{"nrhp_refnum":"80003471","name":"Goodwin Acres","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 Reservoir Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Chester","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.982946740000074,"lon":-75.55418859294784,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story stone farmhouse with later additions, a mid-19th-century stone barn and a stone springhouse on the remaining 14.85 acres of the former Goodwin Homestead near West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmstead is significant for its early stone house, which was built c. 1736 and enlarged c. 1749 and 1840, and for its association with the Goodwin and Downing families. It also cites the barn as a fine example of a Chester County stone barn and notes the family's role in local agricultural and civic life.","narrative":"Built of coursed rubble fieldstone, the Goodwin Homestead near West Chester began as a stone house constructed around 1736 by Robert Roberts on a 230-acre tract. In 1749 Thomas Goodwin, a former Church of England minister from Llandewy, Merionethshire, who had become a Quaker, bought the land and enlarged the house that year. Further additions followed c. 1840, and a 1941 enclosed porch and library were added later. The property passed to Goodwin's son and then to his daughter, Mary M. Goodwin, who married Samuel R. Downing in 1861. Downing, a farmer, served on the state board of agriculture under two governors, and the Downing family was involved in founding Downingtown. The site also includes a mid-19th-century stone bank barn, a wooden silo and a stone springhouse. The farmstead is regarded as a significant part of early Chester County history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is in good repair; a 1941 enclosed porch and library were added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.137543-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003471/0829b7a261-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003471/0829b7a261-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwin_Acres.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwin_Acres.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998675","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Acres","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5583670"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/goodwin-acres-80003471/"}