Built 1812 NRHP Reference # 73001623 Area 49 ha | Architectural style Other, Bank House Opened 1812 Added to NRHP 7 March 1973 | |
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Location Rock Hill Road south of Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania |
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. Also on the property is a tenant house dated to the mid-18th century.
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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