{"nrhp_refnum":"79002202","name":"Taylor House","other_names":["Meadowview Farm","Taylor-Parke House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Marshallton on W. Strasburg Rd., East Bradford Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshallton","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.950177729000046,"lon":-75.66066040701284,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone house in Marshallton, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in 1768 with a two-story main section, a 1½-story kitchen wing and an attached stone shed. A frame barn added around 1900 stands on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an example of well-executed regional architecture that has survived largely unaltered in its core features. It is linked to the nearby Battle of Brandywine, and it is compared with other early houses in the area, including Cliveden and the Humphrey Marshall house. The form describes it as a prime example of the Pennsylvania country style in the Georgian period.","narrative":"Built in 1768 by Abiah Taylor's grandson, the Taylor 1768 House stands in Marshallton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2-story main section of cut stone on the front facade, with plain fieldstone on the other elevations, joined to a 1½-story stone kitchen wing and a one-story stone shed. The facade has seven 12-over-12 sash windows and a circular datestone. Its detail is restrained, and its layout is a variation of the Penn Plan rather than a center-hall house. The house is regarded as a well-executed example of Pennsylvania country style in the Georgian period. The builder served in the Assembly from 1795 to 1801, and the house has long been home to large families, millers and farmers. A skirmish reached the area during the Battle of Brandywine, and the house was recorded on the HABS survey in the 1950s.","period_of_significance":"1768","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania country style in the Georgian period","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered; the roof has been reshingled with composition shingle, and the barn is used for cattle and sheep.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.385996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002202/0f64cbcf1b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002202/0f64cbcf1b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Cope_HD.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Cope_HD.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996409","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_House_(Marshallton,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7690014"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/taylor-house-79002202/"}