{"nrhp_refnum":"88001163","name":"Pickwick","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N side of Swedesford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.04126931900004,"lon":-75.59400578199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"\"Pickwick\" is a two-and-a-half-story brick Tudor Revival estate house on the north side of Swedesford Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1930 on a two-acre lot subdivided from the estate of John Kent Kane Sr.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as West Whiteland's best example of a \"period house\" in the Tudor Revival style, noted for its original design and execution and its preservation. It is cited for its architectural significance in the Township, in comparison with other period houses such as \"Chesteridge\" and \"Meadowcourt.\"","narrative":"Built in 1930 as a custom estate house on Swedesford Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pickwick is a brick Tudor Revival dwelling designed by Sherman Gardner Coates for John Kent Kane Jr. and his wife Alice. The two-and-a-half-story main block is roughly T-shaped, with four steep gables, wood shake roofing, stretched-bond brick walls with header courses, and groupings of casement windows. A marble fireplace, a study with built-in bookshelves and cabinets, wide pegged floors, and an original iron staircase railing survive inside. The house is regarded as the Township's finest example of the period house type in the Tudor Revival style, and its preservation is considered exceptional. Coates, a University of Pennsylvania architecture graduate, practiced in Philadelphia and later in Lancaster County. The property was considered significant for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1930","architect_builder":"Sherman G. Coates (architect)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition and integrity as recorded in 1986; the east porch was enclosed in the 1970s and the garage and kitchen were updated in the late 1940s and early 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.363938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88001163.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001163/c695314135-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001163/c695314135-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickwick_949_Swedesford.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickwick_949_Swedesford.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickwick_(West_Whiteland_Township,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7190949"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/pickwick-88001163/"}