{"nrhp_refnum":"75001622","name":"Taylor, Benjamin, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Newtown off SR 532, Lower Makefield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newtown","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.257238605000055,"lon":-74.91165256399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story stone house in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, built in stages from 1738 with the last addition completed in 1820. It is 30 by 60 feet and is known locally as Dolington Manor.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its imposing scale and for its arcaded front, a feature the nomination says is found in only five other houses in the area. The builder, Benjamin Taylor, gave his name to Taylorsville Village and road. The stone is a rose stone brought from a nearby quarry rather than the common field stone of the period.","narrative":"A stone house in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, built in three stages beginning in 1738, with the last addition completed in 1820. Its builder, Benjamin Taylor, gave his name to Taylorsville village and the road through it. The house measures 30 by 60 feet and rises two and a half stories over seven bays. Its most distinctive feature is an arcaded front, with a 20-pane rectangular window set between smaller panes and voussoirs in the fourth and fifth bays of the first floor. The nomination notes that only five other houses in the area have such an arcade. Taylor used a rose stone from a nearby quarry instead of the field stone usually used for houses of the period, and the eastern section, added later, is built of a different stone texture. The interior was extensively remodeled, though its original woodwork survives in good condition. The house is important for its architecture and its link to an early local builder.","period_of_significance":"1738 (date stone)","architect_builder":"Benjamin Taylor","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.988328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001622.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001622/8781c488d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001622/8781c488d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Taylor_Homestead.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:Benjamin_Taylor_Homestead.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996771","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Taylor_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889290"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/taylor-benjamin-homestead-75001622/"}