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BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY, INC. WISE PRESERVATION PLANNING

2001

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY

Thornbury Township, Delaware County, PA

Glen Mills Train Station, Chester Creek Historic District

Brief History of Township (pages 1-6) Methodology (pages 7-10) Historic Resource Map Master List of Historic Resources

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY Thornbury Township

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A Brief History of Thornbury Township and its Architecture Thornbury Township was formed in 1687, and there is evidence that European settlement was in progress before 1700. Speculators purchased large parcels of land which, over time, were subdivided. While most of the township was suitable for farming, the land along Chester Creek offered opportunities for water-powered mills and mining. Farming and milling dominated the economy of Thornbury Township throughout the first two centuries of its existence. One of the more important sources of Thornbury Township’s architecture was the milling operations. Early in the eighteenth century, a settlement began to grow at Sarum, where Glen Mills Road (laid out in 1687-88) crossed Chester Creek. Iron ore in the area attracted investment by a group of investors who helped John Taylor to construct a water-powered mill to roll iron. By 1724, Taylor had opened the Sarum Forge. This milling operation was the first of its kind in the state of Pennsylvania and served as an early magnet for immigration. In 1750, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (James Hamilton) wrote to London that “there is but one Mill or Engine for Slitting and rolling Iron within the County … which is situated in Thornbury Township.” Two early businesses at Sarum were a store owned by Taylor (1742) and a tavern operated by Obadiah Russell (1743). During the American Revolution, the contending armies fought the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777 just to the west of Thornbury Township. Following the defeat of the American army, a contingent of British troops headed to the home of Captain Persifor Frazer, a prominent citizen and owner of the Sarum Forge operations. Frazer was captured after the battle and held at the Walnut Street prison in Philadelphia. During a visit to him, his wife smuggled some of his maggot-ridden bread away and showed it to the American army; General Washington sent a letter to General Howe about the treatment of American prisoners and helped to bring about improved conditions. Following the American Revolution, the milling industry became more active. Richard Cheyney purchased a sawmill on Chester Creek in 1766; this mill later became the property of the Frazer family who owned the old Taylor farmstead (now the Taylor/Frazer Ruin). Two decades later John Edwards built a new forge in the northeastern portion of the Township; this forge became a slitting mill in 1816 and produced seven tons of sheet iron per month. Although the mill was quite

Locksley Mill


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profitable, in 1829 it was converted into a cut nail factory. In 1836, some of the iron mills at Sarum were converted into paper mills; this conversion may be connected to a famous strike in the Chester Creek mills in the spring of 1836 in which the workers sought shorter hours. The Sarum settlement was renamed Glen Mills about this time. Of all the mills, only the Locksley Mill remains today, although the ruins of other milling operations remain in some locations along Chester Creek. Today the Chester Creek Historic District encompasses the extent of the milling operations along Chester Creek. In the northern reaches of the Historic District are the Locksley Mill and miller’s house and the Taylor/Frazer Ruins. The Glen Mills settlement is anchored by later buildings (the railroad station and store) but also includes a pair of late nineteenth century mill workers’ houses. The district continues south along Stony Bank Road and includes a series of more mill workers’ houses and stone ruins of older milling operations. A large portion of the houses in the Chester Creek Historic District consists of stone dwellings from the nineteenth century; these vernacular dwellings are are two- and three-story buildings built on the western slope of hills rising from Chester Creek. An example is the Wilcox Mills Workers’ House on Stony Bank Road, a large three-story, eight-bay frame building. This house began as a Penn Plan house, as did a nearby mill house which was built of stone. The boundary of Thornbury Township changed twice following the American Revolution. When Delaware County was formed in 1789 out of Chester County, farmers in Thornbury and

Birmingham Townships were allowed to choose whether they wanted their farms to remain in Chester County or be attached to the new Delaware County. As a result, the boundary between the two counties through these townships is quite irregular. The majority of the farms in Thornbury Township formed the new Thornbury Township in Delaware County. Then in 1842 a portion of Ashton Township south of Glen Mills was attached to Thornbury Township; this area includes many of the mill houses along Chester Creek.

