{"nrhp_refnum":"84003315","name":"White, Hannah, Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"545 W. Boot Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.004326380000066,"lon":-75.63709857799995,"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-story stuccoed log house on West Boot Road at the edge of the Grove crossroads village in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built on a traditional hall/parlor plan with a later frame kitchen wing.","why_significant":"The survey treats the house as eligible under criterion C as an example of a once common building type that has almost passed out of existence. It is described as a late example of a hall-parlor log house, a type usually associated with the early settlement of an area in the early eighteenth century, and it is similar to the David Ashbridge Log House in the same township.","narrative":"A two-story log dwelling built on a hall/parlor plan stands on West Boot Road at the edge of the Grove crossroads village in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. The rectangular core, with three bays and a centered entrance, is constructed of red oak logs and is covered by stucco, though the logs are visible in the basement. A one-bay frame kitchen wing of two stories is attached to the east, and both sections have tin roofs and a full-length front porch. A title search places the house in the ownership of Hannah White around 1800, and the survey dates its construction to 1800-1819. In 1835 the property, then 128 acres, was sold at sheriff's sale, and the White and later Fisher families were long-term members of the Grove Methodist Church. The house is regarded as a late surviving example of a log building type once common in the region, which is why it was listed.","period_of_significance":"1800-1819","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Hall Parlor Plan / Log","criteria":["C"],"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 17:11:34.447572-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003315.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003315/5e0c1dd8c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003315/5e0c1dd8c2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HannahWhiteLogHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HannahWhiteLogHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992576","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_White_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648986"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/white-hannah-log-house-84003315/"}