National Register of Historic Places, Delaware County, Pa.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.

Currently 87 buildings, bridges, parks and places in all parts of Delaware County are listed in the National Historic Register. Some you may be familiar with, others you may not know. You may also be surprised that after visiting a local landmark that it is not currently listed. The National Park Services provides a step-by-step process for nominations at nps.gov/nr/national_register_fundamentals.htm.

Delaware County is remarkable area with fine examples of architecture and places of cultural and historical significance throughout its urban and rural landscapes. Listings on this site are in alphabetical order and will provide links for you to discover more about the places listed.

1724 Chester Courthouse

CHESTER  CITY

The old Chester Courthouse was built in 1724 in
Chester, to serve as the courthouse for Chester County, Pennsylvania. Chester County was one of the first three counties in the Province of Pennsylvania set up by William Penn. About 1790 the county seat was moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania and the Chester Courthouse no longer served as the county courthouse. A few years later, the area around Chester was separated from Chester County and formed into Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the Chester Courthouse became the courthouse for Delaware County.

Allgates

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP

Pennsylvania. The large estate contained 19 buildings, with the largest the Mansion House, designed by Wilson Eyre, and completed in 1912. The Frog Tavern was built in 1731, and the Federal School was built in 1797.

The complex of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1979, and the Federal School was listed separately in 1971. The estate was built for financier Horatio Gates Lloyd, who was simultaneously a partner in Drexel and Co. and J.P. Morgan and Company.

Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District

LANSDOWNE BOROUGH

An historic subdivision and national historic district located at Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 70
contributing buildings in a residential area of

Lansdowne. The subdivision consists of single and double houses, built between 1884 and about 1940, in a variety of popular architectural styles. It includes notable examples of the Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Queen Anne styles. They are characterized by stone first stories, wood frame upper stories, and wood porches.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Bartram's Covered Bridge

NEWTOWN SQUARE

An historic covered bridge built in 1860, uses a Burr Truss design and carries Goshen Road over Crum Creek on the border between Delaware County and Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is the only covered bridge remaining of the 30 which once stood in Delaware County.

It was closed to traffic in 1941 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Booth Farm

BOOTHWYN, BETHEL TWP.

Located near Boothwyn, in Bethel Township, the farmhouse was built in the Federal style in 1819 and a barn was also built about the same time. The roughly 77 acre farm was bought by Thomas Booth in the 1790s and has been used as a tenant farm throughout much of its history. He built the farmhouse for his son James.

Four following generations, all named Thomas Booth, have owned the farm into the 21st century.

Brandywine Battlefield

Brandywine Battlefield Historic Site is a

CHADDS FORD

historical park that was operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

Brandywine Battlefield Park became a Pennsylvania State Park in 1949 and a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
Commission, on 50 acres near Chadds Ford. It is part of the site of the Battle of Brandywine fought on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolution. The battle was a major victory for the British and enabled them to capture the city of Philadelphia.

Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting

CONCORD TOWNSHIP

Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting is an historic camp meeting and national historic district located in Concord Township. The district includes 76 contributing buildings near Chadds Ford village. The buildings are in a vernacular camp meeting style of architecture. The centerpiece of the community are the Tabernacle, built about 1884, and Pavilion, also dated to the 1880s. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, built after the turn of the 20th century.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Bridge in Radnor

RADNOR TOWNSHIP

This Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1 is an historic stone arch bridge that carries Goshen Road over Darby Creek to Darby Paoli Road.

The current structure was built in 1905, and is an 80-foot-long arch bridge with three arch spans of 45-foot, 19-foot, and 16-foot-long. It features an unfinished stone parapet cap.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Brick Bridge in Radnor

RADNOR TOWNSHIP

This Bridge in Radnor Township is an historic
brick and concrete arch bridge built in 1905, and is a 75-foot-long, arch bridge with a single arch with a 10-foot-long span. It features an ornate parapet cap and spans the Meadow Brook Creek.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Camp-Woods

VILLANOVA

Camp-Woods, also known as Collenbrook, is an historic home and associated buildings located at Villanova. The house, built between 1910 and 1912, is a two-story, brick and limestone, "F"-shaped house in an Italianate-Georgian style. It features a Doric order limestone cornice, open loggia porches, and a covered entrance porch supported by Doric order columns. The house was designed by noted architect Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869-1926)and includes formal gardens.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

John Chad House

CHADDS FORD

The Chad House, which was built by John Wyeth, Jr. The house was built after 1712 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1971.
for John Chads , is located in Chadds Ford.  During the Battle of Brandywine General Wilhelm von Knyphausen's division feigned a direct attack across the Brandywine near the ferry built by Chad, and exchanged cannon fire with George Washington's forces in fortified positions above the house. Chads' widow Elizabeth remained in the house throughout the battle, watching troop movements from her attic windows. She survived until 1791.

