https://www.quakerhouses.com/about daily 0.75 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c1455a8-9dbb-422c-a2e1-cca0091cd4e7/Meadow.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3692452c-f5db-490e-b449-3cbde33cb67c/Wharton+House.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b85a4ac8-ff6d-42fc-b088-12cef8c7c67e/Portrait.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Above: My awkward self-portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/02bba8ac-bdc2-4225-9048-91fb86243b7c/East+Facade.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/813b8977-8dbe-45bf-97ec-b6bc3d8a474a/Streetscape+Sharpened.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Above: Historic Townhouses in Lancaster, Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7a21b33a-74af-4408-bdad-c474afb20b20/Hess+Homestead.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Above: The Hess Homestead: A Mennonite Farm in Lancaster County, PA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4b4fe7b7-e93b-406f-9e95-3282e54e22b0/Stone+Churches.jpg About this Site - Make it stand out Above: Historic Stone Churches of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania https://www.quakerhouses.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://www.quakerhouses.com/cadwalader-townhouse daily 0.75 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/706154a7-b7d2-4878-a884-3f433b943873/Cadwalader+Peale+Smithsonian.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c32ca528-31bd-434b-a815-36e3a282213f/Text.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a4edb249-bb4c-471b-b936-6cf0d9557473/Dr.+Cadwalader.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/22ec7b46-602b-49a4-ac0d-3be4dca5a104/Mrs.+Cadwalader.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e4fea3ed-9e9e-49f0-99ab-cdf100637b57/Cadwalader+in+Museum-1.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7d8a55e8-31d6-4743-b03e-87442e8593ff/Thomas+Cadwalader.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: General John and Elizabeth Cadwalader and daughter Anne, by Charles Willson Peale. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ef88758e-0d60-4f77-b756-4081a6312efa/1762+Scull+Map.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: By the mid 1700s many of Philadelphia’s largest and most opulent townhouses were located between Second and Third Streets, between Pine and Walnut Streets (shaded above in blue). The blue arrow marks the location of the Cadwalader townhouse. The 1762 map of Philadelphia is by Nicholas Scull. Image source, with additions: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a5df4a59-cd27-4923-906d-bcd675e36773/Cadwalader+Floorplan.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9a62c4ee-adb8-4b6e-a0a2-e3cf4afe885b/2008-112-12-pma2017+%281%29.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/423ad9bd-dcdf-4e7d-ad60-6285ef31f777/Silver+2.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: Items from Elizabeth Cadwalader’s silver service by Thomas Whipham II and Charles Wright, London, 1763. Left: Hot water urn, Right: Coffee pot. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cfd8c61e-aab4-4569-9a7f-a8bdc457f88d/Easy+Chair.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: The $2.75 million easy chair from the Cadwalader townhouse. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b7fcf316-e212-4ba2-b35d-fa48826e89eb/Chairs.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: Philadelphia Chippendale side chairs and a card table from the Cadwalader townhouse. Images source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b83a020b-c44d-41c7-8d1e-987db01ee5dc/George+Washington+Pennsylvania+Academy-1.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f1a5eb0-468c-4f2f-916d-f51abe176863/Street+View.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bd9b3f7b-5f03-4b82-9e69-198551cbc6d3/before.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Above: Site of the former Cadwalader house in Society Hill before restoration. Image source: Preserving Society Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/399a5d95-1bc3-4787-be53-8c7109a70c54/Map+Modern+2.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Google Maps, with additions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6328527d-fb4e-46bc-920f-16489593aa4f/Blackwell+Parlor+2.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Winterthur Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65b9f823-dc0e-4c2d-b5e7-83de0aaff7d1/Blackwell+Parlor+1.jpg Historic Cadwalader Townhouse in Philadelphia: General John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Cadwalader - Make it stand out Image source: Winterthur Museum. https://www.quakerhouses.com/search-site daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://www.quakerhouses.com/sources daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://www.quakerhouses.com/reynolds-morris-house daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6b2ff44a-91c1-45d9-b005-5bf13c9ec143/Reynolds+Morris+House+with+shutter+jpg.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The Reynolds-Morris House is Philadelphia’s finest surviving example of a center-hall house built in the city during the Georgian era. This was the home of the Morris family for seven generations. The house was built in 1797 by Dr. William Reynolds and his brother John Reynolds, a brickmaker. Luke and Anna Morris purchased the home in 1817. The house remained in the Morris family for 140 years, until 1957. The bricks are laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers. The entry frontispiece is Federal style, with fanlight, pediment, and reeded pilasters. Above the windows stone lintels are scored to resemble dressed stone. Two marble datestones under the eaves are dated 1787. The facade has two firemarks: Hand in Hand and Green Tree. There is a brick watertable laid in American bond. Two decorative belt courses add horizontal accents to the facade. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/37c25a05-ffb6-49a7-82ac-784a4a328665/Portraits+invaluable.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Portraits of Luke Wistar Morris and wife Ann Pancoast Morris. Artist: School of Gilbert Stuart. Image source: Freemans / Hindman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0d80199b-1745-401b-876e-0d7a60ed9eea/Two+Morris.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: 1798 engraving of Samuel Morris by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin. Above right:1897 oil painting by Meyer Dantzig. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/788c3b84-3677-46de-a280-8579f848eecd/stairs.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: This beautiful center-hall staircase is an unusual luxury among Philadelphia’s 18th-century townhouses. This house was built on two lots, rather than the usual one lot, The additional space allowed for a floorplan typical of a large, full-Georgian home. More typical Philadelphia townhouses of that era had side passages instead of center passages. Those side-hall layouts were influenced by London townhouses. Center-passage floorplans were more typical of rural houses. Today the house is a boutique hotel. Image sources: Morris House Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ef68cb3-0f33-4ce0-8657-80f9a3b3004b/front+elevation.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Measured and drawn by B. Glicker, 1932. Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/34ada631-20e6-4382-ace6-276a34b22ba4/floorplan.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Measured and drawn by H. Metzger, 1932. Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f65a04d-fc4e-4e6d-ac0f-d38b5e92913b/double.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Measured and drawn by Barnet Glickler, 1932. Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7096756b-ceef-4eb2-b33b-71a7a5f13403/Philadelphia+Register.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Reynolds-Morris House in the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (1999) by Laura M. Spina and Elizabeth Harvey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ab9bb2d-f26f-4803-a7f4-dd6a3225d743/HABS.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: HABS photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1972, of the National Park Service. Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/33733649-300b-4ad1-b499-b28b81cc8b7a/Chimney+Piece+1.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/811b03cf-fda7-4d5f-bb61-174eadfbb981/Chimney+Piece+2.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Original oil paintings on the overmantle are portaits of the Quaker couple who moved here in 1817: Luke Wistar Morris and wife Ann Pancoast Morris. Morris family members lived in this home for the next 140 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3b4d8119-7ba0-434a-9b45-a93b473eb7e1/Library+Company+of+Pennsylania.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cccdadb7-1f08-424f-9b83-f392ceb181e8/Plaques.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Historical plaques beside the front door from the National Register of Historic Places and from the Philadelphia Historical Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ae437a82-d508-4334-b837-30e2a3375d32/Ayer+4.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Images source: The Wistar House, N. W. Ayer & Son, The Ayer Press, Washington Square, 1950. Reprinted 1974 in the nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/55e29941-f724-458f-b767-aa22d0c907f7/Quaker+Farmer.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Freemans / Hindman Auction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0a64d02d-1fb7-4728-aeb6-086b711895b8/Cow+Drawing+best.jpg Reynolds-Morris House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Quaker farmer drawing attributed to Mary Hollingsworth Morris. Image source: Philadelphians and the China Trade, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984. https://www.quakerhouses.com/drinkers-court daily 0.75 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ce5711ef-e1df-4423-96c7-47ef4fed44e7/Drinker+Facade+Best.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6514a15c-c544-428b-9b2b-d236a0679d8f/Boucher+Habs+Front+Room+First+Floor.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: HABS, Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e8918090-b3c4-4a05-bc63-97cf77108579/Boucher+2nd+floor.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: HABS, Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/05360d47-656f-4837-8528-0fbe987e7e1b/The+Drinker+Family+in+America.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: The Drinker Family in America, Henry D. Biddle, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1893. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6fb0f848-3b96-454f-a9c1-1d13eea1f999/record+1.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, December 29, 1752. Image source: Ancestry.com. (Digital color added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c98dce8c-8945-499b-a3dc-0bb3ada8e434/death+record.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Record of Births and Interments, 1787. Image source: Ancestry.com. (Digital color added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cde297c5-a77c-4d95-917a-7952020d30d0/Drinker+House.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: The Drinker House in the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (1999) by Laura M. Spina and Elizabeth Harvey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8a0dd15f-7e1b-4ccd-a92c-42f8d3552c1e/Compare.