{"nrhp_refnum":"69000154","name":"Pennsbury Manor","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"On the Delaware River S of Bordentown Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morrisville","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.13463208300007,"lon":-74.76594170546892,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pennsbury Manor is the country estate of William Penn, located on the Delaware River in Lower Bucks County near Morrisville, Pennsylvania, now operated as a museum. It consists of a main Manor House with a group of supporting dependencies set in a landscaped park.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant as the country residence of William Penn, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, where he lived with his family and entertained prominent figures of the new colony. Its site was selected under Penn's instruction and construction began in 1683, with the house substantially completed by his second visit in 1699.","narrative":"Pennsbury Manor is a country estate on the Delaware River in Lower Bucks County, near Morrisville, Pennsylvania. William Penn, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, had the site chosen by William Markham, who came to the colony a year ahead of Penn to select a location for the family's country estate. The site was an Indian encampment at the time. Penn approved it on arrival in 1683 and ordered construction begun. The house was substantially complete by his second visit to America in 1699, and Penn lived there with his family and infant son John, entertaining prominent figures of the new colony. The estate was designed as a self-supporting plantation, with a large Manor House surrounded by dependencies including a bake and brew house, boat house, smoke house, ice house, stable, blacksmith shop and privies. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania re-created the Manor House and dependencies between 1932 and 1938 on the original foundations, following archaeological and historical research. The surrounding park includes vegetable gardens, an herb garden, a formal garden, a holly court and an orchard.","period_of_significance":"1683-1699","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Re-created by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania between 1932 and 1938 on the original foundations and open as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.5003-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/69000154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000154/3d1e3951b0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000154/3d1e3951b0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsbury_Manor_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsbury_Manor_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996624","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsbury_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163518"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/pennsbury-manor-69000154/"}