{"nrhp_refnum":"84003293","name":"Newlin Miller's House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1240 Samuel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.99459974200005,"lon":-75.63642271899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular stone house with a two-story frame wing at 1240 Samuel Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in the early 19th century and used as a residence. It stands on a small site with a stone spring house and the remains of a former saw mill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant as a vernacular stone dwelling closely related in plan and stone construction to dwellings at Grove, retaining much of its original interior woodwork. It is also associated with the Newlin Saw Mill, a local lumbering operation that supplied lumber for many area houses.","narrative":"Stone house on Samuel Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, dating from the early 1800s and built into a hillside above Little Broad Run. The one-and-one-half story stone core has two rooms on each level, with fireplaces in the corners and a frame two-story wing on the south that holds the main and back stairways. Interior features include plain original mantels, simple woodwork, wide floor boards and pegged rafter and collar construction in the attic. The house is valued for its rare survival of such early stone dwellings in the township, and its interior woodwork is largely original. It is also tied to the Newlin Saw Mill, built by William Newlin in the early 1800s, which was relatively isolated and sawed lumber only. The mill was owned from 1876 to 1895 by William Speakman, a carpenter of Grove. A stone spring house on the site also contributes to its significance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1819","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":["C","A"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.054593-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003293.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003293/8d7d902328-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003293/8d7d902328-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewlinMillersHouseChesterCounty.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewlinMillersHouseChesterCounty.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992716","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlin_Miller%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15262163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/newlin-millers-house-84003293/"}