{"nrhp_refnum":"86001784","name":"High Hill Farm","other_names":["Connemara Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"180 Thornton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concordville","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.896683808000034,"lon":-75.52461579799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A turn-of-the-century farm complex on high ground above Route 1 at the western edge of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, centred on a large bank barn, a farmhouse, a carriage house or stable and a creamery. The barn and house were built or rebuilt c. 1903-1910 by Lawrence Beebe, and the complex was formerly an orchard and then a dairy farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the barn is a well-preserved and large example of the work of Lawrence Beebe, a barn builder whose surviving examples are rare. It also states that the house and barn were designed by the same builder, which it describes as uncommon, and that the farm illustrates the transition from orchard to dairy operation in the region.","narrative":"A turn-of-the-century bank barn and farmhouse on high ground above Route 1 in western Delaware County, Pennsylvania, make up High Hill Farm. The barn, rebuilt and enlarged after a fire around 1910, stretches more than 100 feet along its long side and has board-and-batten siding, a straw shed in its south wall and large louvered cupolas. Its interior bents are sawn oak timbers joined with mortise and tenon and oak pegs. The farmhouse, rebuilt after a fire in 1903, combines a center hall Georgian plan with Queen Anne door trim and porch details from the Arts and Crafts movement. The farm was known first as an orchard, then as a dairy farm supplying Philadelphia. The barn and house are attributed to Lawrence Beebe, a barn builder whose surviving works are now rare. The complex is regarded as an important survivor of the turn-of-the-century farms of Delaware County.","period_of_significance":"c. 1880-1910","architect_builder":"Lawrence Beebe (architect); Beebe of Thornton (builder of house and barn after fires)","architectural_style":"Bank barn of the Chester County type with Downing and Italianate details; house with center hall Georgian plan, Queen Anne and shingle style details","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described in the form as in excellent condition with the house, barn, carriage house and creamery surviving as built; the roof has been resurfaced with asphalt shingles and most of the land has been sold off.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.256801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86001784.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001784/bf31091b33-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001784/bf31091b33-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HighHill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HighHill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995113","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Hill_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15223902"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/high-hill-farm-86001784/"}