{"nrhp_refnum":"88000461","name":"Riverside Farm","other_names":["Evermay-on-the-Delaware"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"River and Headquarters Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erwinna","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.500409568000066,"lon":-75.06794561999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Riverside Farm is a three-and-a-half-story frame house with Greek Revival and Italianate accents at Erwinna in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, set between the Delaware Canal and the Delaware River. It was enlarged c. 1870 to operate as a summer resort inn, and four nineteenth-century outbuildings contribute to the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is locally important in recreation as a representative example of upper Bucks County resorts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, catering to urban visitors seeking a rustic summer retreat. It is also presented as a good example of late nineteenth-century inn architecture, with vernacular buildings given high-style Italianate accents. Its interior and exterior integrity are described as strong.","narrative":"Built in the late eighteenth century as a two-story frame house and enlarged around 1870, this three-and-a-half-story building on the Delaware River in Tinicum Township was remodeled to operate as a summer resort inn. The Stover family, who had milling interests in upper Bucks County, ran it as Riverside Farm until 1930. Guests included summer boarders and, for many years, members of the Barrymore family. Its finishes reflect the late nineteenth century, with Greek Revival door surrounds, elliptical arches, and Ionic-columned marble fireplace surrounds in the front parlor. A one-story porch with decorative leaf-pattern brackets gives the front facade its Italianate character. The nomination treats the property as a representative example of the modest, rustic resort inns that drew Philadelphia and Trenton visitors to the upper county by railroad and coach. Four contributing nineteenth-century outbuildings stand nearby, including a tenant house, carriage house, ice house, and shed.","period_of_significance":"1870-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Renovated and reopened in 1982 under a new name; the 1982 additions are described as minor and well matched to the original building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.68787-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000461.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000461/825eb56de9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000461/825eb56de9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIVERSIDE_FARM.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:RIVERSIDE_FARM.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995555","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Farm_(Erwinna,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7338489"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/riverside-farm-88000461/"}