{"nrhp_refnum":"02000230","name":"Brinton-King Farmstead","other_names":["Brinton, Joseph, Farmstead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1301 Brinton's Bridge Rd., 162 Baltimore Pike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pennsbury","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.874423155000045,"lon":-75.62125233399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse, barn and two garages on 2.8 acres at the northeast corner of Brinton's Bridge Road and Baltimore Pike in Pennsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house is a stucco-over-stone Pennsylvania Farmhouse Victorianized in the Queen Anne style, and the barn is a frame and stone Queen Anne barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmhouse embodies the Chester County trend of Victorianizing existing farmhouses rather than replacing them, as shown by its cumulative building campaigns and its Queen Anne remodelling. The barn was built in the Queen Anne style to match, and the house contains Art Nouveau interior details. The nomination also presents the property as a little-documented example of that architectural heritage.","narrative":"Built in stages from about 1780, this stone and stucco farmhouse in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, began as a three-story Trinity house raised by Joseph Brinton, Jr. Additions followed around 1795 and 1838, producing a Pennsylvania Farmhouse with a center hall. About 1889 its owner, George D. King, Victorianized it in the Queen Anne style to match a new frame and stone barn built around 1888 from lumber probably supplied by his Chadds Ford lumberyard. The house keeps most of its Victorian windows and doors, a wrap-around porch, and two of its four brick chimneys. Around 1910 later owners added Art Nouveau mantels. The nomination treats the property as a clear example of the Chester County practice of remodelling existing farmhouses instead of replacing them, which led to its listing. The barn has held a restaurant since 1947.","period_of_significance":"C. 1780-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is vacant except for the third floor, and the barn has been used as a restaurant since about 1947.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.715756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000230.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000230/e9e1d6afa3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000230/e9e1d6afa3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brinton_King.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brinton_King.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000660","name":"Brandywine Battlefield","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/brandywine-battlefield-66000660/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996895","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinton-King_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4968480"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/brinton-king-farmstead-02000230/"}