{"nrhp_refnum":"95000132","name":"Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"119 Beaver Valley Rd., Concord Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chadds Ford","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.85218029850006,"lon":-75.54767914797007,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A camp meeting district of about 13 acres in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, made up of gabled vernacular cottages, a central tabernacle and a pavilion laid out around a central square and surrounding avenues.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the camp is one of Pennsylvania's oldest continuously operating Methodist camp meetings and a well-preserved example of the post-Civil War camp meeting movement. Its cottages evolved from canvas tents and its plan and tabernacle reflect典型 camp meeting design, giving it significance under religion and architecture.","narrative":"Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting is a Methodist camp meeting in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, occupying about thirteen acres of wooded hillside. Its community grew from canvas tents pitched in July 1867 in an area known as Johnson's Woods, and by the early twentieth century the tents had been replaced by one-story gabled cottages, many still standing on their original tent platforms. The camp is organized around a central Circle with an 1884 tabernacle, with cottages lining avenues named for member churches. Religious services ran nearly all day during the camp season, and traditions such as the closing sacred concert and the Money Tree ceremony continue. The site is regarded as one of the best-preserved surviving camp meetings in Pennsylvania, and its layout and vernacular architecture illustrate the type of camp meeting that spread across the country after the Civil War.","period_of_significance":"C. 1884-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; vernacular cottages","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The camp remains in use for religious gatherings; the cottages are generally occupied by cottage owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.983716-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000132.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000132/968b9626d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000132/968b9626d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CampMeetingBwS.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CampMeetingBwS.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994965","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandywine_Summit_Camp_Meeting","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4957294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/brandywine-summit-camp-meeting-95000132/"}