Meanwhile the arable land to the north and

Wilcox Mills Workers’ House

Farm House on Locksley Road


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west of Glen Mills became settled with farms. With the passage of years, the large tracts were subdivided into smaller parcels, leading to the creation of farmsteads such as the Thomas Brinton Farm. Although only one “working” farm exists (the Thatcher-Painter Farm on Route 202 in the southwestern corner of the Township), there are several intact farmsteads, some with some acreage being reserved for farming or grazing. These smaller farmsteads include such properties as the John Cheyney Tenant House and Farm on Station Road, which includes a large farm house, barn, forge, and spring house. Many of these farms had associated tenant houses, such as Maple Springs Farm on Glen Mills Road. Barns in the Township generally are of single-decker variety, although a double-decker barn is extant at the Thomas Brinton Farm. The Brinton Barn is significant not only for its architecture but also for its interior silo (a common practice of the late nineteenth century).

Remnants of farms dot the landscape throughout the Township. The Pyle family was prominent in the western portions of the Township, and many men from that family built houses which bear their names today (e.g., the Israel, Eli, Jacob, and John Pyle Houses). Most of the agricultural outbuildings associated with these houses have disappeared since the owners have discontinued the farm operations. The Prospect Hill Farm on Tanguy Road is an example of a farm house

which was enlarged and converted into a stylish Italianate residence during the middle of the nineteenth century. Further evidence of the extended viability of farming is a large Second Empire farm house on Tanguy Road with a mansard roof dating to c. 1870. In addition, a farm house on lower Stony Bank Road was

was enlarged in the early twentieth century; this house began as a small Penn Plan house with a detached kitchen, both of which are extant. The second settlement in Thornbury Township after Glen Mills did not coalesce until about 1830. By that time, a small cluster of buildings existed at the intersection of Glen Mills Road and Thornton Road (now the Thornton National

The Yellow House in Thornton

Barn on Tanguy Road

Prospect Hill Farm

Farm House on Stony Bank Road


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National Register Historic District). This cluster of buildings was anchored by the “Yellow House,” which was built by John King. This building became a post office in 1832 and is one of the oldest post offices in the United States still using its original space. A weaver rented a portion of the Yellow House about this time and produced manufactured cloth, coverlets, linen, towelings, and linsey. Most resources in the district are two-story houses, either stone or frame. Many of the houses in this area have been stuccoed. Thornbury Township has been the location of few religious congregations throughout its history.

In the early years, settlers apparently attended religious services in adjacent townships (such as Birmingham Friends Meeting). Perhaps the earliest Thornbury congregation was the Stony Bank Methodist Church, which began c. 1810. Later in the century, three other congregations were formed: Wayside, Bethlehem, and Thornbury AME. In an interesting turn of events, three of these four congregations built new facilities in 1871. Bethlehem and Wayside reflect a more pronounced Gothic architectural influence, whereas Stony Bank has a

simpler and more vernacular building. Thornbury AME rebuilt their facilities in 1958 and followed the trends of

that decade, with a small front-gabled building attached to a cross-gabled classroom wing. The advent of the railroad in Thornbury Township fostered economic growth during the nineteenth century. Thornbury’s paper mills and nail factories produced much-needed goods for the Philadelphia market, and the railroad facilitated an exchange of goods. The P.B. & W. Railroad connected Philadelphia to West Chester and stopped at Glen Mills and Locksley. The construction of the train station at Glen Mills in 1882 and the accompanying station store represent some of the more significant architectural trends of the latter quarter of the nineteenth century. Today there are three train stations in the Township: Glen Mills, Locksley, and Cheyney. As the Thornbury industry began to slow during the latter nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, one of the more important events in the Township was the moving of Cheyney University, a primarily African-American institution, into the northern portion of the township. A series of buildings was constructed on a large quad in the center of the campus in the early years of the twentieth century following the Colonial Revival style. As such the core of the university is perhaps one of the most impressive

Glen Mills Train Station

Bethlehem Methodist Church


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collections of Colonial Revival style architecture in the western Philadelphia suburbs. Contemporary architectural trends were also reflected in the construction of new schools around

the turn of the twentieth century. The Glen Mills School, west of Glen Mills, is a boarding school for youth and reflects the Queen Anne style with its Richardsonian arches, flared eaves, and expressive chimneys. It was founded in 1889. The Township built two smaller public school buildings in 1901. North of Glen Mills is the Tresa Hall School, a Colonial Revival building with a pyramidal roof and cupola and arched-head windows. Thornbury School Western on Western on Westtown Road has a large Queen Anne porch and balcony and expressive

