Wolley Stille
Wolley Stille | |
Wolley Stille, March 2011 | |
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Location | Harvey Rd., Wallingford, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°52′28″N 75°21′58″W / 39.87444°N 75.36611°WCoordinates: 39°52′28″N 75°21′58″W / 39.87444°N 75.36611°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1692-1700, 1751, 1916 |
Built by | Sharpless, Joseph |
Architect | Robb, Donald |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Swedish & English Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 80003487[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
Wolley Stille, also known as the Joseph Sharpless House, is a historic home located at Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is a fieldstone dwelling that consists of a two-story, pre-1700 building, with a Great Hall dated to 1700; a two-story addition built in 1751; and a service wing added in 1916. The house exhibits both Swedish and English Colonial elements of design and construction. The house was restored in 1915–1916, by architect , also added some Colonial Revival elements, such as enlarged dormer windows.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Oldest part of the house
Door c. 1751
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 Karen A. Taylor and Rev. David A. McQueen (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wolley Stille" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1751
- Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- 1751 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs