Indian Deep Farm

Last updated
Indian Deep Farm
Indian Deep green barn.jpg
Indian Deep Farm barn, December 2009
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
LocationBrandywine Dr. and War Path Rd., Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′34″N75°41′59″W / 39.92611°N 75.69972°W / 39.92611; -75.69972 Coordinates: 39°55′34″N75°41′59″W / 39.92611°N 75.69972°W / 39.92611; -75.69972
Area22.4 acres (9.1 ha)
Architectural stylePenn Plan
MPS West Branch Brandywine Creek MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002372 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1985

Indian Deep Farm is an historic home and farm which are located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

The house consists of a two-story, five-bay, brick, main block which dates to the 1830s, with a two-story, two-bay, stone core section. Both the main block and core have gable roofs. Also located on the property are a stone and frame bank barn, shop, slaughterhouse, and one-and-one-half-story frame tenant house that was built over a spring. The property also includes a stone walled stockyard. [2]

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Stoner Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Samuel Stoner Homestead, also known as Indian Road Farm, Bechtel Farm, and Wiest Dam, is a historic home and farm located at West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three stages: a 1+12-story, Germanic influenced limestone banked house built between 1798 and 1801; a second story was added about 1835; and a 2-story, 3-bay stone addition, built about 1850. It measures 62 feet by 30 feet. Also on the property is a small stone and frame springhouse, a small stone smoke house, and a small frame and stone bank barn, all dating to the mid-19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coldbrook Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Coldbrook Farm is a historic home and farm located at Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property has a large stone house, a frame bank barn, and a stone spring house. All were built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story, five bay, central section in the Georgian style, flanked by two-story, three bay recessed wings. Colonial Revival-style modifications, such as roof dormers and colonnade were added in the late-19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corker Hill</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Corker Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The manor house was built between 1810 and 1820, and is a two-story, seven bay, brick dwelling on a limestone foundation in the Federal style. The facade was modified about 1905, to add Colonial Revival style elements, such as a cupola and wraparound porch. Also on the property are the contributing large stone and frame Pennsylvania bank barn, stone vaulted root cellar, frame shed / chicken coop, frame carriage house / garage, small stone furnace building, wagon shed / corn crib, and frame tenant house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Culbertson–Harbison Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Culbertson–Harbison Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Greene Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built between 1798 and 1800, and is a two-story, five bay, limestone dwelling in the Federal style. It has a two-story, three bay stone addition built between 1820 and 1840. Attached to the addition is a frame kitchen addition and brick smokehouse. Also on the property are the contributing large frame Pennsylvania bank barn with three hexagonal cupolas, a small frame privy, and other outbuildings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brotherton Farm</span> Historic building in Pennsylvania

Brotherton Farm, also known as the Brotherton-McKenzie Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Guilford Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1820, and is a two-story, five bay, "L"-shaped limestone dwelling in the Federal style. It has a two-story, four-bay rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing 1+12-story stone spring house, frame wash house, and frame bank barn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stover–Winger Farm</span> United States historic place

Stover–Winger Farm, also known as Tayamentasachta, is a historic farm complex located at Antrim Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in the 1840s or 1850s, and is a two-story, four-bay, "T"-shaped, brick dwelling. It has a two-story, three-bay brick cased log wing. It has a one-story, shed-roofed porch along three sides. Also on the property are a contributing brick beehive oven, brick end bank barn built in 1849 and rebuilt in 1876 after a fire, frame wagon shed, and metal "Stover Wind Engine". The farm was purchased by the Greencastle-Antrim School District in 1966. The property includes the spring named Tayamentasachta, a favorite camp site for the Delaware Indians.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McCoy–Shoemaker Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

McCoy–Shoemaker Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Peters Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The property includes a main house dated to the 1820s or 1830s, a 1+12-story stone spring house and dwelling built about 1800 with frame addition, large stone end bank barn, frame wash house, stone smokehouse, and brick privy. The main house is a two-story, five bay, "L"-shaped brick building on a fieldstone foundation. The stone spring house may have also been used as a distillery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royer–Nicodemus House and Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Royer–Nicodemus House and Farm, also known as the Renfrew Museum and Park, is a historic home and farm located at Waynesboro in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The main house was built about 1812, and is a 2 1/-2-story, four bay stone dwelling, with a two bay addition built about 1815. It was restored in 1974–1975. The property also includes the brick Fahnestock farmstead (1812), a small stone butcher / smoke house, stone and log milkhouse, and large frame barn with distinctive cupolas built in 1896.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dawesfield</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Dawesfield, also known as Camp Morris, is an historic country house estate located in Ambler in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The property has eleven contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure. They include the two-and-one-half-story, stone main dwelling, stone barn, stone tenant house (1845), frame farm manager's house (1884), and eight stone-and-frame outbuildings (1736-1952). The property features landscaped grounds, a stone wall, and terraced lawns.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Twining Farm</span> United States historic place

Twining Farm, also known as the David and Elizabeth Twining Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The stone farmhouse was built in two stages. They are a 2+12-story, stone eastern section, with a later three-bay, 2+12-story western addition built in 1832. A frame wing and bow window were added about 1940. Also on the property are a contributing stable, chicken house, and bank barn complex. The farm was featured in three of four Newtown farmscape paintings by noted artist Edward Hicks (1780-1849). Hicks had resided for 10 years at the farm as the foster son of Elizabeth and David Twining.

