{"nrhp_refnum":"71000706","name":"Pusey, Caleb, House","other_names":["See Also:Pusey-Crozier Mill Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15 Race St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upland","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.85122257000006,"lon":-75.38658117399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-section stone house in Upland, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, built in the late seventeenth century for Caleb Pusey, a Quaker miller and shoemaker's last maker from Berkshire, England.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the earliest surviving English-built house in Pennsylvania and the only dwelling in America in which William Penn is known to have visited. Its vernacular stone construction follows sixteenth and early seventeenth century yeoman house traditions from Berkshire. Pusey was associated with a local mill and later served in provincial public office.","narrative":"Built of native stone in Upland, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the Caleb Pusey House was constructed in two sections probably a few years apart. The eastern portion has a simple plan of one great room below and a loft above, reflecting the vernacular yeoman houses of Berkshire, England, where Pusey was born in 1651. The western section is believed to have been roofed and completed by 1696, when Chester Monthly Meeting held sessions there. A large walk-in fireplace and bake oven originally stood in the center wall, later replaced by corner fireplaces in the early nineteenth century. The house is regarded as the earliest surviving English-built house in Pennsylvania. It is also the only dwelling in America in which William Penn is known to have visited on at least one occasion. Pusey, a shoemaker's last maker, received a share in a mill established in 1681 and later served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and the Executive Council before dying in Marlborough Township in 1727.","period_of_significance":"17th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The interior has been restored to a 1725 cutoff date by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.288733-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000706.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000706/9a234a5d02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000706/9a234a5d02-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones (talk).","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ACalebPuseyHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones (talk).</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ACalebPuseyHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Pusey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5019278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/pusey-caleb-house-71000706/"}