{"nrhp_refnum":"84003302","name":"Sleepy Hollow Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 E. Lincoln Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.02879837200004,"lon":-75.62677497299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay, two-and-a-half story stone and log-origin house on the Lancaster Turnpike (Lincoln Highway) in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in stages from the early 18th century, with a center-hall main block dating to about 1810-1820. The house was associated with a tannery operated on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house preserves the earliest one-room stone dwelling section, now the only surviving evidence of that once common plan, and that its 1810-1820 main block reflects the conservative, traditional five-bay center-hall plan of the late 18th century. It is also regarded as significant for its association with the introduction of industry, specifically the tanning business, into the Great Valley.","narrative":"Sleepy Hollow Hall stands on the Lancaster Turnpike in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is built in stages beginning with a one-room stone dwelling of about 20 by 19 feet from the early 18th century. A stone and log addition followed, and George Massey, a tanner who was born in 1767 and operated a tannery on the property until his death in 1848, expanded the house about 1810 with a five-bay, single-pile main block of two and a half stories. The 1798 Direct Tax lists a currying shop, bark shed and handling shed among the tannery buildings. The house is regarded as significant for two reasons. Its earliest section is the only surviving example of a once common one-room plan, and its main block follows the traditional five-bay, center-hall form used through the late eighteenth century. It is also significant for its link to the introduction of tanning industry into the area. Massey, a Quaker elder, built with restraint, and the house is described as the most architecturally restrained manor house on the route.","period_of_significance":"c. 1717-1849","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Residence and industry historically; present use recorded as house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.497478-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003302.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003302/1be0dbeadb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003302/1be0dbeadb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleepy_Hallow_Hall_Chesco_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleepy_Hallow_Hall_Chesco_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992708","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7539975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/sleepy-hollow-hall-84003302/"}