haven County, ...

Significance: Designed by Henry Austin. Nineteenth-century house of Italianate block design with Indian Islamic details. It is in good repair and in almost original state. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More

Willis Bristol House, 584 Chapel Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Willis Bristol House, 584 Chapel Street, New Haven, New Haven County, ...

Significance: Designed by Henry Austin. Nineteenth-century house of Italianate block design with Indian Islamic details. It is in good repair and in almost original state. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...

Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street), New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street),...

Significance: The home of an early prominent New Bedford Quaker merchant, one of the oldest remaining in the city; now a local landmark. Survey number: HABS MA-679 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Const... More

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street), New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street),...

Significance: The home of an early prominent New Bedford Quaker merchant, one of the oldest remaining in the city; now a local landmark. Survey number: HABS MA-679 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Const... More

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street), New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

William Rotch Jr. House, 15 Johnny Cake Hill (formerly Bethel Street),...

Significance: The home of an early prominent New Bedford Quaker merchant, one of the oldest remaining in the city; now a local landmark. Survey number: HABS MA-679 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Const... More

William Miller Barn, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

William Miller Barn, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5137-A Building/structure dates: after. 1750- before. 1800 Initial Construction

William & Rebecca Bones Springhouse, White Horse Road vicinity (Charlestown Township), Devault, Chester County, PA

William & Rebecca Bones Springhouse, White Horse Road vicinity (Charle...

See also HABS PA-1189 for written data (page 6 of 6). Survey number: HABS PA-1189-A Building/structure dates: after. 1800- before. 1825 Initial Construction

Rowell's Inn, State Route 11, Simonsville, Windsor County, VT

Rowell's Inn, State Route 11, Simonsville, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This building, which retains various original features, has an unusual, but regionally characteristic, three story porch. "In early automobile days, this inn was a stop-over on the 'Ideal Tour' b... More

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, between Strafford Avenue & Penn Central Railroad tracks (Tredyffrin Township), Strafford, Chester County, PA

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...

Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More

Allen House, Northbrook Road (Pocopson Township), Northbrook, Chester County, PA

Allen House, Northbrook Road (Pocopson Township), Northbrook, Chester ...

Significance: This house, erected circa 1780, is possibly the original house on the farm, but was used as a tenant house by the mid nineteenth century. It is a good example of a bank house, once a common buildi... More

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birm...

Significance: Wounded British troops were carried to this 1763 Meeting House during the Battle of Brandywine. Survey number: HABS PA-1193 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structu... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More

Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...

Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More

Yarnall-Hibberd House, Plumsock Road (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Yarnall-Hibberd House, Plumsock Road (Willistown Township), Whitehorse...

Significance: The original portion of this house, probably erected very early in the eighteenth century, provides a good example of the two-room stone farm houses, with corner fireplaces, built during this peri... More

Granville Spaulding House, North Street, Chester, Windsor County, VT

Granville Spaulding House, North Street, Chester, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Different type from the rest of the unusual stone houses in Chester Depot. Built as a mocassin shop with tannery behind. Survey number: HABS VT-45 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction

Alexander Watkins' Tavern, Prospect Hill, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Alexander Watkins' Tavern, Prospect Hill, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a frame building from 1795, regionally typical in its general layout and Georgian interior details, but with uncommon exterior quoining. A tavern sign dated 1795 and period furnishi... More

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester County, PA

Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester Co...

Significance: The house is an excellent example of a mid-eighteenth century house with few alterations. The stone work is of interest and much outstanding original interior woodwork remains. The original owner,... More

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a frame house built c. 1785, remodeled in the 1820's. The original house with the long, north side the main facade with Georgian detail, became a Classic Revival house with a new po... More

Joseph Gilpin House, U.S. Route 1 (Birmingham Township), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

Joseph Gilpin House, U.S. Route 1 (Birmingham Township), Chadds Ford, ...

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 Construct... More

David Parke House, 40 East Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

David Parke House, 40 East Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-200 Building/structure dates: after. 1750- before. 1800 Initial Construction

Isabella Furnace, Bollinger Drive (West Nantmeal Township), Wyebrooke, Chester County, PA

Isabella Furnace, Bollinger Drive (West Nantmeal Township), Wyebrooke,...

Significance: This furnace, erected in 1835, was the last sizable one to be built in Chester County. It ceased operation in 1894, being the last active iron furnace in the County. Survey number: HABS PA-163 ... More

Jerman-Walker Springhouse, North Valley Road (Tredyffrin Township), Paoli, Chester County, PA

Jerman-Walker Springhouse, North Valley Road (Tredyffrin Township), Pa...

