{"nrhp_refnum":"80003487","name":"Wolley Stille","other_names":["Joseph Sharpless House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Harvey Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wallingford","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.874454729000036,"lon":-75.36587288899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fieldstone farmstead in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, built in parts from before 1700 through 1700, with a 1751 addition and a 1916 service wing.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant for its blend of Swedish and English design and construction, and for its extensive Philadelphia paneling over the interior fireplaces, which the nomination says may be the earliest extant example of its type. Its original hardware, gunport windows and basement brick arcade supports are also cited as unusual, and it is tied to the Sharpless family, early English Quaker settlers in the Delaware River tier.","narrative":"Wolley Stille is a fieldstone farmstead on Ridley Creek in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Its walls are two feet thick and were quarried on the property. The earliest section dates from before 1700 and the main hall was completed in 1700 by Joseph Sharpless, a carpenter, after his father John Sharpless began a larger home before dying in 1685. A 1751 addition, marked by its own datestone, and a 1916 service wing followed. The house combines Swedish and English elements of construction, and it is noted for Philadelphia-style paneling over its interior fireplaces, which may be the earliest surviving example of that type. Original teardrop brass hardware, two gunport windows and a basement brick arcade are also distinctive. The Sharpless family, prominent Pennsylvania educators and professional leaders, owned the homestead from its construction, apart from 1939 to 1961.","period_of_significance":"pre 1700-1751","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Sharpless family except for 1939-1961; re-shingled in 1977 and used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.019689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003487/7117e3849c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003487/7117e3849c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolley_1.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:Wolley_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998499","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolley_Stille","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8030349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/wolley-stille-80003487/"}