{"nrhp_refnum":"78002371","name":"Harvey, Peter, House and Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Kennett Sq. on Hillendale Rd., Mendenhall","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kennett Square","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.865019516000075,"lon":-75.62340938499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story stone farmhouse and a stone and wood bank barn near Kennett Square in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built between 1773 and 1777 by Peter Harvey, and the barn bears a date stone of 1834 and was built by Isaac Mendenhall.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine example of the local stone farmhouse, with simple and gracious styling. The barn is described as a fine example of local stone barn construction, with large quoins and random laid stonework. The nomination links both buildings to Quaker families, whose plain and simple styling is seen in the house and barn.","narrative":"Built of local stone laid in random pattern, the Peter Harvey House near Kennett Square began as a two and one-half story, three-bay by two-bay farmhouse with a gable roof and two gable-end stone chimneys. Peter Harvey, grandson of William Harvey, who had bought 300 acres on the west side of the Brandywine River in 1715, is credited with building it between 1773 and 1777. A date of November 27, 1777, inscribed in the plaster during a 1940 restoration, is linked to his marriage. The house gained stone additions in 1940 that brought it to eight bays. Across the site stands a stone and wood bank barn with a date stone of 1834, built by Isaac Mendenhall. Both buildings are valued for their plain, simple and well-proportioned Quaker-associated styling and for their use of local stone.","period_of_significance":"1773-1777, 1834","architect_builder":"Peter Harvey (house); Isaac Mendenhall (barn)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The barn is currently being used as a studio and storage area.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.261562-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002371.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002371/96d06ad47d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002371/96d06ad47d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Harvey_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Harvey_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996014","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Harvey_House_and_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174569"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/harvey-peter-house-and-barn-78002371/"}