Significance: Noteworthy as a well-preserved example of 18th century springhouses in the area. Survey number: HABS PA-1217 Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1798 Initial Construction Building/s... More

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshall...

Significance: This early building (c. 1715-1725) was the site of a fulling mill for over 175 years and preserves almost all architectural detail both exterior and interior. Survey number: HABS PA-1109 Buildi... More

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshall...

Significance: This early building (c. 1715-1725) was the site of a fulling mill for over 175 years and preserves almost all architectural detail both exterior and interior. Survey number: HABS PA-1109 Buildi... More

Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA

Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, ...

Significance: This early (1704) stone house, although restored, retains much of its original architectural design and is representative of the larger type of dwelling house of a Chester County English Quaker. ... More

Daniel Hoopes House, State Route 926 (Westtown Township), Westtown, Chester County, PA

Daniel Hoopes House, State Route 926 (Westtown Township), Westtown, Ch...

Significance: This early house (two old sections 1723 and 1740) was owned by a prominent Quaker family and retains much original woodwork and hardware. Survey number: HABS PA-161 Building/structure dates: 17... More

General Amasa Allen House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

General Amasa Allen House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: Typical example of a late Georgian, frame house of the middle Connecticut River Valley. Survey number: HABS NH-53 Building/structure dates: 1792 Initial Construction

Eagle School, Old Eagle School Road (State Route 543) (Tredyffrin Township), Strafford, Chester County, PA

Eagle School, Old Eagle School Road (State Route 543) (Tredyffrin Town...

Significance: This structure, erected in 1788, with an 1835 addition, is probably the oldest school building standing in Chester County. It was restored in 1897 by the trustees of the school. Survey number: H... More

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester Cou...

Significance: This mill, erected in 1774 by the miller himself, is little changed and was in running order within the last decade. Survey number: HABS PA-1214 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West Grove, Chester County, PA

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West...

Significance: Built in 1742 by an English Quaker, this house has interesting brick patterns and retains a considerable amount of its fine original interior detail, including some excellent graining. Survey nu... More

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West Grove, Chester County, PA

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West...

Significance: Built in 1742 by an English Quaker, this house has interesting brick patterns and retains a considerable amount of its fine original interior detail, including some excellent graining. Survey nu... More

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West Grove, Chester County, PA

Joseph Jackson House, Old Baltimore Pike (London Grove Township), West...

Significance: Built in 1742 by an English Quaker, this house has interesting brick patterns and retains a considerable amount of its fine original interior detail, including some excellent graining. Survey nu... More

Hamilton-Hoffman House, Coggs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Hamilton-Hoffman House, Coggs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...

Significance: A fine example of an early nineteenth century country seat, owned by locally prominent Gavin Hamilton. Survey number: HABS PA-1053 Building/structure dates: 1791-1800 Initial Construction Build... More

Hamilton-Hoffman House, Coggs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Hamilton-Hoffman House, Coggs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...

Significance: A fine example of an early nineteenth century country seat, owned by locally prominent Gavin Hamilton. Survey number: HABS PA-1053 Building/structure dates: 1791-1800 Initial Construction Build... More

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...

Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More

Pusey House, Woodview Road (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester County, PA

Pusey House, Woodview Road (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester C...

Significance: The Pusey House is a good example of an early eighteenth century house which was expanded as needed. It also contains some excellent original interior woodwork and hardware with unusual features s... More

Pusey House, Woodview Road (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester County, PA

Pusey House, Woodview Road (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester C...

Significance: The Pusey House is a good example of an early eighteenth century house which was expanded as needed. It also contains some excellent original interior woodwork and hardware with unusual features s... More

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County...

Significance: Example of Classical Revival with many Asher Benjamin details. Survey number: HABS NH-59 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1849 Initial Construction

St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), Wayne, Delaware County, PA

St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), ...

Significance: The small, rectangular stone Episcopal church was built from 1715 to 1717 by a Welsh-speaking congregation. It is the oldest non-Quaker church in the area and one of the earliest in the state, Gen... More

Morriseianna, State Route 41 (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester County, PA

Morriseianna, State Route 41 (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester...

Significance: Large house built in 1843 according to plaques on front downspouts, but appears to have been built in several stages and may incorporate parts of an earlier house (possibly as early as ca. 1700). ... More

George Matlack House, 409 Westtown Road (West Goshen Township), West Chester, Chester County, PA

George Matlack House, 409 Westtown Road (West Goshen Township), West C...

