Harewood and Beechwood
Harewood and Beechwood | |
![]() Beechwood, April 2012 | |
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Location | East of Langhorne off Pennsylvania Route 213, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°10′43″N 74°54′45″W / 40.17861°N 74.91250°WCoordinates: 40°10′43″N 74°54′45″W / 40.17861°N 74.91250°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1788, 1853, 1906 |
Built by | Mercer, Henry |
NRHP reference No. | 80003436[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 1, 1980 |
Harewood and Beechwood, also known as Woods School, are two historic homes located about four miles apart in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Harewood was originally built about 1788 as a farmhouse. The original structure is located behind the main house constructed in 1906. Harewood is an irregularly shaped, multi-level dwelling with a five-story main section. The main section has a broken-hipped roof and features Palladian windows. Beechwood was built in 1853, and is a large 2 1/2-story, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. It has a two-story, stuccoed stone rear addition. Both houses were built as country mansions and later acquired as a school for handicapped children known as the Woods School. Harewood was acquired in 1924 and Beechwood in 1944.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Barbara A. Russel (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harewood and Beechwood" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.
External links[]
- Richard Wolbers; Friends to Save Beechwood (Bryn Mawr, Pa.); Frens and Frens, LLC, Restoration Architects (West Chester, Pa.); E. Allen Reeves, Inc. (2003).The restoration of Beechwood: Bryn Mawr, Pa. (DVD) Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Friends to Save Beechwood.
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- 1788 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs