Harewood and Beechwood

Harewood and Beechwood
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Beechwood, April 2012
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Location	East of Langhorne off Pennsylvania Route 213, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°10′43″N74°54′45″W / 40.17861°N 74.91250°W / 40.17861; -74.91250
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	c. 1788, 1853, 1906
Built by	Mercer, Henry
NRHP reference No.	80003436 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1980

Harewood and Beechwood, also known as Woods School, are two historic homes which are located roughly four miles apart in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ^[1]

History and architectural features

Harewood was originally built as a farmhouse sometime around 1788. The original structure is located behind the main house that was erected in 1906. Harewood is an irregularly shaped, multi-level dwelling with a five-story main section, which has a broken-hipped roof and features Palladian windows. ^[2]

Beechwood was built in 1853, and is a large 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a two-story, stuccoed stone rear addition. Both houses were built as country mansions and later acquired as a school for children with disabilities. Harewood was acquired in 1924 and Beechwood in 1944. Together, they became known as the Woods School. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Barbara A. Russel (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Harewood and Beechwood. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Richard Wolbers; Friends to Save Beechwood (Bryn Mawr, Pa.); Frens and Frens, LLC, Restoration Architects (West Chester, Pa.); E. Allen Reeves, Inc. (2003).The restoration of Beechwood: Bryn Mawr, Pa. (DVD) Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Friends to Save Beechwood.