{"nrhp_refnum":"71000701","name":"Painter, William, Farm","other_names":["See Also:Brandywine Battlefield"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 mi. NE of Chadds Ford on U.S. 1","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chadds Ford","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.87835494700005,"lon":-75.55230920699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house in Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, built in 1808 by William Painter, with a stone tenement dated 1796 adjacent to it. Later additions extend from the east elevation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with the Painter family, a Quaker family settled in southeastern Pennsylvania, and for William Painter's abolitionist activity, as his home is said to have served as a station on the Underground Railroad. It also cites family members of note and the property's location within the Battle of the Brandywine area.","narrative":"A two-story brick house in Chadds Ford, built in 1808 by William Painter, a prosperous farmer from a Quaker family that had settled in southeastern Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century. The house has two front doors on the north elevation, allowing it to be divided into two dwellings, and its original sash windows and doorframes survive. Its interior has been extensively altered, and it was later used as offices. Painter was an ardent abolitionist, and his home is said to have served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The family was active in founding the Concord Friends Meeting, and several of Painter's nine children gained prominence, including Dr. Edward Painter, who served as Indian agent to the Omaha Indians under President Grant, and the writer Margaret Painter Pyle, mother of illustrator Howard Pyle. The property also lies within the battlefield area of the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777, on the line of Washington's army's retreat.","period_of_significance":"1808","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The interior has been gutted and modified for office use; the exterior brick has been painted white.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.865997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000701/f8b9eb1eae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000701/f8b9eb1eae-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PaintersCrossing.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PaintersCrossing.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016540"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/painter-william-farm-71000701/"}