{"nrhp_refnum":"85002384","name":"Glen Rose Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"SRs 15178 and T371","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coatesville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.94396487500006,"lon":-75.85844707289456,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural hamlet of eight properties on a slope descending to Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, centred on the junction of Park Avenue and Glen Rose Road. It contains a grist mill, cobbler shop, cider mill, farmhouses, a tenant house, a barn and a c1920 chapel.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be locally significant as a late eighteenth and early nineteenth century agrarian commercial crossroads, where water power from Buck Run supported milling and related trades. Its vernacular farmhouses and minor commercial buildings are regarded as a cohesive, well-preserved example of the township's second period of development, 1761-1810.","narrative":"Glen Rose is a small hamlet on a slope above Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Its core buildings were mostly erected before 1850. Thomas Truman's grist mill dates to about 1775, and George Passmore's log cobbler shop to about 1805. Passmore's cider mill followed around 1825. Water from Buck Run powered milling here, and farm produce from surrounding townships was processed at the mill. James Newlin bought the complex in 1835 and built a Federal-style house around 1836. Joseph Brinton later owned and operated the commercial district. Commercial activity declined after the turn of the twentieth century, and most of the earlier buildings have since been converted to residential use. The district is regarded as a well-preserved, cohesive example of a late eighteenth and early nineteenth century rural village built around milling and trade.","period_of_significance":"1761-1810","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular; George Passmore House described as a conservative interpretation of the Federal style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Several buildings have been adapted as residences; many earlier structures have been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.425958-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002384.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002384/f6ac6e0992-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002384/f6ac6e0992-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Rose_barn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Rose_barn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992639","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Rose_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5568015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/glen-rose-historic-district-85002384/"}