{"nrhp_refnum":"85002381","name":"Worker's House at Lower Laurel Iron Works","other_names":["Site #49-9"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newlin Twp.","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.937216747000036,"lon":-75.76850334099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame double house built for two worker families at the Lower Laurel Iron Works on Creek Road in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The form dates it circa 1870, within a 1850-74 period.","why_significant":"The house is associated with an iron works established across the road in 1872 and is described as a well-preserved example of worker housing. The nomination notes that this type of housing is uncommon in the Scenic River Corridor, where it is more typical of the county's boroughs. It retains original features that show its use as a double dwelling.","narrative":"Built around 1870 as a double house for two worker families at the Lower Laurel Iron Works, this two-story frame dwelling stands on Creek Road in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, facing south toward the former Wilmington and Reading Railroad tracks and the West Branch Brandywine River. The iron works across the road was established in 1872. The house has a gable roof, a simple box cornice, small brick chimneys at each gable end, horizontal German siding, and a symmetrical four-bay facade with six-over-six windows. A shed-roofed porch rests on stone piers. Inside, a stone wall in the basement and a plaster wall in the attic separate the two identical units. It is regarded as a notably intact example of worker housing, and it is uncommon in a district where such housing is usually found in boroughs. Its original exterior walls, attic and basement are described as retaining much of their integrity.","period_of_significance":"1850-74","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a double house and still heated by stoves, as originally","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.274531-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002381/70f218bf0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002381/70f218bf0d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WORKER%27S_HOUSE_AT_LOWER_LAUREL_IRON_WORKS.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:WORKER%27S_HOUSE_AT_LOWER_LAUREL_IRON_WORKS.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992720","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker%27s_House_at_Lower_Laurel_Iron_Works","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17040265"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/workers-house-at-lower-laurel-iron-works-85002381/"}