{"nrhp_refnum":"80003436","name":"Harewood and Beechwood","other_names":["Woods Schools"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Langhorne off PA 213, Middletown Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Langhorne","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.17858612800006,"lon":-74.91198946099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent early estate properties in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Harewood, a 1906 five-story mansion with an early 19th-century farmhouse as its rear wing, and Beechwood, a two and one-half story painted fieldstone mansion.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Harewood has an unusual development history and notable Chateauesque elements and Henry Mercer tile work throughout its interior. It describes Beechwood as a fine example of an early Bucks County mansion with many Federal features. Both were part of the late 18th and 19th century estate pattern of the Langhorne and Middletown Township area and were later used as residential treatment centers for children.","narrative":"Two large estate houses in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, illustrate the mansion estates built in the area during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Harewood began as a small two-story farmhouse in the early 19th century on a 130-acre farmstead. In 1906 a five-story mansion with a broken-hipped cedar-shingled roof, sixteen fireplaces and a grand staircase was built around it, and the farmhouse survives as a rear wing. Its interior features numerous Henry Mercer tiles set around fireplaces and cornices, and the grounds include a tiled gazebo and a reflecting pool. Beechwood is a painted fieldstone house of two and one-half stories with a central foyer and much original woodwork. Its builder is not named in the nomination, but its Federal-era features are noted. Both houses passed to treatment programs for children in the twentieth century, and the nomination notes they had become obsolete for that use and were threatened by demolition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Chateauesque (Harewood); Federal features (Beechwood)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both structures are described as no longer used as treatment centers and threatened by demolition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.837108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003436.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003436/90a4972d92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003436/90a4972d92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiddletownTwpPA_Beechwood.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiddletownTwpPA_Beechwood.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996167","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harewood_and_Beechwood","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5656960"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/harewood-and-beechwood-80003436/"}