{"nrhp_refnum":"84003249","name":"Everhart, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Ship and Boot Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.00960332300008,"lon":-75.59355891399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick vernacular house with an attached rear brick kitchen at the southeast corner of West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, at the junction of Ship and Boot Roads. It was built c. 1810 and later used by the Devereux Foundation for institutional purposes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is unusual in the area for its brick construction, primitive-appearing decoration and unconventional facade and floor plan, with a double entrance suggesting a combined store and dwelling. It is described as one of only two surviving brick dwellings in the township and near the northern limit of brick domestic buildings in Chester County. Its association with William Everhart, a local storekeeper and later hotel owner, adds to its historical importance.","narrative":"Built around 1810 at the southeast corner of West Whiteland Township, this brick house sits where Ship and Boot Roads meet and faces southeast toward the site of the old Boot Tavern. Its five-bay facade has two entrances, one with a fanlight and the other plainly trimmed, which suggests a floor plan that departed from convention. The brick is laid in Flemish bond on the front, with a box cornice, a punch-and-groove decorated frieze and a vaulted root cellar beneath the kitchen. William Everhart, a storekeeper who was assessed for the house in 1814, ran a general store nearby before opening a hotel in West Chester in 1835. The house is regarded as a rare survivor of brick building in a district dominated by stone and frame construction, and as a surviving record of 19th-century commercial life at the Boot. Its stonework and woodwork were locally made rather than the work of master craftsmen, which the nomination considers worthy of further study.","period_of_significance":"1800-1819","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Adapted for institutional use by the Devereux Foundation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.300834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003249/1e852f0e07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003249/1e852f0e07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_Everhart_House_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_Everhart_House_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992561","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Everhart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/everhart-william-house-84003249/"}