Significance: The manner in which this house was built seems typical of a great number of Chester County farm houses. The two-story brick east section (three bays) was built ca. 1786 as an addition to an old lo... More

John Chad House, State Route 100, U.S. Route 1 vicinity, Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

John Chad House, State Route 100, U.S. Route 1 vicinity, Chadds Ford, ...

Significance: This early 18th century vernacular farmhouse, which has retained a high degree of integrity, was constructed and owned by members of a prominent Quaker family. During the Revolution, the house sur... More

Sharpless House, Birmingham Road (Birmingham Township), Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Sharpless House, Birmingham Road (Birmingham Township), Birmingham, Ch...

Significance: House was built in several stages although the chronology is not known. The earliest section may date from the early 1700's, but the front section was built ca. 1800. Birthplace of Isaac Sharpless... More

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...

Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...

Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More

Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...

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 ... More

Church of St. Peter-in-the-Great Valley, Saint Peter's Road (East Whiteland Township), Devault, Chester County, PA

Church of St. Peter-in-the-Great Valley, Saint Peter's Road (East Whit...

Significance: Saint Peter's, erected in 1744, had been considerably altered over the years, but in 1944 it was restored as accurately as possible to its original design. It served as a chapel for the British Ar... More

Vermont Country Store, Weston Common, Weston, Windsor County, VT

Vermont Country Store, Weston Common, Weston, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This building is a typical early country store still serving its original function, but filled with more merchandise than it would have originally had and now a popular tourist attraction. Survey... More

Nathaniel Grout House, South Acworth Road, Acworth, Sullivan County, NH

Nathaniel Grout House, South Acworth Road, Acworth, Sullivan County, N...

Significance: Typical early home with simpler wood rear portions and a more elegant, carefully detailed, brick front section. Survey number: HABS NH-55 Building/structure dates: ca. 1770 Initial Construction ... More

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

Significance: This house has sections dating 1730 and 1771 by early Chester County settlers. An 1806 addition burned in 1920. Survey number: HABS PA-5137 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction B... More

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

Significance: This house has sections dating 1730 and 1771 by early Chester County settlers. An 1806 addition burned in 1920. Survey number: HABS PA-5137 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction B... More

First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Cheste...

Significance: This Classic Revival Presbyterian Church was one of the earlier designs of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1832-1834 Initial Construction Building/struc... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Michael Gunkle Spring Mill, Moore Road (East Whiteland Township), Bacton, Chester County, PA

Michael Gunkle Spring Mill, Moore Road (East Whiteland Township), Bact...

Significance: This 1793 stone spring mill, one of several built by Michael Gunkle in Chester County, has been little changed; it was in operation for over a century, and is typical of mills built in Chester Cou... More

Hoopes Currying Shop, U.S. Route 322 (Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Hoopes Currying Shop, U.S. Route 322 (Caln Township), Downingtown, Che...

Significance: This late 18th century currying shop is of particular interest because there appear to have been no important changes made in the structure since built. Survey number: HABS PA-1222 Building/str... More

Joseph Gilpin House, U.S. Route 1 (Birmingham Township), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA

Joseph Gilpin House, U.S. Route 1 (Birmingham Township), Chadds Ford, ...

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 Construct... More

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a late Georgian frame building but with later, classic Revival, details from the late 1840's. Survey number: HABS NH-60 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Joseph Collins House, 633 Goshen Road (West Goshen Township), West Chester, Chester County, PA

Joseph Collins House, 633 Goshen Road (West Goshen Township), West Che...

Significance: The original house (now the south front portion) was erected in 1727 and, though small, was a place of some style with its dressed stone and jack arch over the date stone. The local historical soc... More

Charles Wollerton House, Valley Creek & Sunset Hollow Roads vicinity (East Bradford Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Charles Wollerton House, Valley Creek & Sunset Hollow Roads vicinity (...

Significance: This house, built circa 1770s, has interesting log construction with diagonal stones set in the chinking. The house has been altered and some of the logs have been covered. It is one of a few hous... More

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Township), Chrome, Chester County, PA

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Tow...

Significance: This stone inn, probably erected between 1715 and 1720, was completed to its present size by 1745. Important features include a very rare main door, fine hardware and paneling throughout the house... More

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Township), Chrome, Chester County, PA

Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Tow...

Significance: This stone inn, probably erected between 1715 and 1720, was completed to its present size by 1745. Important features include a very rare main door, fine hardware and paneling throughout the house... More

Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...

Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More

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