{"nrhp_refnum":"84003280","name":"Kinbawn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 Highland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.003251832000046,"lon":-75.65208537899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Kinbawn is a two and one-half story frame house on a cut stone foundation in the Bradford Hills area of West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a related stable and groom's quarters. It was designed for a Philadelphia client as a summer home.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne architecture and of a late nineteenth century planned residential development. It is described as a clear example of urban late 19th century aesthetics reaching rural Chester County, and one of the few documented, surviving commissions of its architectural firm.","narrative":"Built in 1888 as a summer house on a hilltop site in West Whiteland Township, Kinbawn is a two and one-half story frame house on a cut stone foundation. Architect Newton H. Culver of Philadelphia designed it for attorney R. Rowley Baker, who bought a lot in the Bradford Hills development in 1889. The development was intended as a second Bryn Mawr but went bankrupt in 1894, leaving only a handful of houses built. Kinbawn has a curved northwest corner, flared walls above the second level, scalloped wood shingles over novelty siding, and a horseshoe-shaped Dutch door. Its interior includes a stairway with oak-leaf carving and diamond-paned windows, and a third-floor servants' area. A frame stable and groom's quarters stands on the property. The house is significant for its Queen Anne design and as a remnant of a planned late nineteenth century residential community.","period_of_significance":"1880-1899","architect_builder":"Newton H. Culver (architect)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Shingle","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residence, maintained by its owners","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.653077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003280/ed490bb0e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003280/ed490bb0e9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinbawn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinbawn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992595","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinbawn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6410420"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/kinbawn-84003280/"}