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: Above left: The Philadelphia Row House, Murtagh, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1957. Above right: Zillow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/da5fc149-3cb3-4f85-afec-e8fe42143b95/Bandboxes.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Images source: Pook and Pook Auction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0cf475bf-bf0a-4230-8934-c97463a3351d/Front+House.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f7e19f77-ed61-43fb-862c-c9c05c4c08e5/Philadelphia+Register+of+Historic+Places.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Drinker’s Court in the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (1999) by Laura M. Spina and Elizabeth Harvey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/08219938-f92d-4289-b8a7-8cb3a5f39579/Insurance+Map.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: Hexamer Insurance Maps of the City of Philadelphia, Vol. 1, 1897. Free Library of Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1f5e34fe-75d7-41a9-af2f-87740928f41b/Sign.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Sign on the exterior wall of 236 Delancey Street. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/949fe419-97a9-4787-af77-54ada719d948/Silhouettes.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Three of the 17 Quakers deported to Virginia for eight months by Philadelphia patriots, because the pacifist Quakers refused to violate their anti-war conscience. Silhouettes source: Prisoners of Congress, Norman E. Donoghue II, 2023. Henry Drinker, Jr. (1734 - 1809) was one of the exiles. He was a nephew of John Drinker, who built Drinker’s Court, shown above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0a881cb9-bedd-4cf7-820f-4536be3539d3/978-0-271-09507-3md_294.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/63f97711-9fd4-4bdc-99d8-9d9195e2c24b/Two+Portraits.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Portraits by John Drinker, Jr: Eleanor (Magruder) Briscoe and husband Dr. John Briscoe of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Painted 1800 - 1802. Image source: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7bfa50f0-f6ab-4d29-a5c5-b0999400a8af/1966.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: In 1967 an article in the newsletter of the Society Hill Civic Association explained how the Nicholsons restored the Drinker Houses and Drinker’s Court. Image source: The Resident, March 1967, SocietyHillCivic.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d68bf2e8-012a-4df6-b1b0-c993676af805/Houses+Composite.jpg The Drinker House and John Drinker's Court in Society Hill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Internet Archive https://www.quakerhouses.com/elfreths-alley daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/062c050d-e7e8-4b6e-a6fc-297d58d44609/Two+Houses+2-2.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Elfreth House on right with green shutters, at 137 Elfreth’s Alley, Philadelphia. Built for Hannah (Trotter) Elfreth, widow of silversmith Jeremiah Elfreth, Jr. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2b296a18-60cc-4f74-9da1-6d98fe79f5be/Two+Drawings+HABS.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bf73163b-2f07-49b7-85ef-a23b43c12196/Composite+3.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Image source: Library of Congress. Digital color added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/15097a5d-ced2-4c27-a3a5-2239c493d6a4/137+Text.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source, above: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/105fb1b0-02cb-421b-b9ef-9fb159fdef85/Alley+View+2-1.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A British flag flies over Elfreth’s Alley, in tribute to the early American architecture of the houses here. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/782c2bde-e811-4c83-b5bd-9953a41dbb4a/Two+Silver.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Silver by Jeremiah Elfreth, Jr. Left: Sugar nips, ca 1750 - 1760. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Right: Silver creamer with mask-headed feet, ca. 1750. Image source: Sotheby’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/be57e7ee-ebd4-4838-950d-63f6f368a935/Book+Text.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Early American Silver and its Makers, article by Carl M. Williams, 1979. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/28f30259-f54a-44f4-9b0c-ea97f43fa385/medal+3.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Silver peace medal struck by silversmith Joseph Richardson, Sr. in 1757. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/afc3a1b3-49e5-4f0b-a53a-70a8c8353e7d/gorget4.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Silver gorget by Joseph Richardson, Sr., ca. 1760, for presentation to Native leaders from the Quaker’s Friendly Association. Image source: Joseph Richardson and Family, Martha Fales,1974. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8ffdb0c7-787f-4529-beb9-77a3ce9a35cf/swords.jpg Elfreth's Alley: Historic Quaker Houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: George Washington's 1753 silver-hilted smallsword which he carried during the French and Indian War. (London) Above right: George Washington's 1767 silver-hilted smallsword. (London) Images source: MountVernon.org https://www.quakerhouses.com/powel-house daily 0.75 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/381019f2-b4c8-485f-b40e-bfa23f9bc68e/Facade.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/55648738-2147-4e19-8d88-fbedc1a9587b/Parolor+1.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The Powel House’s largest and most opulent room is the second-floor parlor / ballroom. George and Martha Washington were featured guests at a ball in this room when the Powels celebrated the Washingtons’ twentieth wedding anniversary here in the house. George Washington danced here. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/77592c7e-8010-4e89-95c3-f52cee4ff265/Two+Portraits.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above left: Samuel Powel III portrait by Angelica Kauffman. Image source: PhilaLandmarks.org Above right. Elizabeth Willing Powel portrait by Matthew Pratt. Image source: PhilaLandmarks.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4020b9ce-ec43-479b-8ec3-c850ff7b4b24/Second+Parlor.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Second-floor parlor in the Powel House, with portrait of Elizabeth Powel. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d7c4b5e3-8fe2-4380-b1e4-6c8ba0d68871/Description.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/64a060a6-062f-42df-9487-394ba0592613/Powels.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/70aa012a-a4f0-43b7-ac8a-e2132efc3f49/PIne+Street+Meeting.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Pine Street Quaker Meetinghouse. Image source: TriCollege Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/66dc0ef7-f72d-4e2b-95de-bdf20ddf435e/Map.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Samuel Powel’s grandfather, Samuel Powel, Sr., donated the land for this Quaker meetinghouse on Pine Street, near the market at today’s Head House Square. By the year of this map, 1862, meetings were discontinued here, but the school house remained. Image source: Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (1862), FreeLibrary.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/070e049a-05f2-40e2-a5dc-55b301bcfeeb/Court+House.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: The Atheneum, text added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dc342435-59fa-4f8d-82eb-7625f76eb480/George+Washington+2.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/09394932-40fd-4cdd-8ede-96de3603f182/John+Adams.jpg Powel House in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: American Revolution Institute https://www.quakerhouses.com/shippen-wistar-house daily 0.75 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/023e175e-c734-4c40-a86b-a68af4be8734/Double.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: Side elevation, Fourth Street. Above right: Front entry on Locust Street. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ada353d2-ba58-4a76-8278-ff99ed0c14ba/CasparWistarportrait+american+philosophical+society.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: American Philosophical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9b633539-026b-4b36-b511-9d6efd3cd8d7/Library+Company.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: The Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6773dd25-ef95-4188-838d-b9f2aa89399f/Philly+Info.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ba3a874e-ba51-41e8-96a6-b3926a1b6690/Wistar+Parties.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Wellcome Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e3d3a7c6-547d-40c0-aa22-61cd88c899d3/Anatomy+2.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1811 first edition, and the 1823 illustrated edition. Image source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/45a13356-d647-42ca-9e7e-383828ba10bf/Wistar+Institute.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. Image source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c71a338c-98f1-4ab0-94c1-046657da5439/Abolition+2.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society, organized in 1775. Image source: PaAbolition.org Above right: Dr. Caspar Wistar. He became president of the Abolition Society in 1813. Image source: Penn Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0d3bd3fe-cbb0-4e6b-978f-c1110ac305c4/Philosophical+Society.jpg Shippen-Wistar House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: American Philosophical Society https://www.quakerhouses.com/elfreth-alley-houses daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5eaa9df3-4513-4342-b9da-5680e577c210/Two.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: 124 Elfreth’s Alley on left, 126 Elfreth’s Alley on right. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6c2002d5-7c18-4788-9a36-ec04cf6e0a1b/Alley+View.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The alley originally was a cobblestone cart path between Front Street and Second Street. In the 21st century there are more tourists here than carts. But early morning in springtime the alley is quiet. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3f0f9cb1-04b5-4b2b-b2ce-5953715741a7/Floorplan.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: G. E. Maule drew this architectural rendering of houses on Elfreth’s Alley for HABS. The drawing were published in 1940 by the Public Works Administration. Image source: Library of Congress. Digital color added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/94142b14-06e5-4a6a-a9e5-13c1f3aaae4a/Drawing.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: ElfrethsAlley.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ebb69cef-36ae-4763-ab46-a0d9c0259189/Philly+Historical+Commission.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3500e837-8275-4fa1-a0cc-4a9cab390bd1/Drawing+2.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/af0660ed-a229-4381-8d9f-5aab06984e54/Marriage+Intention.jpg Elfreth Houses on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: In 1716 Jeremiah Elfreth, Sr., the namesake of Elfreth’s Alley, married Sarah Oldman (1698 - 1728). The Elfreth family was a primary developer of the alley, and built numerous homes here for investment, including the Elfreth House at 137 Elfreth’s Alley. Image source: Ancestry.com https://www.quakerhouses.com/pennsylvania-hospital daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d666580b-b0d3-49bb-826b-95436d9d9f9e/Full+Length.