Built 1785 Opened 1785 Added to NRHP 29 December 1970 | NRHP Reference # 70000547 Area 2 ha | |
Similar Crum Creek, Ridley Creek, Sesame Place, Conneaut Lake Park, Lakemont Park | ||
The Thomas Leiper Estate, also known as Avondale, is a historic estate located at Wallingford in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Thomas Leiper around 1785, and named Strath Haven after Leiper's birthplace in Strathaven, Scotland. The estate includes the following: the three-story, yellow stuccoed mansion house, "Fireproof" vault, communal outhouse, barn, carriage house, smokehouse, warehouse, tenant's house, and quarry.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The Friends of the Leiper House offers weekend guided tours of the house from April through December.
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