Northbrook Historic District

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Northbrook Historic District
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House in the Northbrook Historic District, December 2009
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LocationNorthbrook, Indian Hannah & Bragg Hill Rds., Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′19″N75°41′29″W / 39.92194°N 75.69139°W / 39.92194; -75.69139
Area165 acres (67 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPS West Branch Brandywine Creek MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002374 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1985

The Northbrook Historic District, also known as Marshall's Mill and Marshall's Station, is a national historic district that is located in Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

History and architectural features

This district encompasses fourteen contributing buildings and three contributing sites that are located in the village of Northbrook and primarily situated on five properties. Built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they include the Blacksmith's house, a station house, a post office and store, a coal and lumber company, the Lewis Marshall house, a Gothic Revival-style Indian Rock Farm, the Baily House (1902), the Northbrook Sunday School (1900), and the site of Hannah Freeman's cabin, Indian Rock, and Indian Burial Ground. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Martha Leigh Wolf (December 1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Northbrook Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 15, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)