Twaddell's Mill and House

	Twaddell's Mill and House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Rock Hill Road south of Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°50′40″N 75°35′24″W / 39.84444°N 75.59000°WCoordinates: 39°50′40″N 75°35′24″W / 39.84444°N 75.59000°W
Area	120 acres (49 ha)
Built	1812
Architectural style	Bank House
NRHP reference No.	73001623
Added to NRHP	March 7, 1973

Twaddell's Mill and House, also known as Great Bend of the Brandywine and Big Bend, is a historic home and mill complex located at Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the main house, the foundation and part of the walls of a sawmill, root cellar, ice house, and spring house.

The main house is a 2 1/2 to 3+1⁄2-story bank house built of stone. The house is unique because was built between 1810 and 1820, using mid-18th century building techniques.^[2]

Before occupation by Quaker settlers began, the land of the Great Bend was the location of the Lenape village known as Queonemysing (place of the long fish).^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

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^ ^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 Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twaddell's Mill and House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.
^ https://www.westtownpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2017-Fall-The-Original-People-The-Lenni-Lenape.pdf

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twaddell's Mill and House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.

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