{"nrhp_refnum":"85003050","name":"Hoopes, Cyrus, House and Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Springdell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"W. Marlborough Township","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.90933800850004,"lon":-75.83267243517278,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse and barn complex on a farm near Springdell Road in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The stone house dates from about 1825 and the frame barn from about 1887, and the property also includes a limestone quarry and traces of a lime kiln.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved vernacular example of the Greek Revival style applied to rural architecture. It also treats the house as an expression of Quaker acceptance of that style, and its nearly intact 19th-century bathroom as a notable feature. The farm was worked by Cyrus and Abbie Hoopes for more than fifty years.","narrative":"Stone farmhouse and frame barn on a farm near Springdell Road in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house dates from about 1825, with a wing added around 1860, and was built of stone that is stuccoed over. Its balanced facade, shallow gable roof, and simple cornice dentils illustrate Greek Revival principles applied to rural building. Cyrus Hoopes, a Quaker, and his wife Abbie farmed the land and raised cattle for more than fifty years after acquiring it in 1851. A barn fire in 1884 killed 24 cows, and the barn was rebuilt in 1887. The interior retains an original tin bathtub in a raised paneled enclosure, regarded as one of the house's most noteworthy features. Its historical importance lies in its well-preserved vernacular expression of the Greek Revival style and the Quaker family's agricultural use of the property. A limestone quarry and lime kiln remnants also survive on the eleven-acre boundary.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The barn is still in use, and the house is to be returned to individual ownership and rehabilitated according to the Secretary of the Interior's standards.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.534438-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85003050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003050/1b2cc3bf4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003050/1b2cc3bf4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrus_Hoopes_House.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:Cyrus_Hoopes_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Hoopes_House_and_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5201105"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/hoopes-cyrus-house-and-barn-85003050/"}