Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation | |
Location | Bailey's Crossroads, south of Glen Run Road and south of Atglen, West Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°55′36″N 75°58′25″W / 39.92667°N 75.97361°WCoordinates: 39°55′36″N 75°58′25″W / 39.92667°N 75.97361°W |
Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
Built | 1813 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 90001414[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 5, 1990 |
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation, also known as The Old Ritter Farm, is a historic home and farm located in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The plantation was established in 1813 when the house was built. The house is a 2½-story, five bay, stuccoed limestone structure. It is built in the Georgian "I"-plan. It has a Gothic Revival style porch added in the 1850s. Other contributing buildings are two stone and frame bank barns, a stone octagonal smokehouse, a frame carriage house and workshop, and a two-story, stone spring house.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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 Frederick L. Richards and Paula Butera-Kunkel (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-15.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1813
- Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Chester County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs