{"nrhp_refnum":"09001215","name":"Hopewell Farm","other_names":["Lower Farm","Hopedell Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1751 Valley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valley","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.96750668350006,"lon":-75.86925529496477,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hopewell Farm is a historic farmstead and district in the southwest corner of Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on about 52.5 acres in the Chester Valley. It comprises thirteen contributing resources, including a farmhouse built in stages from circa 1760 onward, a barn with silo, a tenant house, and outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant under Criteria A and C at the local level for its association with agriculture in Valley Township and Chester County. Its buildings and field layout are presented as reflecting changes in dairy and poultry farming practices from the late eighteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. The farmhouse also shows successive construction periods that document the architectural history of the township.","narrative":"Hopewell Farm occupies about 52.5 acres in the Chester Valley of Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is made up of thirteen contributing resources. The farmhouse was built in stages beginning around 1760, when a stone house was constructed for Robert Hope, and was enlarged around 1787, about 1820 and about 1835. A barn and silo complex dates from circa 1825 to circa 1930, and a separate tenant house built in 1940 stands on a rise across Valley Road. The farm's lime kiln, which operated into the early 1900s, reflects the abundant limestone of the township. Production shifted from general farming to butter and milk, and then to poultry, and the buildings were altered to suit these changes. The property is regarded as a representative example of how Southeastern Pennsylvania farms adapted over the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.","period_of_significance":"1785-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania Farmhouse","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"All of the resources are described as being in good to excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.541958-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/09001215.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001215/bdda3661d2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001215/bdda3661d2-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hopewell_Farm_Chesco.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hopewell_Farm_Chesco.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998478","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5900342"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/hopewell-farm-09001215/"}