French Creek Farm
Also known as: Aman Farm
The pin is a point inside the NPS boundary polygon, not a surveyed location.
Why it's listed
Along Pughtown Road in West Vincent Township, French Creek Farm is a stone farmstead whose buildings were raised by one builder between 1795 and 1812. George Aman, a stonemason and eldest son of a family from Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, built a springhouse in 1795, a small barn and wagonshed in 1796 and 1797, and a smokehouse in 1799, then the farmhouse in stages in 1803 and 1804, 1808 and 1812. The farmhouse grew from a two-room core into a six-bay facade and then an ell-shaped plan, with fireplaces on the end walls. The complex is regarded as an unusually complete example of this additive farmhouse type in northern Chester County. Its auxiliary buildings, especially the smokehouse with its elongated casement windows, are considered rare survivors of late 18th-century farm outbuildings, and the farm holds a visual unity few local homesteads retain.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farmstead is a locally important example of early 19th-century Pennsylvania farm architecture that blends German and English/Welsh building traditions. Its four early auxiliary and house buildings survive with few changes and share a unified construction period, a rarity in the township. The farmhouse's additive growth and the rare survival of elongated casement windows on the smokehouse are cited as particularly distinctive.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88002372, listed November 3, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Kimberton Rd., Kimberton |
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| County | Chester County |
| Listed | November 3, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002372 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1795-1812 |
| Architect / builder | AMAN, GEORGE (builder) |
| Architectural style | Vernacular; early Pennsylvania German stone farmhouse with additive form |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Retains its buildings largely intact; the 1943 barn and 1970 grain bins and pool are noncontributing; the farm remained in active use. |
| Acreage | 2 |
| Coordinates | 40.13649, -75.58693 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88002372.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5501738
- This listing as JSON
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