{"nrhp_refnum":"80003460","name":"Ferguson, William, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Glen Moore on Marshall Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Moore","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.08284796150005,"lon":-75.7490149899132,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead in Glen Moore, Chester County, Pennsylvania, made up of a stone main house begun around 1741 and enlarged around 1830, a converted carriage house and granary, a stuccoed stone tenant house, a barnyard wall, and the ruins of an earlier house and barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm holds architecture from the 1700s and early 1800s and ruins that may predate the Ferguson family's arrival. It also links the property to Edward Hunter, an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who hosted Joseph Smith's services there, and to John Cornog, a local political leader tied to the East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad.","narrative":"Set on a 22-acre tract in Glen Moore, Chester County, the William Ferguson Farm is a cluster of stone buildings whose oldest section dates to about 1741. The main house is a two-and-a-half-story fieldstone structure in the Georgian style, with a second section added around 1830. Nearby stand a converted carriage house and granary, a stuccoed stone tenant house with Georgian and Federal features, a massive barnyard wall, and the fieldstone ruins of an earlier house that may predate the Ferguson family's arrival. The property is significant for its architecture and its early agricultural settlement. It is also tied to Edward Hunter, who bought the farm in 1827, opened his home and a seminary to worshippers, and became a founder of the Latter-day Saint movement in the area. John Cornog, a local political leader, owned the farm later and was involved in the railroad built through his land. Latter-day Saints regard the farm as worthy of a shrine.","period_of_significance":"c. 1741; 1830/ruins 17 & ilder/Architect","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (main house); Georgian and Federal features (tenant house)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"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 17:11:34.161181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003460.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003460/4f0f000678-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003460/4f0f000678-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferguson_Chesco.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferguson_Chesco.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995677","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ferguson_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/ferguson-william-farm-80003460/"}