Chadds Ford Historic District

CHRIS SANDERSON MUSEUM

CHADDS FORD

The Chadds Ford Historic District includes 17 contributing buildings in Chadds Ford village. Notable buildings include the Chads Ford Inn
(1807-1810), Merchant Mill (1864), a row of houses built between 1840 and 1850, the bridge across Brandywine Creek, and the Christian C. Sanderson Museum. Located in the district are the separately listed Chad House and N. C. Wyeth House and Studio.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Chamberlain-Pennel House

CHESTER HEIGHTS

The Chamberlain-Pennell House, also known as Hill of Skye, is a historic home located in Chester Heights. The building was built about 1722 and "modernized" in the mid-19th century. The 2-1/2-story, brick house in configured in a "hall, passage, parlor" plan. A 1-1/2-story kitchen wing was added to the west side sometime before 1798.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1977.

Chanticleer

WAYNE, RADNOR

located at 786 Church Road, Wayne. The property features a ruin, Asian Woods and a wide variety of specimen plants and is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, April through October; an admission fee is charged. The gate is crested with carved stone roosters, or "chanticleers" in French.

The house and grounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Chester Creek Historic District

THORNBURY TOWNSHIP

Chester Creek Historic District is located along the west branch of Chester Creek at Thornbury Township. The district includes 52 contributing buildings and 5 structures associated with the early settlement and industrial development of the Chester Creek valley. Notable buildings and structures include the Yarnall Bank House, Locksley Mill and Manor House (1704), John Edwards House, Glen Mills Station (1882), Station House and Store (c. 1882), Willcox Mills (c. 1850), Workers' Cottages (c. 1830-1880), Daniel Broomall House, and the Hemphill House.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Chester Height Camp Meeting Historic District

CHESTER HEIGHTS

Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District is a historic Methodist camp meeting located in Chester Heights. The district includes 101 contributing buildings. The buildings are in a vernacular camp meeting style of architecture, with notable examples of the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles. Public buildings include the contributing Tabernacle (1878), Dining Hall (1900), Youth Tabernacle (1909, and dormitory. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, built starting in 1876 and until about 1920.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Chester Waterside Station

CHESTER CITY

Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is a historic power station located at Chester, Delaware County. The original section of the Station building was built in 1916, and consists of the Boiler House with attached Coal Towers, Turbine Hall, and the Switch House. It is in the Beaux-Arts style. The Turbine Hall Annex addition was built in 1939-1942. Also located on the property is the two-story, red brick Machine Shop building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

John Cheyney Log Tenant House &Farm

CHEYNEY

John Cheyney Log Tenant House and Farm, also
known as the Thomas Huston Farm, is an historic home and associated buildings located in Cheyney, Delaware County. The complex includes four contributing buildings, dated from c. 1760 to c. 1870: a part log, part stucco over stone vernacular residence; a stone and frame barn; a "garage" containing a forge and farm kitchen; and a stone spring house. The residence, or tenant house, consists of a 1 1/2-story log section, built about 1800, connected to a 3-story stucco over stone section, built between 1815 and 1848.

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

Chichester Friends Meeting House

UPPER CHICHESTER

Chichester Friends Meetinghouse is a historic
Quaker meeting house at 611 Meetinghouse Road near Boothwyn, in Upper Chichester . This area, near Chester was one of the earliest areas settled by Quakers in Pennsylvania. The meetinghouse, first built in 1688, then rebuilt after a fire in 1769 reflects this early Quaker heritage.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Collenbrook Farm

UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP

Collen Brook Farm, also known as Collenbrook, is a historic home and associated buildings located in Upper Darby Township. The complex includes three contributing buildings: a farmhouse, a granite spring house (c. 1782), and stone and frame carriage house (c. 1870). The house is a 2 1/2-story, vernacular stone residence with a Georgian plan and consisting of three sections. The oldest section was built around 1700, with additions made in 1774, and 1794. It was the home of noted educator and political leader George Smith (1804-1882).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988

Concord Friends Meeting House

CONCORD TOWNSHIP

Concord Friends Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Old Concord Road in Concordville, Delaware County. The meeting was first organized sometime before 1697, as the sixth Quaker meeting in what was then Chester County. In 1697 the meeting leased its current location for "one peppercorn yearly forever" from John Mendenhall. A log structure was built in 1710. The current structure was built in 1728. After a fire which completely destroyed the interior, the meetinghouse was rebuilt and enlarged in 1788. During the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, which was fought a few miles to the west, wounded American soldiers took refuge in the meetinghouse.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the Concordville Historic District.

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