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Twaddell's Mill and House

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Built
  
1812

NRHP Reference #
  
73001623

Area
  
49 ha

Architectural style
  
Other, Bank House

Opened
  
1812

Added to NRHP
  
7 March 1973

Twaddell's Mill and House

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.

References

Twaddell's Mill and House Wikipedia


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