{"nrhp_refnum":"95000523","name":"Worth-Jefferis Rural Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Carter-Worth House and Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, along Lucky Hill, N. Wawaset, Allerton and Creek Rds., East and West Bradford Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshallton","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.93762520100003,"lon":-75.65564831610274,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural historic district of about 1,800 acres of farmland between the east and west branches of the Brandywine Creek, north of their juncture, in East and West Bradford Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It contains ten historic farms with stone and frame Pennsylvania barns, stone farmhouses and tenant houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district illustrates the settlement and agriculture of Chester County from the early eighteenth through the mid-twentieth century. Its land and farmsteads trace original William Penn 1686 survey lines and Worth and Jefferis family ownership over more than 200 years. Its farm buildings are described as largely intact examples of Colonial and National era rural architecture.","narrative":"Along the Brandywine Creek north of its juncture, the Worth/Jefferis Historic District covers about 1,800 acres of rolling farmland in East and West Bradford Townships, Chester County. It holds ten historic farms built around stone and frame Pennsylvania barns, stone farmhouses and tenant houses. The land was first surveyed for William Penn in 1686, and Thomas Worth bought 500 acres in 1707. Worth and Jefferis family descendants kept most of the land for more than two centuries, and the farm boundaries and hedgerows still follow those early property lines. The district's buildings reflect English Colonial, Georgian and Federal traditions. It is regarded as a clear record of how Chester County farming changed, from grain and subsistence crops through cattle fattening and dairying to today's horse farms. Its farmsteads remain largely intact, and noncontributing houses are mostly screened by hills and vegetation.","period_of_significance":"1707-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial, Georgian, Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Farmland remains largely in agricultural use, with horse breeding and boarding on most farms; some land has been subdivided and developed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.474354-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000523.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000523/63463905b2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000523/63463905b2-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worth_J_Rural_HD_Chesco.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worth_J_Rural_HD_Chesco.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worth%E2%80%93Jefferis_Rural_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8037149"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/worth-jefferis-rural-historic-district-95000523/"}