keystones above each window and arch. Each school makes evident that the Township was not isolated from the prevailing architectural trends of the time. Throughout the twentieth century, the township’s economy shifted away from industry; farming

continued as a major economic force into the 1970s. One by one the mills closed, and most of them collapsed into ruin. A large quarrying business replaced the industry in the southeastern portion of the Township. Eventually, railroad service through Thornbury Township ceased, and the Cheyney and Glen Mills train stations were converted for other uses. With farming still profitable in the area, people interested in homestead associations created the Brinton Lake

and Tanguy Homesteads. Houses in both of these associations have been much altered over the years. During the past two decades much of the farmland in Thornbury Township has been developed as population pressure from Philadelphia moved westward. As a result, several of the old farms have become isolated houses and barns in the midst of larger development.

Glen Mills School

House in the Tanguy Homesteads


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Thornbury Township Historic Resource Inventory Methodology (10/2001) Introduction In 2000, Thornbury Township contracted the Brandywine Conservancy, Inc. and Wise Preservation Planning to develop a planning strategy that would enable the township to protect its historic resources. The demolition of several historic resources for residential development was a catalyst for this preservation process. The township plan ultimately incorporated three preservation elements. The first has involved drafting a township-wide historic resource protection ordinance. The ordinance is designed to encourage the preservation and reuse of historic resources. Drafted by the Brandywine Conservancy, it is currently under review by the Board of Supervisors. Consideration of the ordinance prompted the update and expansion of the township’s historic resource inventory, last compiled by the Delaware County Planning Department in 1984. This second preservation element, which involved surveying the entire township and documenting over 195 properties1, was completed in the fall of 2001. The work was specifically undertaken by Wise Preservation Planning (formerly Robert Wise Consulting) and funded equally between the township and a Historic Preservation grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The master property list and resource selection process is included in this report. The project also included drafting a brief history of the township, found on pages 1-5 of the report. The third preservation element will be ongoing. It involves the careful review of development plans by the Historical Commission as they relate to the impact on the township’s historic resources. Among other things, the resource protection ordinance now being considered will strengthen the Commission’s ability to review plans through the proposed Historic Resource Impact Study requirement.

1 Although a single file was created, the Tanguy Homesteads consist of several properties. Documenting all of them was beyond the scope of the survey project. Further research and information is necessary to determine how the resources there should be treated with regard to the proposed township ordinance, or whether the development qualifies as a National Register Historic District.


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Historic Resource Survey and Inventory The Thornbury Township Historic Resource Inventory is the result of a series of historic resource field surveys undertaken by Wise Preservation Planning in the late winter and spring of 2001. The purpose of the project was to ascertain the extent and architectural significance of the historic resources throughout Thornbury Township. Members of the Thornbury Township Historical Commission and planners from Wise Preservation Planning conducted the survey. The project began with a review of background data on the township and an earlier survey completed by Delaware County Planning Department in 1984. All properties with extant historic resources listed on the 1984 Delaware County Historic Site Survey were surveyed. Forty-one additional properties were visited and added to the 1984 inventory, which originally had 161 properties. The field survey discovered that 14 properties that were part of the 1984 survey have been demolished or otherwise lost. All additional resources were given Historic Resource Property (HRP) numbers at the end of the existing inventory, i.e., beginning with number 162. As stated, Tanguy Homestead, though consisting of several properties, has been given one HRP number. Historic resources on each property were photographed and the buildings were drawn on a site plan. Information for each property, including a photograph of the primary resource (such as a farmhouse), site plan, architectural description, and address, was then entered onto a Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form, the official form used by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to document historic resources throughout the state. This information can be updated anytime, as all forms are on the township’s computer system. When completed, each form and accompanying photographs were placed in an individual manila folder; they will be kept on file at the township’s historic preservation file system. Aside from the 41 properties added to the 1984 Survey List, the inventory was expanded due to subdivisions of earlier historic properties. Three of the properties from the 1984 survey have been divided, one of them into three parcels. In these cases the HRP number was altered the designation of the resources using letters (e.g., the spring house subdivided from HRP #46 is now designated HRP #46a). Demolished properties have empty folders to indicate that the historic resources disappeared between 1984 and 2001. In the final analysis, the inventory includes documentation on 195 properties containing approximately 487 historic resources.


