{"nrhp_refnum":"71000696","name":"Peters, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hillendale Rd., Pennsbury Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mendenhall","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.86410215700005,"lon":-75.62644106399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A colonial-era house built in Chelsea, Aston Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, Pennsylvania, in 1749-50 for William and Eleanor Peters. It was moved to its present site in Mendenhall, Chester County, in 1965.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture in the middle colonies, with a original four-room plan around a center hall on both floors and Flemish and common bond brickwork. It states that despite being moved, the care taken with documentation and preservation of its architectural detail keeps it important. William Peters was a prosperous local resident with gristmills and sawmills on Green Creek who served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.","narrative":"Built in 1749-50 in Chelsea, Aston Township, for William and Eleanor Peters, this brick house is regarded as an outstanding example of Georgian architecture in the middle colonies. Its original plan had four rooms around a center hall on each floor, and its front and western walls are laid in Flemish bond while the rear and eastern walls use common bond. William Peters was a prosperous local resident who operated gristmills and sawmills on Green Creek and later served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The house was moved to its present site in 1965, when a rear wing for a modern kitchen and laundry was added and the interior was adapted. The nomination credits the careful documentation of every alteration and the efforts to preserve its architectural detail with keeping the house important despite the move. Without relocation, it would have been destroyed entirely.","period_of_significance":"1749-50","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Moved to its present site in 1965 and altered for modern living, including a rear kitchen and laundry wing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.009297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000696/d84b69e443-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000696/d84b69e443-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Choess","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Peters_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Choess</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:William_Peters_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peters_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016822"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/peters-william-house-71000696/"}