{"nrhp_refnum":"85002355","name":"Hayes Homestead","other_names":["Site #49-6"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 162 & Harvey's Bridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newlin Twp.","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.935897510000075,"lon":-75.73583364099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log and stone farmhouse on about 7.3 acres north of Route 162 in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, near the West Branch Brandywine River. The house has a log core built about 1770, a stone kitchen wing dated 1799, and a frame addition of 1882.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its unusual hall/parlor floor plan with central and corner chimneys combined with log construction, which it calls exceedingly rare in Quaker-settled southeastern Pennsylvania. It is also tied to the Hayes family, whose members held local historical and social roles, and to Indian Hannah, Chester County's last Lenape, who stayed there briefly between 1798 and 1800. The homestead has stayed in family ownership.","narrative":"Built about 1770 as a two-story log house with a central stone chimney, the Hayes Homestead sits on 7.295 acres in Newlin Township, Chester County, near the West Branch Brandywine River. Its original plan, with a central fireplace and a corner fireplace combined with log construction, is regarded as exceedingly rare in Quaker-settled southeastern Pennsylvania. A stone kitchen wing dated 1799 extends from the southwest corner and retains a brick floor, a cooking fireplace with bake oven and a stone dry sink. Thomas Hayes is said to have built the log core, and his brother Mordecai Hayes later enlarged it. Mordecai Jr. and his wife Esther were Quaker abolitionists who sheltered escaping slaves, and the house was a place where Indian Hannah, Chester County's last Lenape, stayed for brief periods between 1798 and 1800. An 1882 frame addition was built by William Hayes. The house is listed for its architecture and its association with this family.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799; 1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Residence, retained in family ownership; the 1950s updates added electricity, plumbing and heating.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.579792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002355.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002355/1ffc531452-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002355/1ffc531452-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hayes_Homestead.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hayes_Homestead.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992606","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5686603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/hayes-homestead-85002355/"}