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Gideon Wickersham Farmstead

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Built
  
1818

NRHP Reference #
  
87001992

Area
  
8,000 m²

Built by
  
Wickersham, Gideon

Opened
  
1818

Added to NRHP
  
30 January 1988

Gideon Wickersham Farmstead

Location
  
750 Northbrook Road, near Kennett Square, East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Other, Georgian

Gideon Wickersham Farmstead, also known as "Hame's Best," is a historic home located near Kennett Square, East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The farmhouse was built in 1818, and is a square stone dwelling in a vernacular Georgian style. The home measures 30 by 30 feet (9.1 by 9.1 m) and is constructed of schist and serpentine stone. To the east of the stone core is a 19th-century clapboard addition. The house has a two-story, frame addition with a flat roof. Also on the property is a contributing barn.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Gideon Wickersham Farmstead Wikipedia


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