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Criteria for Inclusion The 2001 Historic Property Inventory contains properties with historic resources if, upon review by the consultant and the Historical Commission, they possess significant architectural quality, are representative of a specific mode or style of architecture, are structurally intact, are greater than 50 years of age, and/or are historically significant. Guidelines for inclusion were based on the National Register criteria for listing resources on the National Register of Historic Places. As stated, 41 properties were added to the 1984 survey. Resource Classification Each property was assigned a classification per the proposed ordinance. Class I Historic Resources include the following:

All buildings, sites, structures, and objects listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places

All buildings and structures classified as "certified historic structures" by the Secretary of the Interior;

All buildings, sites, structures, and objects documented as "contributing resources" in a National Register Historic District;

Any resources which have received a Determination of Eligibility (DOE) from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC);

Contributing resources within a historic district that has received a DOE from the PHMC, and

Other resources of similar historical significance added to Class I by the Board of Supervisors.

There are three historic districts (listed or eligible for the National Register) in Thornbury Township: Chester Creek (1972), Chester Creek Boundary Increase (1997), and Thornton (1993). There are eight individual properties listed or eligible for the National Register: Cheyney University (1997), John Cheyney Log Tenant House (1978), Glen Mills School (1976), High Hill Farm (1986), Melrose (Cheyney President’s House – 1986), Paulownia (1993), Thatcher-Painter Farm (1995), and the Wayside Church (1980). Melrose is located on the Cheyney University campus. Class II Historic Resources consist of all other resources in the historic resource inventory and shown on the Historic Resources Map. The survey identified several resources that are considered Class II by the ordinance language but have the potential to be Class I based on their architectural and/or historical significance.


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This is a summary of the Township’s historic resources:

54 Class I properties, including 31 resources in the Chester Creek Historic District and its Boundary Increase and 12 in the Thornton Historic District

141 Class II properties, including 38 properties with potential for Class I Historic Resource Map A major planning tool resulting from the inventory is the historic resource map. Each property containing historic resources has been indicated on the township’s new Historic Resource Map. The map, designed on a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) database, shows all 195 properties per their classification. The map shows each tax parcel in the township and indicates the location of the historic resources. Concentrations of resources appear in larger scale inset maps in order to give additional information on the location. As a database, the map can be updated as needed.

Thornbury Township Historic Resource Survey 2001

HRP Number Street Description Architectural info Tax Parcel # Pin NRHP Class1 29 Stoney Bank Road Stonybank Farm 032-401 44-40-001:000 2

2 35 Stoney Bank RoadStonybank Community Church 325-01 44-40-002:000 Key 077199 1

3 68 Stoney Bank Road New House 307-00 44-32-028:000 Demo4 96 Stoney Bank Road Frame Farm House 308-01 44-32-008:000 25 98 Stoney Bank Road 308-02 44-32-005:000 26 105 Stoney Bank Road Colonial Revival 331-00 44-32-033:000 2*7 120 Stoney Bank Road Millhouse 310-01 44-32-003:000 CCHD 18 117 Stoney Bank Road Millhouse Federal 332-00 44-32-034:000 CCHD 19 125 Stoney Bank Road Millhouse 333-02 44-24-030:000 CCHD 1

10 136 Stoney Bank Road Millhouse Penn Plan 311-00 44-24-016:000 CCHD 110 136 Stoney Bank Road Millhouse Penn Plan 312-00 44-24-016:000 CCHD 111 140 Stoney Bank Road MIllhouse 313-00 44-24-025:000 CCHD 111 142 Stoney Bank Road MIllhouse 314-00 44-24-024:000 CCHD 112 150 Stoney Bank Road stone house 316-00 44-24-010:000 CCHD 113 17 Helluva Hill Lane Millhouse Federal 321-00 44-24-015:000 CCHD 114 11 Helluva Hill Lane Millhouse 319-00 44-24-013:000 CCHD 115 3 Helluva Hill Lane Millhouse Federal 317-00 44-24-011:000 CCHD 115 7 Helluva Hill Lane Millhouse Federal 318-00 44-24-012:000 CCHD 1

