National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Delaware County

Delaware County Pennsylvania (Historic Districts) has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Brandywine Battlefield, Chadds Ford Historic District, Ivy Mills Historic District, Merion Golf Club, East and West Courses and Thunderbird Lodge.

Many famous people are associated with these Delaware County historic places including N.C. Wyeth, Alice Barber Stephens, Joseph Valentine, Taylor,John, et al. and William L. Price.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Delaware County places including William Lightfoot Price, William D. Brinkle, Hugh Irvine Wilson, John Wise, Wendell & Smith, Robert Rodes McGoodwine, Joseph Linden Heacock, William H. Free, William L. Price and Bunting & Shrigley. Prominent architectural styles found in Delaware Country are Colonial Revival, Late Victorian and Gothic Revival.

Albertson, Henry, Subdivision Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000044)

Also known as Albertson, Henry, Plan;Albertson, Henry, Property

Rounghly bounded by N. Lansdowne, Clover, Wycombe, Price, and Stewart Aves., and Balfour Cir. , Lansdowne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Heacock, Joseph Linden, Bunting & Shrigley

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Single Dwelling

Brandywine Battlefield (added 1966 - - #66000660)

Brandywine Battlefield Park , Chadds Ford

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting (added 1995 - - #95000132)

119 Beaver Valley Rd., Concord Township , Chadds Ford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Wise, John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Chadds Ford Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000699)

Also known as See Also:Chad House; Wyeth, N.C., House and Studio NHL

Jct. of U.S. 1 and PA 100 , Chadds Ford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Single Dwelling

Chester Creek Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001120)

N, E, and S of Glen Mills along the W branch of Chester Creek , Thornbury

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Taylor,John, et al.

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

Industrial Archaeology

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000460)

Also known as Chester Heights Camp Meeting

320 Valley Brook Rd. , Chester Heights Borough

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Concordville Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001624)

Also known as See Also:Concord Friends Meetinghouse;Newlin, Nicholas, Hous

Concord Rd. and Baltimore Pike , Concordville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Education, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Ivy Mills Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001117)

Corner of Ivy Mills and Pole Cat Rds. , Concord Township

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Lansdowne Park Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001986)

W. Greenwood, Owen, W. Baltimore, Windermere, & W. Stratford Aves. , Lansdowne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Free,William H.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Merion Golf Club, East and West Courses (added 1989 - - #89002085)

Ardmore Ave. , Ardmore

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilson,Hugh Irvine

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Valentine,Joseph

Significant Year:

1942, 1914, 1912

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Sport Facility

Newlin Mill Complex (added 1983 - - #83002240)

S. Cheyney Rd. , Glen Mills

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

North Wayne Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001619)

Also known as Wayne Estate

Roughly bounded by Eagle Rd., Woodland Ct., Radnor St., Poplar & N. Wayne Ave. , Wayne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple, Wendell & Smith

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Pusey-Crozier Mill Historic District (added 1976 - - #76001638)

Also known as Pusey Plantation;Landingford;See Also:Pusey, Caleb, House

Race St. , Upland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1750-1799, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Ridley Creek State Park (added 1976 - - #76001637)

Also known as Jeffords` Estate

NW of Media between PA 3 and PA 352 , Media

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Late Victorian, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

American,Rural

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Park, Single Dwelling

Rose Valley Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000470)

Roughly bounded by Ridley Creek, Woodward Rd, Providence and Brookhaven Rds and Todmorden Ln within Rose Valley Borough , Rose Valley Borough

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Price, William L., et al.

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Gothic Revival

Historic Person:

Price, William L.

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Theater

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Theater

South Wayne Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000477)

Also known as Wayne Estate

Roughly bounded by Lancaster Ave., Conestoga Rd. and Iven Ave., Radnor Township , Wayne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al, Price,William Lightfoot

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Thornton Village Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000745)

Centered on Thornton and Glen Mills Rds. , Thornbury

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Funerary, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Business, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Thunderbird Lodge (added 1989 - - #89001053)

45 Rose Valley Rd. , Rose Valley

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Price,William Lightfoot

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Stephens,Alice Barber

Significant Year:

1904, 1790

Area of Significance:

Art, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling

Tyler, John J., Arboretum (added 2003 - - #03000080)

Also known as Painter, Minshall and Jacob, Farm

515 Painter Rd. , Lima

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McGoodwine, Robert Rodes

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Georgian

Significant Year:

1800, 1738, 1710

Area of Significance:

Science, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private, State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Library, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Horticulture Facility, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Wyeth, N.C., House and Studio (added 1997 - - #97001680)

Also known as See also: Chadds Ford Historic District

Murphy Road , Chadds Ford Township

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Brinkle, William D.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Wyeth, N.C.

Significant Year:

1911

Area of Significance:

Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Other, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Other, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum