{"nrhp_refnum":"85002412","name":"Sharples Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22 Dean St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Chester","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.956666718000065,"lon":-75.60316950599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story, three bay brick farmhouse with a two story wing, with a stone kitchen addition, a later brick kitchen and a two story carriage house, located on Dean Street in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an early local example of the Federal style in a then rural setting, with high style features on its front wall. It is also associated with the Sharples family, who played an important role in the political and business life of West Chester, including the brick business and the Sharples Separator Works.","narrative":"West Chester's Dean Street holds this brick farmhouse, built around 1799 to 1805 by William Sharples, who lived nearby on North High Street. The main section is two and one-half stories with three bays, laid in Flemish bond on its front wall, and the house has flat-arched brick lintels and Federal style features. A two story wing, a stone kitchen addition and a brick kitchen added in 1884 by Alfred D. Sharples complete the house. The property descends from a 1747 purchase of 203 acres by Nathan Sharples, and the house stands on less than one acre of that tract. The family brick business, begun by Nathan H. Sharples in 1819, continued into the 20th century. William Sharples also served as West Chester's first Chief Burgess and helped found its first fire company. The house is significant for its early Federal architecture and its long association with the family's civic and business history.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William Sharples","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house was continuously occupied by members of the Sharples family until its sale in 1985.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.604676-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002412.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002412/52a031af36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002412/52a031af36-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharples_Homestead.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharples_Homestead.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000096","name":"West Chester Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/west-chester-historic-district-boundary-increase-05000096/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998652","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharples_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490407"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/sharples-homestead-85002412/"}