{"nrhp_refnum":"84003291","name":"Meredith, Daniel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1358 Glen Echo Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.004289622000044,"lon":-75.61050216899997,"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 two-and-one-half story stuccoed stone house on Glen Echo Road in south central West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built circa 1815 on a 100-acre tract. It is a Side-Hall or 2/3 Georgian plan house with a rectangular plan measuring 25 by 30 feet.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fully developed example of the 2/3 Georgian plan, a house type heavily favored in West Whiteland in the first half of the 19th century. It is distinguished by its architectural purity and integrity, and it was not built as a modification of an earlier structure. The nomination argues it preserves traditional eighteenth-century building forms in a 19th-century building.","narrative":"Built around 1815 on a 100-acre farm tract in south central West Whiteland Township, this two-and-one-half story stone house is stuccoed and laid out on the Side-Hall, or 2/3 Georgian, plan. Its rectangular body measures 25 by 30 feet, with three bays and an off-centered door opening into a wide hall with a straight stair. Each floor holds two rooms, each with its own fireplace, and the house retains plain fluted surrounds and architrave trim. The land was acquired in 1796 from John Lockhart, and the Meredith family held the farm for about a century. Earlier on the site stood a log house and a log barn. Wills from 1824 and 1861 describe the interior arrangement. The house is valued because it was built as a complete example of this plan rather than as an alteration of an older building, and because it keeps its original form and interior arrangement, apart from a modern kitchen addition on the west side.","period_of_significance":"1800-1819","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"2/3 Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residential development surrounds the house; a modern kitchen was added on the west and a modern garage stands on the site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.775175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003291.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003291/acc4c69629-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003291/acc4c69629-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meredith_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meredith_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992534","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Meredith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/meredith-daniel-house-84003291/"}