{"nrhp_refnum":"67000018","name":"Seventeen-hundred-and-four House","other_names":["William Brinton House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oakland Rd., near jct. of U.S. 202 and CR 15199","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dilworthtown","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.896139080500035,"lon":-75.56094891589788,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1967-12-24","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1967-12-24","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story stone farmhouse at Dilworthtown in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, known as the William Brinton 1704 House, built in 1704 by William Brinton the younger. It was restored to its 1704 appearance in 1954.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house illustrates the early manor house type in the Delaware Valley and blends English 17th-century design with local Pennsylvania building traditions. It is also described as a rare example of a comfortable early country house, restored on the basis of architectural evidence and inventories.","narrative":"Built of quarried stone in 1704 for William Brinton the younger and his growing family, this two-and-a-half story house near Dilworthtown was later enlarged in 1881 with a serpentine stone wing and remodeled with Gothic Revival features. The Chester County Historical Society acquired it in 1947, and restoration began in 1954, when the 19th-century additions were removed and the interior was rebuilt using surviving evidence and local comparisons. The house has six dormers, pent eaves, and 27 diamond-paned leaded casement windows. It is regarded as an illustration of the early manor house in the Delaware Valley, combining late Gothic and early Renaissance details with Pennsylvania stone construction. Its furnishings were based on inventories taken in 1751 and 1756, after the deaths of William Brinton and his wife Ann. The property is maintained by the Brinton Family Association and the historical society.","period_of_significance":"1704","architect_builder":"William Brinton the younger (builder); G. Edwin Brumbaugh (restoration architect)","architectural_style":"Early manor house type, Delaware Valley stone farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in 1954 and open to visitors; condition described as excellent in a 1974 visit report.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.459173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/67000018_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/67000018/caebdfb593-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/67000018/caebdfb593-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ned Goode, Photographer,","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brinton_1704_House,_Oakland_Road_(Birmingham_Township),_Dilworthtown_vicinity_(Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ned Goode, Photographer,</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brinton_1704_House,_Oakland_Road_(Birmingham_Township),_Dilworthtown_vicinity_(Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania).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/71994175","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brinton_1704_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8005934"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/seventeen-hundred-and-four-house-67000018/"}