{"nrhp_refnum":"85001144","name":"Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hephzibah Hill Rd., East Fallowfield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coatesville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.95380777500003,"lon":-75.80626936199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of houses in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, associated with the Brandywine Building and Loan Association, listed as a building in the East Fallowfield Township Multiple Resource Area. The form identifies the rowhouses with a 1981 photo date and a Northwest Elevation photograph.","why_significant":"The evaluation sheets state the property was accepted as architecturally significant within its context and recommended for listing under the housing multiple resource area. The reviewer describes the rowhouses as speculative Italianate-style workers' housing.","narrative":"Speculative workers' housing in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Brandywine Building and Loan Association Rowhouses are built in the Italianate style. The row was developed by the Brandywine Building and Loan Association as part of the housing stock of the East Fallowfield Township area, which was documented through a multiple resource study. Reviewers accepted the nomination in May 1985, finding the rowhouses architecturally significant within their historic context. Their value lies in their representation of modest, speculatively built dwellings for industrial workers, a building type common in the Brandywine valley communities. The available evaluation pages record the recommendation and criteria acceptance but give no construction date, architect, or detailed description of individual units, so the surviving fabric and original appearance cannot be described further from this record.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.635247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85001144.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001144/18bde1162a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001144/18bde1162a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandywine_Row_Houses.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandywine_Row_Houses.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992578","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandywine_Building_and_Loan_Assoc._Rowhouses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4957271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/brandywine-building-and-loan-assoc-rowhouses-85001144/"}