16 156 Stoney Bank Road Willcox Mill Boarding House Federal 322-01 44-24-005:000 CCHD 117 168 Stoney Bank Road millhouse Federal 323-00 44-24-003:000 CCHD 118 178 Stoney Bank Road Federal 324-00 44-22-012:000 219 140 Glen Mills Road Demo 111-00 44-23-003:000 Demo20 138 Glen Mills Road frame house and store 110-00 44-23-002:000 CCHD 121 132 Glen Mills Road Italianate 109-00 44-24-002:000 CCHD 122 130 Glen Mills Road Glen Mills train station 108-00 44-24-001:001 CCHD22 123 128 Glen Mills Road Station House and Store Eastlake 107-00 44-24-001:000 CCHD23 124 131-137 Glen Mills Road 2 houses and a barn 2 Eastlake houses 108-00 44-24-001:001 CCHD 1

25 20 Creek Road Tresa Hall SchoolColonial/ Georgian Revival 073-00 44-15-011:000

CCHD25, Key 077200 1

26 8 Watersmeet Circle"Watersmeet" John Edwards House Federal 381-71 44-16-013:001

CCHD26, Key 079230 1

27 91 Sweetwater Road Kirchoff 120-00 44-16-014:000 CCHD 128 75 Sweetwater Road 335-70 44-16-032:000 New

29 72 Sweetwater RoadNason, Daniel Broomall House 1771 Georgian 103-00 44-16-038:000

Key 079332, CCHD 1

30 50 Sweetwater RoadSweetwater Farm, Hemphill House Federal, Georgian 101-01 44-17-002:000 Key 079317 1

31 28 Gradyville Road Gothic Revival 178-00 44-09-030:000 Demo32 50 Gradyville Road 174-00 44-09-018:000 New33 86 Gradyville Road 172-00 44-16-004:000 234 110 Gradyville Road Gothic Revival 169-00 44-16-007:000 235 37 Creek Road 168-02 44-16-012:000 Demo36 45 Creek Road "Kinderbrook" PA Bank barn 078-00 44-15-010:000 CCHD36 1

37 236 Old Gradyville RoadFrame over stone Federal 248-00 44-08-053:000 2

38 237 Old Gradyville Road 286-00 44-08-058:000 2

39 105 Creek Road Locksley Mill 082-00 44-08-023:000CCHD39, Key 079315 1

40 115 Creek Road Locksley Mill Manor House Second Empire 083-00 44-08-024:000 CCHD40 141 119 Creek Road 084-00 44-07-056:000 CCHD 142 127 Creek Road Italianate 085-00 44-07-055:000 CCHD 143 151 Creek Road converted barn 091-00 44-07-013:000 CCHD 1

44 159 Creek Road Yarnall Bank House Log 092-00 44-07-029:000CCHD44, Key 079240 1

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HRP Number Street Description Architectural info Tax Parcel # Pin NRHP Class45 52 Tanis Lane 224-01 44-07-051:000 246 59 Skyline Drive Waterstock Barn, Carriage House 281-01 44-07-018:000 Key 079239 2*

046a 57 Skyline Drive "Waterstock" white house 281-02 44-07-017:000 2046b 57a Skyline Drive outbuilding 281-01 44-07-005:000 2*

47 35 Locksley Road Dutch Revival 217-00 44-07-048:000 2*

48 118 Slitting Mill RoadForbes, Ann Henderson House Georgian 289-00 44-04-005:000 Key 079318 2

49 100 Slitting Mill Road 288-00 44-03-051:000 250 76 Slitting Mill Road Penn plan 236-00 44-03-026:000 2*51 180 Middletown Road Fairhope Orchards 231-00 44-03-022:000 2*52 179 Middletown Road house + barn 228-00 44-01-002:000 253 252 Street Road The Star Tavern 335-03 44-02-004:000 Key 077201 2*

54 Tanguy RoadTanguy Homestead, a co-operative community 2

55 20 Tanguy Road Walsh 348-06 44-03-038:000 255 22 Tanguy Road Walsh 374-03 44-03-039:00156 60 Tanguy Road Second Empire 348-00 44-02-014:000 2*

57 87 Tanguy RoadSlacum "Prospect Hill Farm" c. 1715 Italianate 338-00 44-06-001:000 Key 077202 2*

58 240 Creek RoadG. Franklin Kimmel, AIA Architects and Planners 346-00 44-06-012:000 2*

59 740-744 Cheyney Road Cheyney State University Colonial/Gothic Revival 44-00-00402-01 44-13-015:000