Byecroft Farm Complex, also known as "Old Congress," is a historic home and farm complex located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The oldest section of the main house was built in 1702, with three later additions. It consists of a central block with three wings. The central block was built in 1732, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay coursed fieldstone structure. The northeast wing consists of the original one-story structure built in 1702, with a second story added in 1775. A wing to the southwest was added in 1775, and expanded to 2 1/2-stories about 1830. In 1934-1935, a 1 1/2-story, two bay, addition was built onto the southwest wing. The house is reflective of the Georgian style. Also on the property are the contributing Old Bye Barn, carriage house / studio, two-story frame barn, small carriage house / cottage, and pumphouse and well house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Squire Cheyney Farm</span> United States historic place

Squire Cheyney Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses two contributing buildings, three contributing sites, one contributing structure, and contributing object. They are the farmhouse, barn, ruins of a granary, remains of an ice house, a spring house (1799), stone retaining wall, and family cemetery. The house was built in four periods, with the oldest dated to about 1797. The oldest section is a 2 1/s-story, three bay, stuccoed stone structure with a gable roof. The additions were built about 1815, about 1830, and about 1850, making it a seven-bay-wide dwelling. It is "L"-shaped and has a slate gable roof. During the American Revolution, Thomas "Squire" Cheyney [II] informed General George Washington during the Battle of Brandywine that the British were flanking him to the north. He was later appointed to the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention to ratify the United States Constitution. The site is now a township park known as Squire Cheyney Farm Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Bell Farm</span> United States historic place

John Bell Farm is a historic home and farm complex located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in the 1840s and extensively remodeled in 1889 in the Queen Anne style. The original house consists of the two-story, five bay, stone central block with two-story service wing. When remodeled, the roof received a cross-gable and dormer windows. Also added was the two-story library wing, kitchen extension, and two-sided porch. Also on the property are a contributing spring house, tenant house, corn crib, and barn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodledge</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Woodledge is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1935 in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a 2+12-story, three-bay main block flanked by a two-story, two-bay wing and garage. Also on the property is a one-story, stone and frame stable.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clinger-Moses Mill Complex</span> Historic building in Pennsylvania, US

Clinger-Moses Mill Complex, also known as Clement's Mill, is a historic mill complex located in West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the site of two mills, a stone dam, a mill house, stone bank barn, and outbuildings. A former three-story grist mill built in 1860 has been converted to residential use. There is a four-story, three bay by three bay, fieldstone mill building. A five-bay, frame house has been built on the foundations of a former saw mill. The main house was built in 1801, and is a 2 1/2-story, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof and two-story rear wing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation, also known as The Old Ritter Farm, is a historic home and farm located in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The plantation was established in 1813 when the house was built. The house is a 2½-story, five bay, stuccoed limestone structure. It is built in the Georgian "I"-plan. It has a Gothic Revival style porch added in the 1850s. Other contributing buildings are two stone and frame bank barns, a stone octagonal smokehouse, a frame carriage house and workshop, and a two-story, stone spring house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baily Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Baily Farm is a historic home and barn located in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1795, and is a two-story, five bay, stuccoed stone dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. It has a gable roof with gable end chimneys. Also on the property is a frame bank barn on a stone foundation. It is believed to date to the 18th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hayes Mill House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Hayes Mill House is a historic home located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is located nearly opposite the Star Gazers' Stone. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, three bay, single pile stone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a two-story frame wing. The main section features a corbeled stone cornice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Ferron House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

John Ferron House is a historic home located in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is located opposite St. Malachi Church, and was the property of the church's builder / carpenter John Ferron. It was built about 1838, and is a two-story, two bay, banked stone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a shed roofed frame addition. Also on the property is a contributing root cellar with an arched brick entry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hance House and Barn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Hance House and Barn is a historic home located in East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1795, and is a two-story, three bay, fieldstone structure with a gable roof. It has a two-story, stone rear wing added about 1850. The property also includes a contributing stone and frame bank barn, smoke house, and shed.

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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-12-16.Note: This includes M.L. Wolf (November 1984). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Indian Deep Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-16.