{"nrhp_refnum":"84003317","name":"Whitford Garne","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 W. Boot Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.012766800000065,"lon":-75.62580985799997,"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":"A two-and-one-half story stone Georgian Revival mansion at 201 West Boot Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in 1905 as a residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the township's finest example of pure Georgian Revival styling, traditional in every respect and virtually unaltered. It also cites its association with the Thomas family, one of the township's most prominent families, and its builder George W. Thomas III.","narrative":"Built in 1905 on West Boot Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, this two-and-one-half story stone house was designed by Philadelphia architect Albert W. Dilkes for George W. Thomas III, a member of the township's leading family. Its five-bay facade, two-room depth, and central hall with a dentilled arch and a two-flight stair with a Palladian window reflect the Georgian Revival style. Its formal lawn, boxwood garden, and gazebo survive from the original setting. The house was regarded as the township's finest example of pure Georgian Revival design and was largely unaltered. Its significance also rests on its link to the Thomas family, whose landholdings in West Whiteland declined after Thomas's death in 1937. Dilkes's only other documented work in Chester County is the Charles Thomas Home addition of 1896.","period_of_significance":"1900-1919","architect_builder":"Albert W. Dilkes (architect)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Restoration has commenced on the exterior; the house was once adapted as a nursing home and is now a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.897975-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003317.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003317/7b3923b091-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003317/7b3923b091-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitford_Garn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitford_Garn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992565","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitford_Garne","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7996474"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/whitford-garne-84003317/"}