Strickland-Roberts Homestead

Strickland-Roberts Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Strickland-Roberts Homestead, March 2011
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Location	3 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
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	c. 1800, 1873, 1929
NRHP reference No.	78002372 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1978

The Strickland-Roberts Homestead, also known as the Bryncoed Farm, is an historic American home 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]

References

1. "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 November 2, 2012.Note: This includes Virginia Stoudt, Estelle Cremers & Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Strickland-Roberts Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2012.