Pres house, "Melrose," NR 9/4/1986 1

60 143 Station Road 292-00 44-13-005:000 261 139 Station Road brick house 44-00-00402-00 44-13-006:000 262 140 Station Road 297-00 44-13-024:000 2*63 133 Station Road 294-00 44-13-007:000 264 130 Station Road 184-00 44-13-023:000 265 127 Station Road 44-00-00402-02 44-13-008:000 266 124 Station Road Cassidy 300-00 44-13-027:000 2*

67 120 Station RoadCassidy Farm Carriage House 301-00 44-13-028:000 2

68 119 Station Road Cheyney Station 2*69 114 Station Road Eastlake 303-00 44-13-031:000 2*70 33 Bennetts Lane farm house 001-38 44-14-007:000 271 23 Bennetts Lane barn 001-40 44-13-051:000 2

72 90 Station RoadJohn Cheyney Log Tenant House 1760 Log 306-00 44-13-047:000

NR 1978, key 000724 1

73 103 Locksley Road J S Lees "Rivendell" 193-00 44-14-001:000 274 Locksley Road Locksley Station 275 88 Locksley Road 211-00 44-14-019:000 276 90 Blossom Hill Road 258-19 44-14-020:000 277 104 Locksley Road Gothic Revival 208-01 44-14-022:000 278 110 Locksley Road 208-00 44-14-023:000 279 119 Locksley Road 191-01 44-14-004:000 280 158 Locksley Road 200-00 44-14-052:000 281 167 Locksley Road 185-00 44-13-022:000 282 183 Locksley Road Apple Top 183-97 44-13-019:000 283 194 Locksley Road "Oakhurst" Gothic Revival 194-00 44-21-036:000 2

84 703 Cheyney Road Wayside Church 1873 Gothic Revival 039-00 44-13-011:000

DOE 11/20/80; Key 077203, 079222 1

85 709 Cheyney Road 041-00 44-13-010:000 2

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HRP Number Street Description Architectural info Tax Parcel # Pin NRHP Class

86 701 Cheyney RoadColonial/Georgian Revival 038-00 44-13-013:000 2

87 496 Thornton Road 362-00 44-12-024:000 288 Thornton Road Demo Demo89 472 Thornton Road 363-00 44-20-088:000 290 468 Thornton Road Cleary 364-00 44-20-109:000 2*91 339 Glen Mills Road Federal 135-01 44-29-002:000 292 355 Glen Mills Road Gothic Revival 147-00 44-28-072:000 2*93 646 Cheyney Road Thornbury AME Church 025-00 44-21-005:000 2

94 637 Cheyney Road demo 183-40 44-21-035:015Demo; Key 105448 Demo

95 609 Cheyney Road Cherrydale Stables; demo 045-13 44-21-035:010 Demo96 Cheyney Road 44-21-035:001 Demo97 594 Cheyney Road Wilamar Farm 024-00 44-29-015:000 2*98 593 Cheyney Road Thornbury School Central 029-00 44-21-038:000 2*99 589 Cheyney Road "Cheyney Hunt" 028-00 44-21-039:000 2

100 345 Glen Mills Road War Memorial 135-00 44-29-001:000 2

101 Cheyney RoadWomens Building, Broadmeadows Prison 019-00 44-29-016:000 2

102 185 Glen Mills RoadGlen Mills School (Cope and Stewardson) Queen Anne 1889 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 Key 079343 1

103 167 Glen Mills Road part of GM School Queen Anne 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 1104 203 Glen Mills Road part of GM School Federal 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 1105 206 Glen Mills Road part of GM School 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 1106 168 Glen Mills Road part of GM School 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 1107 237 Glen Mills Road part of GM School 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 2108 250 Glen Mills Road part of GM School Spring House 112-00, 121-00 44-22-012:000 2109 251 Glen Mills Road 122-00 44-22-016:000 2*110 11 Long Lane 123-00 44-22-015:000 2111 14 Long Lane Federal 123-99 44-22-013:000 2112 273 Glen Mills Road 127-00 44-22-019:000 2113 277 Glen Mills Road 128-00 44-22-020:000 2*114 360 Glen Mills Road Maple Springs Farm Federal, c. 1846 137-00 44-28-088:000 THD 1115 365 Glen Mills Road John S Pyle House 149-00 44-28-070:000 THD 1116 373 Glen Mills Road Harvey P Martin Penn Plan Core 153-00 44-28-065:000 THD 1117 377 Glen Mills Road Charles P Pyle House wddw on 1st floor 155-00 44-28-063:000 THD 1

