{"nrhp_refnum":"90001608","name":"Brinton, George, House","other_names":["Wawassan","Roundelay"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 100, 1 mi. N of jct. with US 1, Birmingham Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chadds Ford","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.879561161000055,"lon":-75.59857816892256,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story fieldstone farmhouse on a hilltop overlooking the east bank of the Brandywine Creek in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a double-pile, center-hall plan house built about 1830 and known as Roundelay.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a superb late example of a Federal-period Pennsylvania farmhouse, representing the center-hall Georgian plan that was one of the region's most common house types. Its interior Federal and Adamesque detailing and its association with the Brinton family and the 1777 Battle of the Brandywine are also cited as reasons for significance.","narrative":"Built about 1830 by the Quaker miller and farmer George Brinton on a 30-acre hilltop above the Brandywine Creek in Birmingham Township, Chester County, this two-and-one-half-story fieldstone farmhouse follows the double-pile, center-hall plan that was common in the region from the mid-18th to mid-19th century. Its interior moldings, a Federal-style front doorway with fanlight, and Adamesque stair detailing mark it as a late provincial Federal house. The nomination regards it as a fine example of a standardized regional design that persisted into the early 19th century among conservative Quaker families. The property is also tied to the Battle of the Brandywine in September 1777, when fighting encircled the site and Hessian gunners bombarded it, and the land is considered to have high archaeological potential as a battle site. The estate includes a stone carriage house, a ruined bank barn, and Federal-era detailing that reflects its agricultural past.","period_of_significance":"1777, 1830","architect_builder":"John Milner Associates is named only as restoration architect for later work, so no original architect or builder is stated; the house was built by George Brinton.","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Renovated within the last 40 years; carriage barn and stables converted to apartment and stables in the early 1980s; rest of estate under conservation easement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.993943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90001608.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001608/951f3fca18-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001608/951f3fca18-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"KLOTZ","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GEORGE_BRINTON_HOUSE_-_ALSO_KNOWN_AS_RONDELAY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KLOTZ</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:GEORGE_BRINTON_HOUSE_-_ALSO_KNOWN_AS_RONDELAY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000660","name":"Brandywine Battlefield","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/brandywine-battlefield-66000660/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994949","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brinton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5537251"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/brinton-george-house-90001608/"}