Springton Manor Farm | |
Location | South of Glenmoore at Springton and Creek Roads, Wallace Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°04′18″N75°46′40″W / 40.07167°N 75.77778°W |
Area | 260.5 acres (105.4 ha) |
Built | 1711 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Georgian, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 79002200 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 7, 1979 |
The Springton Manor Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district that is located in Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
This property has fourteen contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures. They include the main house, a cistern (c. 1870), a tool shed (c. 1850), an privy (c. 1840), a spring and milk house (c. 1836), a carriage house (c. 1840, 1887), a small barn (c. 1845), a corn crib (c. 1845), a bank barn (c. 1750), a stone lean-to (c. 1711, 1745), the ruins of a stone spring house (c. 1735), and hydraulic dams (c. 1870).
The main house was erected in three sections; the earliest dates to circa 1836, with additions and modifications made in 1887 and 1912. It is a two-and-one-half-story, seven-bay by two-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling with Georgian and Queen Anne style design details. It was the home of Congressman Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863). [2]
This property is administered as a park and agricultural history museum by Chester County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
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