117a 375 Glen Mills Road storage building 154-00 44-28-064:000 2*118 379 Glen Mills Road James Hood House c. 1820, 1909 addn 156-00 44-28-062:000 THD 1119 381 Glen Mills Road Joseph Moore House c. 1796 w pent 157-00 44-28-061:000 THD 1120 368 Glen Mills Road Joseph Wells House c. 1850 139-00 44-28-090:000 THD 1121 370 Glen Mills Road S. Pusey House c. 1850 140-00 44-28-091:000 THD 1

122 372 Glen Mills RoadMourice S Yearsley House, 1888 Demo 141-00 44-28-092:000 Demo

123 378 Glen Mills RoadThe Yellow House (General Store) c. 1780 142-00 44-28-093:000 THD 1

124 337 Thornton Road Pace I Restaurantformerly barn associated with #123 061-99 44-28-093:000 2

125 346 Thornton Road A. Sharpless House (Dietz) 068-00 44-28-107:000 THD 1126 325 Thornton Road frame 064-00 44-28-097:000 2127 312 Thornton Road frame 070-00 44-37-052:000 2*

128 295 Thornton RoadPenn Plan Core over spring 066-00 44-37-068:000 2*

129 31 Mill Road 236-01 44-37-064:000 2*130 381 Brinton Lake Road Demo foundation only 010-00 Demo

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HRP Number Street Description Architectural info Tax Parcel # Pin NRHP Class

131 389 Brinton Lake RoadFormerly: Old Mill Restaurant Adaptive re-use: Commercial 009-00 44-37-013:000 2

132 Brinton Lake RoadColony of Brinton Co-operative community 1910's 2

133 446 Brinton Lake Road Fox Lair Farm Queen Anne 007-02 44-36-014:001 Demo134 451 Brinton Lake Road 011-08 44-36-109:000 2135 476 Brinton Lake Road Second Empire 008-01 44-27-075:000 2*

136 430 Glen Mills Road Hill House FarmColonial/Georgian Revival 145-01 44-36-103:000 2

137 408 Glen Mills Road house demo barn crumbling 144-00 44-28-114:000 Demo 2138 415 Glen Mills Road Richard Mercer House Demo 160-00 44-28-046:000 Demo

139 4 Westtown Road Bethlehem Methodist Church Gothic Revival 1891 387-00 44-27-066:000 Key 079334 2*140 3 Westtown Road Joseph E Brinton House 158-00 44-28-059:000 THD 1141 10 Westtown Road Israel Pyle House Queen Anne 388-00 44-28-045:000 THD 1142 20 Nice Road Eli Pyle House Hse, B, Gar, shed 238-53 44-28-054:000 2

143 23 Westtown RoadThornbury School Western (1901) 399-00 44-27-029:000 Key 079308 2*

144 20 Westtown Road 389-00 44-27-048:000 2*145 26 Westtown Road Jacob Pyle House 390-00 44-27-047:000 Key 079264 2146 32 Westtown Road John Pyle House 3 bay, 2 story 390-01 44-27-046:000 2

147 40 Westtown RoadHeavily modified hse, carriage shed 393-00 44-27-044:000 2

148 156 Dilworthtown Road demo 052-99 44-27-030:001 Demo149 171 Dilworthtown Road 057-00 44-27-005:000 2

150 1395 South Concord Road Queen Anne Farm house 385-00 44-27-006:000 2151 1392 South Concord Road Tenant House Queen Anne 384-00 44-27-003:000 2

152 16 Oak Tree Hollow Road Meadowcroft FarmHouse, Log tenant house, barn, springhouse 253-52 44-19-055:000 2*

153 86 Westtown Road Jones, "Elysian Hill" log house, B, Crg Hse 397-00 44-19-031:000 2*154 89 Westtown Road Lone Oak Farm 403-00 44-19-015:000 2*155 15 Memel Drive House + Crg Hse 226-72 44-19-007:000 2156 176 Dilworthtown Road Gothic Rev + barn 055-00 44-27-034:000 2157 192 Dilworthtown Road 056-00 44-27-038:000 2158 485 Brinton Lake Road 014-00 44-27-039:000 2

