{"nrhp_refnum":"71000698","name":"Chad House","other_names":["Chad,John,House and Spring House","See Also:Chadds Ford Histor"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 100","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chadds Ford","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.874827217000075,"lon":-75.59157336299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone house on the Brandywine in Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, built before 1725 by John Wyeth, Jr., a carpenter, according to the nomination's reasoning from initials carved in a stone.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the oldest surviving dwellings in the area and is tied to early landholding, milling and ferry operation on the Brandywine. Its condition is described as largely original, and it stood in the line of fire of Knyphausen's division during the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777.","narrative":"A stone house on the Brandywine at Chadds Ford, built before 1725 by John Wyeth, Jr., a carpenter, whose initials are carved in a stone beside an upper window on the front wall. The house was later occupied by John Chads, who came of age in 1717 and inherited a share of a corn mill on the river. Chads operated a ferry across the Brandywine from 1737 under official authorization, and it ran until a bridge replaced it in 1828. The house remained in the Chads and Brinton families before passing to the Chadds Ford Historical Society in 1968. During the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777 it lay in the direct line of fire from Knyphausen's division, and Elizabeth Chad, then an elderly woman, remained inside. Its exterior and interior are described as largely original, and the nomination notes that the building is undergoing restoration to its early appearance.","period_of_significance":"Pre 1725","architect_builder":"John Wyeth, Jr. (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The document states the building is being restored or reconstructed to its original appearance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.658908-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000698.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000698/8ca710cea9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000698/8ca710cea9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JChaddsHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JChaddsHouse.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/71994951","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chads_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066266"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/chad-house-71000698/"}