{"nrhp_refnum":"85002373","name":"Mountain Meadow Farm","other_names":["Site #49-2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Harvey's Bridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newlin Twp.","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.93357853900005,"lon":-75.74622542299994,"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 brick farmhouse of about 1800 with a large frame barn of about 1860, on Harvey's Bridge Road in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture: it is a rare and accomplished example of double-door Georgian styling imposed on a traditional hall/parlor plan, and its fine brick construction is distinctive for houses of its period. The large frame barn is representative of the region's barns at their peak of size and utility.","narrative":"Brick farmhouse dating to about 1800, with a frame barn of about 1860, on Harvey's Bridge Road in Newlin Township, Chester County. The two-story house sits over a full basement and attic and has a plain gable roof with brick end chimneys. Its facade is laid in Flemish bond and its end walls in common bond. The house combines an eighteenth-century hall and parlor floor plan with early nineteenth-century double front doors, each opening directly into one of the two ground-floor rooms. Interior features include a cooking fireplace with stone hearth and bake oven in the hall, beaded joists, and original hardware on the doors. It was probably built between 1775 and 1800 by a member of the Peirce family, who had owned land in the area since before 1750. Its brick construction is unusual for houses of its period in the region. The banked barn, with a large overshoot, reflects the region's barns at their peak of size and utility.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition excellent; present use residence. Barn in extremely good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.665232-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002373.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002373/8d202a3256-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002373/8d202a3256-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadow_farm_barn_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadow_farm_barn_side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadow_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6925098"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/mountain-meadow-farm-85002373/"}