159 258 Dilworthtown RoadCherry, Thomas Brinton House

stone Federal house 1812 with stone barn 060-00 44-35-006:000 Key 079333 2*

160 1525 Route 202 Craig Farm Colonial 405-00 44-41-001:000 DOE 1995 1161 Route 202 Tenant House on #160 405-00 44-41-001:000 1162 53 Sweetwater Road 118-00 44-16-036:000 2163 32 Sweetwater Road barn 101-00 44-16-039:000 2164 75 Gradyville Road springhouse 166-01 44-09-009:000 2165 110 Gradyville Road 169-00 44-16-008:000 2166 4 Watersmeet Road house 381-72 44-16-013:002 2

167 167 Creek RoadHeavily modified with stone house next to it 1940s stone, L-shaped 094-00 44-07-027:000 2

168 194 Middletown Road 234-00 44-03-020:000 2169 65 Tanguy Road farm buildings 341-00 44-02-013:000 2170 96 Tanguy Road Col. Revival house 347-00 44-06-005:000 2171 102 Tanguy Road carriage house? 347-05 44-06-005:001 2172 118 Station Road 302-00 44-13-030:000 2*173 123 Station Road 296-00 44-13-009:000 2174 132 Station Road Arts and Crafts 299-00 44-13-026:000 2*

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HRP Number Street Description Architectural info Tax Parcel # Pin NRHP Class175 5 Bennetts Lane 305-00 44-13-046:000 2176 52 Locksley Road 224-00 44-07-053:000 2177 13 Locksley Road Ann Henderson House 220-00 44-08-001:000 2178 Locksley Road Taylor / Frazer Ruin 258-17 44-15-013:000 NR 1996 1179 545 Cheyney Road 021-00 44-30-003:000 2180 565 Cheyney Road 021-01 44-29-012:000 2181 719 Cheyney Road Colonial 044-00 44-13-002:000 2182 5 Bonnie Lane Cape Cod 002-01 44-20-148:000 2183 300 Thornton Road Craftsman 071-00 44-37-053:000 2*184 420 Thornton Road 369-00 44-28-076:000 2185 422 Thornton Road Colonial Revival 368-00 44-28-077:000 2186 430 Thornton Road Colonial Revival 365-00 44-28-079:000 2187 431 Thornton Road Colonial Revival 358-00 44-20-143:000 2188 495 Thornton Road Colonial Revival 350-00 44-21-001:000 2*189 356 Glen Mills Road Craftsman 136-00 44-28-087:000 2190 366 Glen Mills Road Bungalow 138-00 44-28-089:000 2191 348 Glen Mills Road 132-00 44-28-086:000 2192 430 Brinton Lake Road Foursquare 007-01 44-36-027:000 2193 643 Cheyney Road Foursquare 032-00 44-21-033:000 2194 463 Brinton Lake Road Craftsman 013-00 44-27-042:001 2195 163 Creek Road beside a modified house 093-00 44-07-028:000 2*196 21 Nice Road old springhouse 238-49 44-28-051:000 2197 36 Westtown Road House, B, shed 392-00 44-27-045:000 2198 59 Westtown Road House + sheds 402-01 44-19-028:000 2199 60 Westtown Road Dutch Revival farm 395-00 44-19-038:000 2200 19 Memel Drive converted barns 048-01 44-19-006:000 2201 160 Dilworthtown Road Gothic Revival 053-01 44-27-031:000 2202 150 Dilworthtown Road Dutch Revival 052-00 44-27-027:000 2203 2-6 Township Road Township buildings Colonial Revival 44-05-001:000 2*

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HRP Historic Resource Property: numbered from 001 to 203.Number Street number. Street Property's streetDescription Very brief description of buildingArchitectural Info Usually architectural styleOwner's Address Owner's name and address if different from aboveTax Parcel # Tax parcel number. The table shows the abbreviated tax parcel number. The prefix for the numbers is 44-00-00.Pin Parcel Identification NumberNRHP Indicates if property is listed on National RegisterClass Recommended classification#R Number of resources on property Cl-1 Indicates if property is Class 1Cl-2 Indicates if property is Class 2Cl-3 Indicates if property is Class 2 recommended to Class 1Demo Indicates if primary resource on property has been demolishedCC-1 Indicates if resource is in the Chester Creek Historic DistrictTHD-1 Indicates if resource is in the Thornton Historic District#R Number of resources on property (same as above)R-1 Number of Class 1 resources on property R-2 Number of Class 2 resources on property R-3 Number of Class 3 resources on property

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