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital and Builder Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c4e5c801-a458-4d45-9889-60a9d0b2de88/Statue.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital and Builder Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b6d707c3-f1ba-40ba-85be-11dd7bc3823c/Side+View.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital and Builder Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/pennsylvania-hospital-1 daily 0.75 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a77aba9c-e22c-4abb-8482-211163351eee/Side+View.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Architect Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/650f5dbf-2868-402c-8f93-96eb3b1129eb/Statue.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Architect Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/85202da5-1a12-41b3-9da1-008fe40ff3e1/Full+Length.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Architect Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c05db6a5-fdf5-4fc9-8e95-8f246e451913/East.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Architect Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Above: An addition to the south end of the east wing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9afe6e76-82b8-4e56-b66a-b709060e76c4/East+2.jpg Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Architect Samuel Rhoads - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/trotter-house daily 0.75 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8ea166e3-0dc0-4512-bd15-1de1d7509bbd/Facade+2.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e056bb35-16e6-4d09-b337-0cff5b86283c/HABS.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Architect P. B. MacLeod drew this rendering of houses on Elfreth’s Alley for HABS. The drawing was published in 1940 by the Public Works Administration. Image source: Library of Congress. Digital color added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/69e50177-b14a-4f07-be6c-237577465ee1/Doorway.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Doorway of the Trotter House. Image source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5d2f3e50-8411-49c0-8a34-4d1c1a8408aa/Drawing+2.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Windows of the Trotter House. Image source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/948c57aa-902e-4088-8592-277d99c4def9/PHiladelphia+historic.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/742e1157-3eed-4b88-9629-1abccf418674/furniture+2.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/120983c7-0a5f-4e38-b444-c7dc114fa64d/Girard+Composite.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: Philadelphia’s Girard College, founded and endowed by Stephen Girard in 1831. Image source: GirardCollege.edu. Above right: Portrait of banker Stephen Girard. Image source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d7f14e22-d785-4ab3-a5e6-f6bbc2692b47/Four+Chairs.jpg Daniel Trotter, Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above, Left to right: Chair 1: Mahogany side chair, possibly 1779, one of nine. Chair 2: Mahogany side chair, possibly 1779, one of three. Chair 3: Mahogany side chair, possibly 1786, one of six. Chair 4: Mahogany side chair, probably 1790, one of five. Image source: Girard College Collection, “Daniel Trotter: Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia Cabinetmaker”, Anne Castrodale Golovin, Winterthur Portfolio, 1970. https://www.quakerhouses.com/owen-biddle daily 0.75 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/29079e2c-d0c7-424f-ab8c-98b54131b7c6/Best+Facade.jpg Quaker Architect Owen Biddle, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/pemberton-house daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/49ef171f-5051-4f39-bdd3-72748f16534f/Best+Facade+2.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pemberton House in front of Carpenters’ Hall. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3c2faecc-ff2f-4187-8b39-d2cc2676a099/Pembertons.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Left: Ann (Galloway) Pemberton (1750 - 1798) and Joseph Pemberton (1745 - 1782). Portraits painted ca. 1767 by James Claypoole, Jr., presumably in honor of their marriage that year. The couple wears gray silk. The silk looks uniquely Philadelphia Quaker with its understated luxury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e86d7614-78dc-4e5e-bc59-2adda198343c/Marriage.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Marriage record of Joseph and Ann Pemberton, at West River Meetinghouse, Arundel County, Maryland, on June 2, 1767. Image source: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1b6b9bf5-eea5-47bb-a396-08f807cca0a5/Charles+Born.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: GenPA.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/196b133d-42c6-4b87-897b-532524d3dc94/Carpenters+Hall.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/597480d1-2ab4-4746-9c3c-ae0952b45d7d/Pentagon+22.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/98a4cba7-2c37-424f-a5cd-b2fed0ab9529/Pentagon+2.jpg Pemberton House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pemberton House was named “the Pentagon of the Revolution” to promote the rebuilding of the house as an Army-Navy museum in the 1960s. But the house had never been used for military purposes. It was originally built by the Quaker Pemberton family for their home. Pacifist Philadelphia Quakers have a long history of being “Brothers of Non-Violence,” not “Brothers of Revolution,” despite the 1964 Navy headline above. Philadelphia patriots had even deported two Pemberton brothers and their nephew into exile during the Revolutionary War, for refusing to abandon their pacifist faith and values. Today the Pemberton House is home to the Independence Historical Trust, the philanthropic partner of Independence National Historical Park. The organization beautifully interprets the history of Independence Park. Image source: Great Lakes Bulletin, 1964, Newspapers.com. https://www.quakerhouses.com/samuel-rhoads daily 0.75 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fcf6d33c-391b-4aba-b89a-f1eaf6a41ff6/Best+Facade+2.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Master builder Samuel Rhoads built this house for the controller of the port of Philadelphia, Alexander Barclay, and wife Rebecca Barclay. This 200 block of Delancey Street is among the best preserved blocks of Society Hill. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7cd4bd27-aaf3-481c-8d34-902bf11fb3a4/floorplan+2.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The floorplan is a classic Philadelphia side-hall design, with a kitchen in the backbuilding. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b12e2488-a717-4242-bce8-1dcbbdd30947/HABS+Sign.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/39b29e66-2a00-4b9a-a1ab-2248fd024456/HIstoric+comm.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/960de366-5afb-43d2-9164-fd448946090b/Haas.png Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0746f3c1-8146-47d2-89a8-fdf04be880f9/Ford.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: FordLibraryMuseum.gov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fc3a9aa3-175e-4e04-bbf5-b3f69a86b6f8/Best+Hospital.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/64b65674-c800-48cc-985d-a5fb5cf35d01/Best+Penn+Statue-+Lighter.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/06c48e76-08b1-4fde-b200-8db3f19e9d13/East+2.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The hospital’s east wing, completed by Architect Samuel Rhoads in 1755. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f03f8bd-78b2-4ffb-9059-7819ffce833d/East.jpg Quaker Architect Samuel Rhoads in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: An addition to the hospital’s east wing. https://www.quakerhouses.com/wharton-house daily 0.75 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8daf0d2a-90dd-45e6-ade3-f1c90b0922a2/2000+facade.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/86ea2adb-2a03-4b3d-ba3c-1d00dbe92575/Wharton+22.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Quaker Minister Deborah Fisher Wharton Left: Her silhouette in 1817, the year of her marriage, when she began living in this house. Image source: Wikipedia. Right: Her photograph ca. 1875. Image source: Swarthmore College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/34069635-522c-4bc0-b50f-711d0d55fc7c/Swarthmore+Hall.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Parrish Hall at the Image source: Swarthmore College, YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a4fbde1d-42c0-4dce-9ce5-e58981481fc1/Wharton+Hall.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/701f2883-795c-4524-8158-7b268f4ffeda/Huntsman+Hall.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Huntsman Hall, the main building of the Wharton School in Philadelphia. Image source: University of Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b8c2dd35-b6db-4d4f-a764-b12104230faa/Wharton+Stamp.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Left: A 1981 postage stamp honoring Joseph Wharton. Image source: Postal Museum Right: Portrait of Joseph Wharton. Image source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ebda76bf-5353-4cbc-a0ab-d38b3c1b1b38/Revolutionary+War.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Text image source above: The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia, Eberlein & Lippincott, 1912, J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ea060f43-25fb-41f2-9961-106d3130dcff/Prison.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Image source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, “Journal of Samuel Rowland Fisher, 1917, Jstor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/696e3530-3934-4fc5-9675-3bb86714f190/Philadelphia+Register.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6a6072b4-d668-4d33-909f-bca64eaebfc4/habs+1.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Drawings of the Deborah Wharton House by Louis E. Shoch in 1932. The Hopkinson House next door is named for U. S. Congressman Joseph Hopkinson who lived here in the 18th century. Image source: HABS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c1b9f00-396f-4a4a-93ea-ad11ad4446f7/Habs2.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Drawings of the Deborah Wharton House by Louis E. Shoch in 1932. Image source: HABS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/55cdc054-1c0f-4efa-9738-80c836f04685/Habs3.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Above: Drawings of the Deborah Wharton House by Louis E. Shoch in 1932. Image source: HABS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/37e79c95-ccb7-4cb3-a381-9ddee0481abf/Deeds.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/aa4b06bc-033e-45b9-ab99-988c21438386/Two+Morris.jpg Wharton House Philadelphia: Joseph Wharton, Deborah Fisher Wharton, Wharton School, Swarthmore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/slate-roof-house daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/71feff96-7f47-43d1-aa9e-e5579264077f/Four+Houses.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image sources: “The Old Slate-Roof House”, John Meredith Read, 1868. The Historic Mansions…, Thompson Westcott, 1877. