Hartman, George, House
Why it's listed
Built of random fieldstone with walls about twenty inches thick, the George Hartman House sits on a farm near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania. George Hartman probably built the original two-and-a-half-story house between about 1790 and 1801, with one room per floor and an inside chimney typical of German settlers in the area. A datestone marks an 1806 fieldstone addition by George and Mary Elizabeth Hartman, which made the house center-hall in plan and turned its front to the south. A frame north addition followed in the late 1930s. The house is valued for what it shows about a growing family's prosperity in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Hartman family also gave long public service, and George Hartman later served as Chester County sheriff.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is valuable as a record of changing lifestyles as a family's prosperity grew in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, evolving from a two-room structure to a six-room house with formal balance. It also points to the Hartman family's long record of public service, including a Revolutionary War veteran who became county sheriff and a son who later served as Chester County Recorder of Deeds.
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 76001629, listed March 26, 1976. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | W of Phoenixville on Church Rd., East Pikeland Township, Phoenixville |
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| County | Chester County |
| Listed | March 26, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001629 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1750-1906 |
| Architect / builder | George Hartman (builder, per the form's description of the original house) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 0.7 |
| Coordinates | 40.10385, -75.59190 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 76001629.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5540287
- This listing as JSON
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