Booth Farm

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Booth Farm
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Location3221 Foulk Rd., Boothwyn, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°51′15″N75°29′24″W / 39.85417°N 75.49000°W / 39.85417; -75.49000 Coordinates: 39°51′15″N75°29′24″W / 39.85417°N 75.49000°W / 39.85417; -75.49000
Area72 acres (29 ha)
Built1819
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 03000527 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 13, 2003

The Booth Farm is a historic farmhouse located in Bethel Township, Delaware County. The farmhouse was built in the Federal style in 1819 and a barn was also built about the same time. The roughly 77 acre farm was bought by Thomas Booth in the 1790s and has been used as a tenant farm throughout much of its history. He built the farmhouse for his son James who was born in 1790. [2] Four following generations, all named Thomas Booth, have owned the farm into the 21st century. [3]

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History

Robert Booth immigrated to Pennsylvania from Yorkshire, England in 1712 and established a farm in the neighborhood. [4] His son, also named Robert, was the original Thomas Booth's father. Robert Pyle bought the land in 1683, and his family owned the land until it was sold to the Booths. The Pyle house, which was an important meeting place for Quakers, was destroyed in the 19th century. [3]

The barn was burned down by a tenant farmer and was then re-erected on the same foundation in 1910. A carriage barn was built in two stages in c. 1820 and c. 1830. Several other out-buildings were added at later dates. [3]

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 2003. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p.  311 . Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Carol Beneson Perloff (2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Booth Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  4. Goodley, George Walter (1983). Bethel Township Delaware County, Pennsylvania Thru Three Centuries. p. 14.