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a34d3978-6d14-4858-a88b-d14d7416bcb6/Smaller+Slate.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Watercolor of the Slate-Roof House by David Johnston Kennedy. Image source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3c57e498-7544-457e-bb02-306a5786be80/Plan+Historical+Society.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Plan of the Slate Roof House, ca. 1709. Image source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ff20d0c8-3092-4dc4-9f2f-5f2e570ee9f2/Charter+of+Priviliges.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Details of William Penn’s Charter of Privileges. Image source: American Philosophical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/05f18852-f7a0-49fd-b38f-8531ac0246e4/Best+Penn+Statue-+Lighter.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5c087e47-19a1-4a2b-b661-2a4351272ff4/Park+Statue.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a34fd7aa-f00c-42ef-8e77-cfe5b0449905/Pacifism.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: A timeline of the life of William Penn on a wall at Welcome Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e7982bdb-3090-4395-b643-72a2ad19cdb0/Charter.jpg Slate-Roof House: Home of William Penn and Hannah Penn in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: The Charter of Privileges commemorated at the Welcome Park. https://www.quakerhouses.com/evans-house daily 0.75 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65a4632d-1bcb-42cb-bbb0-eda79ba70d3e/Wide+2000.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Evans House, built by Quaker house carpenter Jonathan Evans, Jr. for his family. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/409a7767-2174-4d1c-95ce-1884c7a83d12/Evans+Intro.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia, Eberlein and Lippincott, 1912, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/60b5e49d-8a56-4af0-ae4c-a292f4202a27/Revolution.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia, Eberlein and Lippincott, 1912, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4d530f2f-c672-443f-b04e-75ebd6a94bd6/No+Cross.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Above left: Library of Congress, Lithograph by Albert Rosenthal, 1925. Above right: Peter Harrington London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/977f4552-2478-4357-942b-cd0d9440508d/Furniture.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia, Eberlein and Lippincott, 1912, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/93bdc812-f7d4-4a58-9dd5-ddc2d0858515/Historic+Commission.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3ec9cacb-0ab9-4b62-838c-6bcf91be1d51/lippincott.jpg Evans House: A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Above left: Jstor, Above right: Penn Libraries https://www.quakerhouses.com/wetherill-houses daily 0.75 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eef72de6-1ca9-4740-9aea-05b3fe1693d0/246+-+248+Delancey.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: 246 Delancey Street. Built ca. 1767 by Joseph Wetherill, house carpenter. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/561f0000-17c8-457e-95a0-5b249d017f7a/246+delancey.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Description of 246 Delancey Street by Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d35ee7f9-e32c-4906-b8f1-80b82cf4754b/401+PIne+Street.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: 401 - 407 Pine Street. Built ca. 1792 by Joseph Wetherill, lumber merchant. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8c9d6732-98ac-4141-bf66-576c7eeb00d6/401+PIne.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Description of 401 - 407 Pine Street by Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4e454687-1405-430a-a9e9-c2a4fbac6e1e/239+to+241+Delancey.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: 239 - 241 Delancey Street. Built as part of a row ca. 1811 for Joseph Wetherill. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/70c9b6ce-c563-4ce1-9789-b2767a01cdd3/239+Delancey.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Description of 239 - 241 Delancey Street by Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4a6af1a3-7363-4b46-ab8e-52be26144224/Carpenters+Hall.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Carpenters’ Hall, headquarters of the Carpenters’ Company. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b9593c95-b569-46ac-b2b6-b266ea2316fd/Headhouse.jpg Historic Houses built by Quaker Carpenter Joseph Wetherill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Head House (fire-engine house) at today’s Head House Square. Photograph by Montgomery P. Simons ca 1866. Image source: Library Company of Pennsylvania. https://www.quakerhouses.com/fairhill daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d5554ac2-c8f8-4884-971c-40840a833cdb/Fairhill.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: “Isaac Norris his House at Fairhill MDCCXVII [1717]. An ink drawing by Jo. P., possibly Joseph Pennell. Image source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/20dcb7c6-ec16-4d29-b58c-18638a718a4e/Norris+Two.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Mary (Lloyd) Norris and Isaac Norris, Sr. of Fairhill. They married in 1694. Images source: The Founders, Portraits of Persons Born Abroad…, Charles Knowles Bolton, 1919, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/84555e7c-d842-4630-b55b-f9bb378418c0/Winterthur+Drawing.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Drawing of the Norris Fairhill estate, drawn 1764-77. Image source: Winterthur Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ec67a376-9a3f-4cea-85bf-4c6570e44e47/Plan+Historical+Society+of+Pennsylvania.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: 1777 floorplan of Fairhill: Cedar room, marble room, hall, oak room, nursery. Image source: Norris family papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0181fdc8-4a14-4c71-8f76-d7f74b166fdb/Library+of+Congress.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/74b565fa-3676-44a1-ab03-973d7759e363/Two+Maps.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3cb4e250-6806-4773-b975-05e4f5511435/Fireplaces.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c867da1d-7585-47a2-a67b-0a33f65e2b3a/Churches.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e6f18cf9-89a1-4fa7-8e07-96d7af3e9156/Google+Map.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Fair Hill Burial Ground is located a few blocks north of the site of the former Norris house. That house also was named Fairhill. Image source: Google Maps, with additions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f2fb5666-f9a3-4219-8bce-e0ac0bf6b0a7/Burial+Ground.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: The Quaker Burial Ground at Fair Hill. This is one of the first racially integrated cemeteries in Philadelphia. All gravestones here are of similar shape and size, reflecting the Quaker belief in the equality of all people. Image source: Historic Fair Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4520ab46-1e51-4e7a-8516-d303ce749114/Portraits.jpg Isaac Norris House: Fairhill, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/anthony-benezet-house daily 0.75 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6a5c892f-f4f2-487e-80fa-c0c8b176c2dd/Annals.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: The home of Anthony Benezet and wife Joyce (Marriott) Benezet at today’s 325 Chestnut Street. Image source: Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania… John F. Watson, 1850, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c413523-19e9-4712-8a62-c2c06685270f/Benezet+Marker.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: Historical marker at the site of the former Anthony Benezet House at 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1616d4d6-0d6b-401a-8ba3-caaf7651e3af/Buddakan.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: The site of the former Anthony Benezet house, at 325 Chestnut Street, previously numbered as 115 Chestnut Street. This landmark site is identified by a sidewalk sign installed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9cc439f3-f303-4daf-b463-b3c1fb95f75a/Book+Cover.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: Image source: University of Pennsylvania Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dbe7a44c-10bd-4f67-9e73-749357dff747/Portrait.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: Anthony Benezet portrait. Image source: Aaregistry.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/60e64fad-071b-4ff3-bfc4-2dee79ca06f0/Best+House.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out 1818 engraving of the Benezet House at today’s 325 Chestnut Street, after a drawing by Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e2022964-b824-4ceb-bde0-58259dbc2577/Historic+Text+2.jpg Anthony Benezet House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Civil Rights Advocate: Abolitionist, Anti-War - Make it stand out Above: Anthony Benezet in the 1850 book Historical Poetical and Pictorial American Scenes, by John and Elizabeth Barber, New Haven, CT. https://www.quakerhouses.com/shippen-house daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fb664060-fd1e-4710-b0f2-b33c2ce9c6f8/shippen+portrait.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: Edward Shippen: Mayor of Philadelphia Image source: New York Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3dd8c68d-2679-4fbf-b802-c0a872c64143/Shippen+House.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: The Shippen House, known as “the Governor’s House.” Image source: Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,1850, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bb810756-3e30-42ed-8ee5-a5812a0cc67e/Library+Company.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: The Shippen House in a ca. 1830 print. Image source: Library Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f6ab4934-3f41-42e8-ac4b-f13375dadc9e/balconies+cropped.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/10a76461-ff04-4538-bfea-b3c20b484f00/Cooper+Balconies.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out “…and now many brave Brick Houses are going up, with good Cellars…all these have Belconies [sic]…We build most houses with Belconies.” Quote: Robert Turner writing to William Penn in London in 1685. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6d3d1f19-a47f-42a9-bef1-a6e87a37b9c0/Full+View.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, oil painting by Peter Cooper, ca. 1718. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a7026c9e-abec-42e9-95f4-578d5e6c163b/Rebeckah.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: Rebeckah Richardson married Edward Shippen in 1688, before they relocated to Philadelphia. Image source: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Marriages, 1672-1759, Ancestry.com. (Digital color added.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f9060f54-c430-4ccf-98bb-29b3efe159b4/whipping+quakers+best.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Image source: Young People’s History of Boston, Hezekiah Butterworth, 1881, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d0459b99-d507-4578-b81d-098e8d1bb397/Christies+Book.jpg The Shippen House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Image source: Christie’s https://www.quakerhouses.com/hill-physick-house daily 0.75 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ecda3e3-fec5-43b0-b7d8-f4b21d7aa101/Facade.jpg Hill-Physick House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Hill-Physick House built by wine merchant Henry Hill in 1786. