{"nrhp_refnum":"83004207","name":"Boyer, Riter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"350 W. Boot Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.00607914700004,"lon":-75.62961602799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1800 stone house with a rear kitchen wing and a c. 1850 stuccoed stone major wing, located on Boot Road at Grove in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built as a farm residence.","why_significant":"The house is associated with Riter Boyer, who is credited with developing the Grove crossroads village in the nineteenth century. It is also regarded as an example of a vernacular style that remained important through the nineteenth century, with the 1850 addition maintaining the eighteenth-century vernacular character.","narrative":"Built around 1800 as a farm residence on Boot Road at Grove, the house began as a two-story stone core measuring 16 by 22 feet, with large quoin stones and an off-center chimney. A kitchen wing was added to the south and a stuccoed stone major wing was built in 1850, oriented west toward the Grove village and its Methodist church. The house is linked to Riter Boyer, who inherited the property in 1832 and worked to develop Grove as a crossroads village. He erected a store, shops and dwellings there to attract tradesmen, and he gave land to the local church and school. The house is considered important for its connection to this village development and for its vernacular architecture, which retains eighteenth-century character even in the 1850 addition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1819","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Vernacular","criteria":["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 17:11:34.294489-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83004207.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004207/1362c8d16f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004207/1362c8d16f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoyerHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoyerHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992702","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riter_Boyer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7336707"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/boyer-riter-house-83004207/"}