{"nrhp_refnum":"85002383","name":"Young, Joseph, House","other_names":["Site #49-7"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newlin Twp.","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.93681890900007,"lon":-75.76054002799998,"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 stone farmhouse on a knoll facing Creek Road in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a stone milkhouse and a frame outhouse on the property. The datestone reads 1835 and the house was built by Joseph Young.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is primarily significant as an architectural statement of the Brandywine Valley, where Georgian and Federal building forms persisted into 1835 despite the Greek Revival style being established in Philadelphia. It also cites the long ownership of the farm within the Young family until 1973 as an expression of family continuity. The stone corbeled cornice is noted as linking it to two other buildings in the corridor.","narrative":"Built of fieldstone in 1835 by Joseph Young, this five-bay farmhouse on Creek Road in Newlin Township has a centered entrance with a semicircular fanlight under a brick arch, quoins, and a steep wood-shingled gable roof. A datestone on the second story bears the initials J Y and the year. Its stone corbeled cornice is unusual, as brick cornices were more common in the area. The core has four rooms and eight fireplaces, while a two-story kitchen wing extends from the rear. The house is significant for its Georgian and Federal design, which persisted in the Brandywine Valley after Greek Revival forms had appeared elsewhere. It remained with the Young family from 1835 until 1973. A stone milkhouse with a smokeroom and a frame outhouse with a cupola also survive on the six-acre parcel.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Joseph Young (builder)","architectural_style":"Georgian/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored or being meticulously restored; most doors, hardware and mantels appear original; the large stone barn to the west was demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.336029-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002383/78cdc7125d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002383/78cdc7125d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Young_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Joseph_Young_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992568","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Young_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/young-joseph-house-85002383/"}