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/411c82bd-33ff-40b5-ac0d-1d027c276cdf/Portrait.jpg Hill-Physick House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Henry Hill who built the Hill-Physick House. Image source: Samuel Carpenter and His Descendants, General Louis Henry Carpenter, 1912, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9e1507de-eb05-4a61-bfd2-3983385eae6c/Hill+Engraving.jpg Hill-Physick House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: View of the Hill-Physick House in a scrapbook compiled by Samuel Castner, Jr., 1843-1929. During this time Delancey Street was named Union Street. Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bd966fda-c0ad-4f9e-b0fb-8a4e69a5cca4/House+Details.jpg Hill-Physick House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a111df11-bbae-436f-b50e-1b409700cbab/Early+Photo.jpg Hill-Physick House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/todd-house daily 0.75 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6e2d724a-c24f-4e5f-93ca-97e0c25db3df/Facade+Todd.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The Todd House is the corner house (on left above) of a three-house row. The front entry is on the gable end. The house was constructed by master builder Jonathan Dilworth. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4efceafb-88c5-431a-9287-e41f504ba698/The+Madisons.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: Dolley Todd Madison ca. 1805. She became the U. S. first lady a few years later, as wife of President James Madison. Artist unknown. Image source: Yale University Art Gallery. Above right: James Madison at age 32, in 1783. He married Dolley Todd 11 years later. He became the fourth U. S. president in 1803. Portrait by Charles Willson Peale. Image source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d4c56d9f-00e1-4420-9e25-c647864dd1c8/NPS.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: National Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/575a5e55-c91a-45f2-9e82-6bda2c727201/Sign+Todd.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above Sign near the Todd House, posted by the Independence National Historical Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7167056f-bcc1-42f2-84dd-4179cff8c8b4/Todd+Garden.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A re-created garden adjoins the Todd House building as part of Independence National Historical Park. Volunteers from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society maintain this garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d8c6abb6-10e3-48b2-9f9c-cf6234abf008/Dolly+Food.jpg The Todd House / Dolly Madison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The name Dolly Madison was adopted by several food brands in the 20th century to evoke a sense of refinement, tradition, and American heritage. Dolly Madison was an ice cream brand and a snack cake brand. The name played off the image of First Lady Dolley Madison as a figure of tasteful indulgence. Image source: eBay https://www.quakerhouses.com/grumblethorpe daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/40d58fe3-55df-4ee3-a2f3-1b2552b9cfeb/Front+Facade.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b04e7827-3dce-4c6e-b3eb-ca04ad2de6a2/Quaint+Old+Germantown+1913+J.+Richards+Internet+Archive.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Grumblethorpe illustration in the 1913 book Quaint Old Germantown by John Richards, 1913, drawn on zinc by J. Richards, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ba2d941b-b40a-424a-b5a6-ed85e22ecc68/Title+Composite.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Sally Wister’s Journal, Editor: Albert Cook Myers, 1902, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b3f38309-cccc-43d4-bf78-b1319033599c/Sitting+Room.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Sally Wister’s Journal, Editor: Albert Cook Myers, 1902, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4e9794c9-6d50-4bb4-bcd0-e9189fb22648/National+Register.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Germantown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8fb5c2dc-60b9-43bd-9742-d98f5e4fe853/Floor+Plan+Habs.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Grumblethorpe floorplans drawn by J. Norman Mansell and Charles Grossman for HABS, before the building’s restoration. Image source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6536c71e-f2bc-4df1-b7d7-09f3b4593d3e/GrumMontage.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/af718bfc-cfab-43cc-8596-f3787f901af6/Schist.jpg Grumblethorpe - The Wister House in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/stenton daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2a39ccc1-f479-494c-b339-584c22e76e56/Exterior.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Stenton, a house museum and National Historic Landmark in Germantown. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8956acb5-8095-4049-a9fa-143f9285d46e/Library+Co+Portrait.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Portrait of James Logan (posthumous) by Thomas Sully, painted in 1831. Image Source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/153eea55-7551-416e-b644-2655dd2092b1/Great+american+treasures.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Image source: Great American Treasures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/514ab7e4-7b0f-4e63-86f8-bdb146703417/furniture.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Image source: Cstorb.com, Christopher Storb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1c4dd4a3-326e-46b6-b4b8-0800051605e8/Campbell+Composite.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Drawings of Daniel Campbell’s Shawfield Mansion in Glasgow, Scotland, published in Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, by Colen Campbell, 1722, Vol 2. Image source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a70ffdc2-1b4b-4342-9861-8039348b2acf/Ulster+Composite-Framed.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Image sources: Book cover: Amazon.com. Book text: An Introduction to Ulster Architecture Internet Archive. Waringstown House: LordBelmont. Stenton: Lee J. Stoltzfus. James Logan was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, in 1674 to a Quaker family of Scottish descent. His father, Patrick Logan, was a schoolmaster and former Church of Scotland minister who converted to Quakerism. The Logans had left Scotland for Ireland seeking religious tolerance. Logan stayed connected to the Society of Friends throughout his life, but his actions sometimes conflicted with Quaker values. He supported military defense during colonial conflicts, which clashed with Quaker pacifism. His land deals sometimes conflicted with Friends’ ideals. These tensions strained his standing with more conservative Quakers, but he never formally left the faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2362f3d8-c345-4526-8b9e-6dbc20709d6c/Double.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cd60e3ab-d390-4793-a7e9-3d979ae335ec/Best+Map.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Image sources: Google Maps. Historical Marker: Wikipedia. Waringstown House: LordBelmont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/74ad8efa-cbc3-476c-b88e-2c3d9cb32d9a/Quaker+Lurgan.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Image source: OpenStreetMap, with additions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f0b40327-9a00-41d7-a3be-ca72e3e0e14f/HABS+Floorplan.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Stenton floorplan, drawn by Rebecca Trumbull Wiesenthal and Mary Ellen Strain, 1998. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4c094865-f0c8-4b3d-b91e-b934b2d5b065/Enlarged.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Stenton section, detail, drawn by Rebecca Trumbull Wiesenthal and Mary Ellen Strain, 1998. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1ed08490-0c14-414b-9b6e-6fd570b6fe18/900+x+872.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Stenton section, detail, drawn by Rebecca Trumbull Wiesenthal and Mary Ellen Strain, 1998. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7a593718-541c-4d4b-bdec-5a6a1951b07e/Plants.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4c3fae17-2659-4069-9f6a-e17805e9985b/Two+Books+Final.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Logan’s books: Above left: Geoffrey Chaucer, Works. London, 1602, originally bound for Henry, Prince of Wales, with his arms and feather insignia. Right: Euclid in Arabic. Rome, 1594, with marginal notes in Arabic by James Logan. Image source: Library Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dfaf4e1a-28c3-418c-9fc3-3cf4d22cc856/Best+Principia.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Logan’s books: Above left: Isaac Newton, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. London, 1687. Right: Difficiliorum quorundam Elucidatio: Manuscript explanations by James Logan of Newton’s principles, tipped into the front of the Principia. Image source: Library Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6ed44304-ccd7-464c-92fd-db24e74498dd/Loganian+Library.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: A ca. 1797 ink-and-wash drawing of the Loganian Library, founded by James Logan with his book collection. Image source: Library Company of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fedf7315-6985-4232-a512-1e8ca747fed8/Barn.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: The Stenton bank barn. Ventilation slits puncture the stone walls. Image source Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/40495fa1-db0b-451f-a2d8-e1eb5a402cfe/Parkway.jpg Stenton - Germantown, Philadelphia - James Logan - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia. Craig, Finley & Co., Lithographers, Philadelphia (Digital arrow added) https://www.quakerhouses.com/johnson-house daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4238053a-3e4d-4c3c-a619-ddc1262a0822/Front.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Johnson House in Germantown. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/defd8297-3b70-4a96-9c90-ec61735ff0ec/Johnson+Sign.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/179cb112-44eb-4a31-aecb-39c2dd32ce27/First+Floor.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Floorplan of the Johnson House by Walter H. Poole. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/44fc49a3-3b2e-4241-9a78-87f19adda1a0/Sections.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Measured drawings of the Johnson House by Walter H. Poole. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3ada8d1e-76bf-419d-8989-b1d72d5e9e0e/Best+Sign.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A historical marker explains the house’s importance, beneath the 1768 datestone. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/116c1135-17b9-4086-87ad-39493c39e9fc/Library+Co+Johnson.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Johnson House photographed by John Moran in 1867. Two stoop benches, which no longer survive, flank the front entry. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c57786ea-883e-400a-89a0-3efc9da0d9eb/Manuscript.