{"nrhp_refnum":"84003186","name":"Coates, Moses, Jr., Farm","other_names":["Meadow Brook Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1416 State Rd., Schuykill Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Phoenixville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.11648581600005,"lon":-75.52253389836662,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead complex at the intersection of State and Pot House Roads in Schuylkill Township, at the edge of Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It includes a farmhouse, bank, barn, carriage house, and two spring houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant for its relationship to events and personalities of the American Revolution, as the Coates family hosted American officers during the 1777-1778 campaign and aided the army at Valley Forge and wounded soldiers after Brandywine. The farmhouse also preserves traditional Georgian building forms that were altered over time.","narrative":"Built on a hill in Schuylkill Township near Phoenixville, the Moses Coates Farm is a complex of traditional buildings including a farmhouse, bank barn, carriage house, and two spring houses. The core of the farmhouse was begun about 1754 as a two-and-a-half-story stone house with Georgian features, including a symmetrical facade and end chimneys. Later additions, including a kitchen wing completed in 1896, changed its plan into an ell shape. The farm's significance lies in its Revolutionary War connections. During the army's encampment at Valley Forge and the period of late 1777 and early 1778, the house sheltered officers including Generals Gates and Mifflin and Benedict Arnold, whose guard of twelve men also stayed there. Moses Coates Jr. served in the Chester County militia, supplied food to the troops, and helped treat wounded soldiers after the Battle of Brandywine. The farm was converted into a golf course in 1933.","period_of_significance":"1754, add. 1896, 1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian characteristics","criteria":[],"status_note":"The farm was converted into a 9-hole golf course in 1933 and is now integrated into a 20th century scheme with a golf course and modern building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.871965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003186/388a0ca274-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003186/388a0ca274-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M_Coates_Farm.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:M_Coates_Farm.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997606","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Coates_Jr._Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6915742"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/coates-moses-jr-farm-84003186/"}