{"nrhp_refnum":"04000835","name":"Williams, Ellis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1711 E. Boot Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Goshen","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.99944884200005,"lon":-75.52872026199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, four-bay stone Colonial farmhouse at 1711 East Boot Road in East Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a stone workshop and a stone foundation ruin on a 0.734-acre property. The main block dates to c. 1754 and was enlarged c. 1790.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly intact, key example of rural domestic architecture, showing the Penn Plan core of c. 1754 and the enlarged \"four-room house\" plan of c. 1790. Its interior retains most eighteenth-century details, and the document describes it as an important and highly preserved example of colonial architecture.","narrative":"Built in stone in East Goshen Township around 1754 and doubled in size around 1790, this two-story, four-bay farmhouse on East Boot Road is a Penn Plan house enlarged into what is locally called the \"four-room house.\" The original two-bay section has a stone-walled main block with large quoins, stucco-clad end chimneys, and a pent roof that was later removed, while the addition carries six-over-six and six-over-nine sash. Much of the interior survives, including cabinetry, mantels, working fireplaces, doors, hardware and the floor plan. A stone workshop dating to about 1820 stands on the property, where local tradition links the family to Robert Williams and later to the Garrett family. The house is regarded as a well-preserved example of eighteenth-century rural Pennsylvania farmhouse building, and its plan illustrates a common pattern of additive farmhouses in southeastern Pennsylvania. It was listed for its architectural distinction and its preserved interior.","period_of_significance":"c. 1754 - c. 1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Highly intact; a c. 1930 section was demolished in 1977 and a powder room addition and terrace were built in 1997.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.512662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04000835.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000835/5c9205ae83-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000835/5c9205ae83-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1711_E_Boot_Rd.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1711_E_Boot_Rd.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Williams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/williams-ellis-house-04000835/"}