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Signatures on the 1688 Quaker protest against slavery: Garret Hendericks, Derick op den Graeff, Francis Daniel Pastorius, and Abraham op den Graeff. The den Graeff family was Mennonite in Germany, before turning to Quakerism. Image source: TriCollege Libraries / Bryn Mawr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f44b0f5-27ae-43c0-bb9d-9d206d9438a2/Mennonote+Library+Co.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Mennonite meetinghouse in Germantown, built in 1770. The congregation’s 1708 log meetinghouse was the first Mennonite church in America. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2dae4176-50a3-4246-8b07-e18b5593c229/Brethren+Library+Co.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Brethren meetinghouse in Germantown, built in 1770. It is the first Brethren church building in America. Image source: Brethren.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0344be26-fd44-49ad-af8c-45831e4b612c/Civilian+Public+Service.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Brethren Revival Fellowship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1b91ef5d-7cbb-408e-8a68-d50327717d71/Cliveden.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Cliveden in Germantown, constructed by Jacob Knorr while he was building the Johnson House in the 1760s. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2f4b1118-293d-40b2-a6af-46d2d214798e/Mennonite+Church.jpg Johnson House - A historic Quaker house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Germantown, Philadelphia: The birthplace of Mennonites in America. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/wyck daily 0.75 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cdb5bf0d-adc6-4987-970e-d7050120e974/Narrow+Sharp.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Wyck House in Germantown, Philadelphia. Image source: Vin de Vie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/03c45ea7-4613-4be6-9648-26ae1513fed0/Glass+3.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Glass attributed to Caspar Wistar / Wistarburgh Glassworks, active 1739 to 1777. Left: Schnapshund / Schnapps hound for serving schnapps: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Center: Cream basket, Corning Museum of Glass. Right: Covered bowl, Winterthur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a3d322a4-937b-484d-8c05-fc6e0e9c70ac/Section+Wyck.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Longitudinal section of Wyck drawn by William H. Parker, Lyle G. Park, and H. Barrett Pennell. Image source: HABS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8422f17b-08fb-427c-bfac-f4727f1d8fd7/Floorplan.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Floorplans of Wyck drawn by Edward F. Hoffman, Lyle G. Park, and H. Barrett Pennell. Image source: HABS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3fe0a4f4-e2c9-4fe3-8135-dd5e7cda131f/Garden+Wyck.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: The rose garden at Wyck in Germantown. Image source: Wyck.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a164252e-2aea-45bb-ae7b-6fcc3be19966/Haines+Roses.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Left: ‘Lafayette’ Rose. Center: Jane Bowne Haines. Right: ‘Elegant Gallica’ Rose. Image sources: Wyck.org and Instagram WyckHouse Jane Bowne Haines (1790 - 1843) designed the Wyck rose garden in 1821. Her sketch of the garden parterres survives today. Her grand-daugher, also named Jane Bowne Haines, founded the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women in 1910. Today that school is the campus of Temple University Ambler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1abf8f8a-c8d0-4a5f-99c2-9e04d08482b3/Haines2.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Jane Bowne Haines. Her husband Reuben Haines III. Images source: Wyck.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9e5338b9-ed69-4211-8404-5cf5ac09af82/Strickland+Trio.jpg Wyck - Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Philadelphia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/cedar-grove daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a57a49a3-7c97-4713-a150-8a64a8115b06/Flickr+House+Cropped.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Cedar Grove, a summer residence for five generations of the Paschall-Morris family. Women owned this house for four of those five generations. The house is constructed of Wissahickon Schist building stone. Image source: Flickr, Shawn Taylor, (creative commons, revised). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d0466015-f718-4478-9397-3c8f037248bc/House+Painting.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Oil painting of Cedar Grove in 1890 by Thomas Bigelow Craig. Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/040b21cd-edfb-4bff-a304-248e937f6557/Parlor.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Cedar Grove interior photo by Jack Boucher, 1995. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/51a29904-3129-48df-aed3-0a3d2c2e583d/Dining+Room.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Cedar Grove interior photo by Jack Boucher, 1995. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1045c909-b61a-4aaa-a15d-9c9f4ed72baa/Morris+Siblings.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above Lydia T. Morris and her brother John T. Morris. Plainness of attire was no longer a priority for this Quaker family. Image sources: Morris Arboretum and GetArchive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3d9e0a3a-d360-4142-8286-7a85a77d8af7/Compton.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Compton ca 1887, shortly after its construction. Image source: Morris Arboretum John and Lydia Morris moved from their summer house, Cedar Grove, in the 1880s. They built a new county seat, named Compton. The property included more than 90 acres in what is now the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. The house was designed by Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr., a prominent Philadelphia architect who founded the architecture department at the University of Pennsylvania. The house was surrounded by extensive gardens and arboretum plantings developed by John and Lydia Morris, who were both avid horticulturists. After Lydia’s death in 1932, ownership of the property passed to the University of Pennsylvania. The house was demolished in 1968 due to structural decline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e2511c66-e043-4a6a-928c-168b0a1cbe8d/Gardens+Morris-1.jpg Cedar Grove - A Historic Quaker Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/bartrams-garden daily 0.75 2025-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5723f414-0eae-46fb-a8a6-ba76d0dc0787/Panorama.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Oldest Surviving Botanical Garden in the U. S.: Bartram’s House and Garden. 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia Image source: Wikipedia, Matthew Halley. Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia is the oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States. The garden was shaped by multiple generations of the Bartram family, whose work profoundly influenced American botany and horticulture. Quaker farmer John Bartram founded the garden in 1728, with the help of his second wife, Ann Mendenhall Bartram. The garden became a center for plant exploration and international exchange. John and Ann’s son William Bartram expanded the family’s botanical legacy through his renowned explorations and artistic documentation. Bartram descendants, including John Bartram Jr. and Ann Bartram Carr, further developed the nursery and introduced countless new plant species to American and European gardens. Ann Bartram Carr was instrumental in modernizing the nursery. She expanded the gardens, and opened the site to the public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7589942d-b985-400c-9b8e-7baf34d62450/House+HABS.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Front elevation of the Bartram House: Image source: Historic American Landscapes Survey, Joseph Elliott, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/56e63ad4-faca-44fd-aa49-2a41a4acce6f/House+Print+2.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall, by William Darling, 1849, Internet Archive John Bartram began constructing this stone house soon after purchasing the land in 1728. He worked on it in phases over the next 40 years. Bartram drew inspiration from classical Italian villas. He incorporated architectural details such as carved Ionic columns and Baroque-style window surrounds. The house was built using local Wissahickon schist, a type of bedrock that Bartram and his family hand-quarried themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/761b696b-f0e7-4b75-a884-44535f67b7ab/Magazine+Bartram.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: “The Botanist” illustration by Howard Pyle in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1880, HathiTrust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/165befb5-b73e-4894-bdee-83e1652a3204/Bartram+Broadside.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: John Bartram’s Catalogue of American Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants, 1783. It is the earliest surviving American-printed plant catalog. Two years later, in Chester County, Bartram’s first cousin Humphry Marshall published the first American plant book, Arbustum Americanum: The American Grove. Image source: JohnBartramArboretum.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/13fcb05d-cda5-41d7-ba44-4f9b69524986/Floorplan-1.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Floorplan of the Bartram House drawn by Gabriel B. Rothkugel in 1940. Image source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a9a77692-801f-47e3-8c80-e33eae2998fd/Draught.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Bartram’s Garden is often described as the first botanical garden in North America. Image source: National Gallery of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b8458ced-3953-494a-8afe-cc9d174142e2/Rail+Photo.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia Two Quaker sisters-in-law from Philadelphia perch precariously on a rail fence in Bartram’s Garden, high above the Schuylkill River in this 1888 photo by Marriott Canby Morris. The women are Mary (Minnie) Dawson Tyson Shoemaker (1865 - 1926) and Maria (Minnie) Brinton Shoemaker Kimber (1860 - 1931). The photographer did not identify which woman was which. In the background are the photographer’s Quaker parents, Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/616598de-0e3f-49fd-8f56-9a07761d234d/Flowers+Composite.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Row 1: Franklinia alatamaha, Cornus florida, Rhododendron punctatum, Weasel. Row 2: Bartsia coccinea, Oenothera grandiflora, Dionaea muscipula, Alligator. Images source: American Philosophical Society Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7b957191-4671-4182-b4cb-c75791d3a7fa/Travels.jpg Bartram's Garden - The Home of Quaker Botanist John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: William Bartram donated this copy of his Travels to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia in 1792, the year after the book’s publication date. Image source: American Philosophical Society https://www.quakerhouses.com/bellaire-manor daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0d000133-6247-4e00-8076-9b23a8b9f827/Bellaire+Wikimedia.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The smaller building, the kitchen, predates the main house. It was built ca 1680. It may have been the original dwelling, which was converted to a kitchen after the main house was built ca. 1714. Image source: Wikimedia Commons, pwbaker (revised). