Hibernia House

	Hibernia House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Hibernia House, March 2011
Location	North of Wagontown off Pennsylvania Route 340, West Caln Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°1′45″N75°50′33″W / 40.02917°N 75.84250°W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	c. 1798, 1821, 1895-1910
NRHP reference No.	75001632
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1975

Last updated November 13, 2023

Hibernia House is an historic home which is located in Hibernia County Park, near Wagontown, West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

History and architectural features

Built in four phases between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, the original house was owned by Isaac Van Leer and the prominent Van Leer family.^[2]

The original section was a two-story, stone dwelling, which measured eighteen feet by twenty-four feet. A one-and-one-half-story, stone kitchen was then added in 1798.

In 1821, the mansion house was built, turning the home's older sections into the structure's west wing. A two-and-one-half-story, four-bay, stone structure, the mansion house measures forty-five feet by forty-three feet. The house was modified between 1895 and 1910 to add a thirty-three-foot-wide, pedimented pavilion and ballroom to the west wing.^[3]

Hibernia House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "Van Leer Archives".
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-02.Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Hibernia House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Van Leer Archives".

[nom-3] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-02.Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Hibernia House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.

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