Vincent Forge Mansion

Vincent Forge Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Vincent Forge Mansion, May 2024
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Location	Cook's Glen Road R.D., East Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°09′26″N75°38′29″W / 40.15722°N 75.64139°W / 40.15722; -75.64139
Area	9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built	c. 1770
Built by	Young, John
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	85001003 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 1985

The Vincent Forge Mansion, also known as Young's Forge Mansion and the Kerry Dell Farm, is a historic American home that is located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ^[1]

Vincent Forge Mansion, May 2024.

History and architectural features

Built circa 1770, this historic structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by two-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof and pent. It was originally the ironmaster's home and office at an eighteenth-century iron forge. The forgemaster, John Young, and his wife, Susanna, lived there with their five children: John, Elizabeth, Susanna, Sarah and George. ^[2] The forge operated from roughly 1760 to 1800. The house later became a farmhouse.

In 1925, the property was sold to the Catholic Church for use as a boy's summer camp. The camp closed during the late-1970s. ^[3]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ^[1]

Vincent Forge Mansion, April 2011.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Young, Israel Gilbert (1869). Fragmentary Records of the Youngs, Comprising, in Addition to Much General Information Respecting Them, a Particular and Extended Account of the Posterity of Ninian Young, an Early Resident of East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pa. Philadelphia Pa: William S. Young. p. 44.
3. "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 Eleanor M. Morris; Estelle Cremers & Kenneth Weaver (February 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Vincent Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved November 17, 2012.