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d939b454-e825-4351-9a86-157d4300b8ee/Floor+Plan.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Bellaire has a hall-passage-parlor floorplan, with a three-story stairwell at the rear. The fireplaces are located along the rear walls, rather than the gable walls where they typically appear in these early houses. This central-hall plan evolved from the earlier hall-and-parlor house type that was prevalent in early-modern England and colonial America. The hall-and-parlor house typically featured only two adjoining rooms. The hall served as the main living and working space. The parlor was a more private area often used for sleeping. As families sought greater privacy, they built houses with a central passage separating the hall and parlor. There are other early Pennsylvania Quaker houses with a related hall-passage-parlor plan, one-room-deep (single-pile). Other examples include the Chamberlain-Pennock House / Hill of Skye (built ca. 1722) and Wright’s Ferry Mansion (also built in 1738). Image source: Historic American Building Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bed8f2a1-999e-41fd-b772-e20b46d4c1bf/Fireplace+HABS.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Parlor fireplace with marble surround, flanked by closets. Image source: Historic American Building Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e93dad58-a172-4486-9f93-535d8c5d93cb/HABS+Stairs.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: One parlor closet / cupboard has a coved shell hood. Image source: Historic American Building Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1bd5f9d3-585b-4054-9e27-84e02f0ce32f/Details.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Historic American Building Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/38c6225e-c0a6-47fd-8ed8-60cde1234e4e/Epistle.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1723 Epistle signed by Samuel Preston of Bellaire Manor, and printed by Quaker printer Andrew Bradford. Image source: Tri College Libraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a65fd9f3-42b3-46c7-a25f-d9d2b1e07cf1/Front.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above and below: Wright’s Ferry Mansion in Columbia, Lancaster County, built in 1738. Photo source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0544ae80-bbca-4601-9201-1aa6ae57febc/Wright+Floorplan.jpg Bellaire Manor, A Historic Quaker House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Floorplan of Wright’s Ferry Mansion. Image source: “Graeme Park and the Three-Cell Plan”, Mark Reinberger, JSTOR.org https://www.quakerhouses.com/strawberry-mansion daily 0.75 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b6a1bb59-a336-4b73-a0ed-de917e919390/Flickr_.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Strawberry Mansion. 2450 Strawberry Mansion Drive, Philadelphia. Image source: Flickr / Billy Wilson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c6f927b9-3c5b-481d-9deb-63cfc59c1cb6/Judge+Portrait.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Portrait of lawyer William Lewis in the William Lewis Room at Strawberry Mansion. Image source: Historic Strawberry Mansion - Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/85e0d784-e5aa-4d97-8fc9-1479c1a8dbdb/Abolition+Large.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: Detail of the1780 “An Act for the Abolition of Slavery” Image source: Pennsylvania State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/469f0761-811c-491c-a943-6623e7b15100/Lewis+Room.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: The William Lewis Room in Strawberry Mansion. A portrait of Lewis hangs over the fireplace. The portrait is by John Neagle after a Gilbert Stuart painting. (See below) Image source: HistoricStrawberryMansion.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dc6a00f5-068c-4836-bd36-14b7575e1429/Historical+Marker.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Image source: Historic Strawberry Mansion - Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/07cee6e5-a723-4756-a313-9323c3c094a2/Portrait+Lewis.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: William Lewis of Strawberry Hill. Image source: Freeman’s / Hindman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4bafd5f3-3ad0-4115-94da-88a8f501e2a4/Elizabeth+Price+Two.jpg Strawberry Mansion - A HIstoric Quaker House in Philadelphia - Make it stand out Above: A young Elizabeth Price wears traditional Quaker clothing in this portrait. She later became Episcopalian. Elizabeth was the first chairperson of the Committee of 1926, a group of women who restored Strawberry Mansion. Images source. Left: Strawberry Mansion, by Sarah Dickson Lowrie, Internet Archive. Right: Historic Strawberry Mansion - Facebook. https://www.quakerhouses.com/pusey-house daily 0.75 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3f4f2be6-e64c-4ca8-bf60-2aacf5629565/Lees+Best+Narrow.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pusey House. The house originated as a one-room stone cottage. The room on the right is the original house. The second room was added prior to 1696. 15 Race Street, Upland, PA. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b2b2a583-1e8b-4bd3-b47a-db42967a717d/Two+Interiors.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Pusey House interior: Images source: CalebPuseyHouse.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8eea35b9-e9a0-4489-b652-a9da0e14efee/Floorplan.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The east section of the house was built in 1683. The western section is also pre-1700. Floorplan by John G. Waite and John D. Milner for Historical American Buildings Survey. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/98ef005b-f111-43af-bd40-33e059b87524/Sections.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: In ca. 1752 a gambrel roof replaced the gable roof. In the 1960s John Dickey and John Milner conducted much of the architectural research and redesign for the building’s restoration. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/aa2dfc09-886a-43dd-888a-1bcdd0e60c70/Building+Stone.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pusey House is identified as “Museum” on a 2005 geologic map, digital arrow added. Image source: U. S. Geological Survey, Bedrock Geologic Map of the Pennsylvania Portion of the Marcus Hook Quadrangle, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Howell Bosbyshell, 2005. The bedrock near the Pusey House consists of rocks of the Wissahickon Formation as well as Chester Park Gneiss. This suggests the house’s building stone includes both Wissahickon Schist and Chester Park Gneiss. Wissahickon Schist has been a cornerstone of the Delaware Valley’s architectural identity for centuries. The schist texture and tones make visually striking structures that feel rooted in place. Wissahickon Schist is a defining material in the region’s vernacular architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/de29bf54-221c-4729-9620-39b6484c9153/Stone+Detail.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Detail of the rubble stone wall of the Pusey House. This house is one of the earliest examples of a rubble-fieldstone building in the Delaware Valley. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/57da1c37-95f0-469b-b813-df8dcc4f867e/Caleb+House.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: History of Delaware County…, George Smith, M. D. Drawn by Charles P. Tholey. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1030f83c-e692-42f2-a456-2c47630bb36d/Weathervane.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Quaint Corners of Philadelphia, Joseph Pennell, 1899. Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f11be27c-8f18-446a-a048-ece8a9dc3b17/Chester+Map.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Details of the map of Pennsylvania by Thomas Holme originally published in 1687. Image source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b958314d-e895-4264-9d24-6741e3668fff/Rescue+House.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image Source: Friends Journal, April 1, 1961. Illustration by H. T. MacNeill. Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d8a99d87-1ab2-4190-bee3-e76bbdf15582/Boelson.jpg The Caleb Pusey House - A Historic Quaker House at Upland, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The ca. 1680 Boelson Cottage in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Image source: Brian W. Schaller, Wikipedia. https://www.quakerhouses.com/1704-brinton-house daily 0.75 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/435c7271-1d30-47bf-a6eb-bc4cfd5ec9b9/Lee+Full+Best.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1704 Brinton House at 21 Oakland Road, West Chester. The house has a two-room, hall-and-parlor floorplan, with a basement kitchen and an interior bakeoven. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/83efdb0a-2d45-4754-8a07-fe6ddb1ffc53/Brumbaugh+Drawings.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The furnishings in the house are based on 18th-century inventories of Brinton family members who lived there. Some of the furniture pieces have been passed down through multiple generations of the Brinton family. The house floorplan represents a vernacular two-room plan influenced by English traditions. Images source: Brinton 1704 House Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/07a611ae-d294-4f5a-9d1c-23fef9475a25/Brumbaugh+Portrait.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Historic Ephrata Cloister, Facebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/864af810-360f-4a56-93ed-5db8ff76539a/Casement+Windows.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The windows have diamond panes in leaded sash. The stone walls are 22 inches thick. Images source: Brinton 1704 House and Historic Site, Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a44e227a-2d5e-4e09-ae3e-46fdb6befae1/Birmingham+Composite.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Images source: Left: HABS, Top right: HABS, Lower right: Philadelphia Quakers 1681 - 1981, Robert H. Wilson, Internet Archive The Brinton family created the Brinton Family Association in the early 20th century to preserve the legacy of their ancestors in Pennsylvania. Their primary focus became the 1704 Brinton House. By the mid-20th century, the house had deteriorated, prompting the association to commission a meticulous restoration. Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh led the restoration. He used physical evidence and period records to return the house to its early 18th-century appearance. The Brinton Family Association has since maintained the site as a historic house museum. Their stewardship helped secure the home’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1968. The house is among the most authentic restorations in Pennsylvania. Birmingham Friends Meeting was established in 1690. Friends worshiped in the cabin of William Brinton until the first meetinghouse was completed in 1722. The stone meetinghouse used today was built in 1763. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7376152d-fb4c-44a8-8dd5-a964aaf08ecf/Diary.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image sources: Notebook: Chester County History Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d2061069-c027-4c2a-bbee-74d9d23775bf/Brinton+Postcard.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1704 Brinton House in a postcard. Image source: https://www.ebay.