Strickland-Roberts Homestead

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Strickland-Roberts Homestead
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Strickland-Roberts Homestead, March 2011
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Location3 miles (4.8 km) south of Kimberton on St. Matthews Road, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°7′20″N75°38′6″W / 40.12222°N 75.63500°W / 40.12222; -75.63500
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Builtc. 1800, 1873, 1929
NRHP reference No. 78002372 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1978

The Strickland-Roberts Homestead, also known as the Bryncoed Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

History architectural features

The original section of this historic structure dates to circa 1800, and is a two-story, five-bay by one-bay, fieldstone structure. It has a gable roof, a small shed-roofed porch, and a terrace. A 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, random fieldstone addition was designed by R. Brognard Okie and built in 1929.

Also located on the property is a contributing bank barn that dates to 1873. The house was purchased by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts in 1927; he died here in 1955. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02.Note: This includes Virginia Stoudt, Estelle Cremers & Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Strickland-Roberts Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.
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