{"nrhp_refnum":"85001150","name":"Powell Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Dupont Rd., East Fallowfield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coatesville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.93695037600003,"lon":-75.80759236299997,"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 five-bay, two-story fieldstone farmhouse with an asphalt-shingled gable roof on DuPont Road in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house is dated by a datestone to 1794.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmhouse is a pure interpretation of conservative Federal architecture for a Pennsylvania farmhouse, with a pleasing proportion of facades, roofline, chimneys and box cornice. It is also associated with the post Civil War dairy expansion of the Powell family, whose herd grew to become the largest in the township and whose butter output ranked second in 1879. It is part of a local collection of vernacular farmsteads tied to the 1770-1820 agricultural era.","narrative":"A five-bay, two-story fieldstone farmhouse on DuPont Road in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bears a datestone of 1794. Its well-pointed fieldstone walls, quoins, stone-lipped gable-end chimneys, box cornice with small returns, and six-over-six and six-over-nine sash give it a restrained Federal character. The full-width porch sits at ground level at one end and rises well above grade at the other. The house is valued as a plain, carefully proportioned example of Federal design in rural Chester County. Its historical importance also lies in the farm's agricultural record. The Powell family held the property for more than a century, and by 1880 they had grown their dairy herd from five cows in 1860 to twenty-two head. In 1879 their butter output of 4,536 pounds made them the second-highest producer in the township. The farm was sold in 1903 to settle an estate, and its listing reflects both its architecture and its place among the area's farmsteads built in the 1770-1820 period.","period_of_significance":"1780-1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","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 17:11:32.154722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85001150.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001150/9bde568507-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001150/9bde568507-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POWELL_FARM.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POWELL_FARM.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992551","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_Farm_(Coatesville,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7236068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/powell-farm-85001150/"}