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/360ae10f-48f8-4f51-864a-869e53a05843/Compare+Houses.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: The 1704 Brinton House. Above right: The ca. 1705 Woodward House. According to local tradition, these two houses were built by the same builder or mason. The building stone of both houses is local Precambrian gneiss, which often weathers to a buff color. Image sources: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fde4ae52-7a6e-479d-a7e0-ed710ca0cf72/Second+Map+Best.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PaGEODE, PA Geological Survey, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/874465aa-8ac3-4701-893c-a7e77252fadc/Geology+Text.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: PaGEODE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/00e145c5-0a8e-415d-ac92-18e95454432d/Two+Houses+2.jpg 1704 Brinton House, a Historic Quaker House near West Chester, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Two Brinton house museums in southeast Pennsylvania: The 1704 Brinton House and the ca. 1714 Barns-Brinton House. Images source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/massey-house daily 0.75 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/969609ab-c7c1-409d-86ba-2ffb6014f386/Best+Facade.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Massey House. The house’s additive, multi-part construction shows the tradition of attaching a new section against an existing one. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4d041b2a-a6a2-41b7-93f2-bf73a25222f3/Milner+Image.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Images source: John Milner Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8dded21b-2aed-45fa-b754-56810f45c4fb/Milner+2.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Images source: John Milner Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/748e1e13-d700-4d51-81c3-f9e5ae64207c/Three+Views.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Images source: Left and center: Historic American Buildings Survey, right: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/40dba577-55df-4144-9930-ba3e0093d4e9/Stepped+Belt+Course.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: An unusual stepped belt course decorates the house’s east gable end. A patterned brick diamond further adds to the ornamentation above this belt course. Philadelphia’s Independence Hall also showcases a stepped belt course in its brickwork. Philly’s Old Courthouse, completed in 1710, also had a similar detail. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b2bf7292-d66c-4cf1-9352-40e6dc0d69bc/Window+Detail.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The bedrock beneath the Massey House is the Wissahickon Formation, a metamorphic unit primarily composed of oligoclase-mica schist. It also contains lesser amounts of gneiss and quartz-rich layers. The predominant rock type at this site is commonly referred to as Wissahickon Schist. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dfc7e426-7ec3-468a-bdb4-f120c0db9aa7/Schist+Composite.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pennsylvania bedrock map indicates that the Massey House is underlain by the Wissahickon Formation, the source of the Wissahickon Schist used as the building stone for the construction of the house. Image source: National Geological Map Database, icon added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9d356b70-7e80-4c60-8d78-5492c7b154ea/Marriage.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Chester Monthly Meeting Men´s Minutes, 1681-1721, Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a294f641-8cfa-4044-9134-f42125fb9734/Three+Houses.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Images source: Nicholson House: New Jersey Historic Trust, Hancock House: Zeete - Wikimedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/24beed6d-1bfc-4c83-8509-2151cc4c533c/Sign.jpg The Massey House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Historical marker erected in 1996 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/ring-house-gilpin-house daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e303d441-370c-4d63-9385-1b85e692638d/Best+Washington.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b6716587-a9e3-40a0-bdbb-751ab1ee4cf5/Best+Gilpin.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Two historic Quaker houses on the grounds of Brandywine Battlefield Park. Images source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/92fb2be9-f8c0-496c-bc98-769fc78b3255/Gilpin+Rear.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Rear view of the Gilpin House (the girls’ residence for Howard Pyle’s art school) with rear kitchen wing and bake oven. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ae1f574e-1e92-4e24-b0cd-133dbef3f793/Portrait+Charleston.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/22e593d3-0a52-4c4a-811f-4d8030fac408/Galleon.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: An Attack on a Galleon by Howard Pyle (1905) Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4b02f332-c5ac-48ca-81e3-41f7a9bc4063/Pirate+1.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: The Buccaneer by Howard Pyle (1905) Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/556ee722-2469-4cdb-8edd-59e05e43e8e9/Mermaid.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: The Mermaid by Howard Pyle. (1910) Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2e882d82-86fb-48b9-89f2-e4eb3730ece0/Captain+Keitt.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Illustrations by Howard Pyle in his 1908 book The Ruby of Kishmoor. Pyle authored this adventure story and created the illustrations. Images source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ada666cd-1534-46b1-93dd-daa704d2d2fb/Robin+Hood.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood… (1883, first edition), written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. Image source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e96201fc-78a0-41e9-a2c1-c88688a91eb3/King+Arthur.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: The Story of King Arthur… (1903, first edition), written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. Image source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3ebea8a8-19d2-4db8-8d35-60727889e10b/Quaker+Wedding.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: A Quaker Wedding illustration by Howard Pyle in 1885, published in Harper’s Bazar, Dec. 12, 1885. Image source: howardpyle.blogspot.com/ Ian Schoenherr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/58a2569f-1683-4683-8c8e-475c4aefd075/Mary+Dyer.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Oil painting by Howard Pyle (1905) of Quaker martyr Mary Dyer on her way to her execution. Boston Puritans hanged her for her Quaker beliefs in 1660. Image source: Newport Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a34075e5-8e90-4198-91e0-04ef0bea9783/Students+Painting.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Howard Pyle’s students painting en plain air at Chadds Ford in 1899. Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b048b5aa-c05a-4df9-8838-d550a7bfad7f/Students+2.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Howard Pyle’s students at his studio in Wilmington, Delaware. Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/509e7e64-ec77-43a4-a38d-f2d0e0766a3e/Way+to+Front.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ce14bcbc-1cc2-4ca0-9256-b3272ced9ba0/Enemy+1.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: The Enemy at the Door (detail) by Howard Pyle (1895) from “Some Thanksgiving-Time Fancies” Scribner's Magazine, November 1895 Image source: Art and Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cea62c6d-8ef4-4a95-96d3-28b85238fb6a/Violet+Oakley.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Love Your Enemies (detail) by Violet Oakley ( ca.1897), oil on canvas. Violet Oakley was a student of Howard Pyle. She apparently painted this work for Howard Pyle’s advanced illustration class. Pyle often gave students themes that echoed subjects from his own work. Image source: Brandywine Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8101fc5a-df6e-4bbf-aaed-5e1c4aaf128b/Lineage.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7d6da95b-1e8f-43aa-b3d4-1cba44521017/Wyeth+Brandywine.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: Pennsylvania Landscape by Andrew Wyeth, 1941. Tempera on panel. Image source: Brandywine Museum of Art. The Gideon Gilpin House was long believed to have served as General Lafayette’s headquarters during the Battle of Brandywine. However, more recent historical research has shown that Lafayette did not use this house as his headquarters. While he was wounded nearby, there is no evidence he stayed or commanded from the Gilpin home. This painting was one of eight by Andrew Wyeth selected for the Museum of Modern Art’s influential 1943 exhibition Americans 1943: Realists and Magic Realists. The show marked a turning point in his early career, earning him national recognition and critical acclaim as it toured New York and nine other cities across the U.S. and Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/db762e51-a6fe-4e1a-9f84-9564aee97ee3/Dove.jpg The Gilpin House and The Ring House / George Washington's Headquarters at the Brandywine Battlefield - Make it stand out Above: A digital Quaker dove of peace at the Ring House / George Washington’s headquarters on the Brandywine Battlefield. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus / Leonardo.AI https://www.quakerhouses.com/ring-farm-kuerner-farm daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/248211ff-dda0-4d1b-9a7c-062361f3dd86/Farm+Narrow.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: The Kuerner farmhouse in early morning. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dd432154-6f2e-4d75-a97f-80154ed0cb25/Kuerner+mist.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: A springhouse flanks the driveway leading back to the barn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/daac0f7f-dd44-4419-be90-fa643fe4cb0e/Drone.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: The Kuerner Farm. Image source: PBS video: Andrew Wyeth on Visiting the Kuerner Farm, YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8d747416-7dad-4e13-aee8-e8ff41881c12/Young+Bull+JPG.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Young Bull by Andrew Wyeth (1960). Drybrush watercolor, Brandywine Museum of Art, Image source: The Washington Post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d55a8c07-b971-4ec6-b947-3981e865c2a6/Reynolda+Brown+Swiss+Study.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Farm Pond by Andrew Wyeth (1957). Watercolor, Image source: Reynolda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b24f6d90-2b65-4312-9c56-266b7b0d40e5/Two+Books.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Left: Wyeth at Kuerners, 1976, Image source: James Cummins Bookseller. Right: Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm, 2025, Image source: Rizzoli Bookstore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cd7b69d5-a89e-4865-8058-84f7d45f4cbf/Helga.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Helga Testdorf and Andrew Wyeth. Images source: The Atlantic, YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/43251cbd-ae2a-4c85-9a13-b2c399f58d7b/Magizine+Covers.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Newsweek, August 1986, Image source: ebay. Time, August 1986, Image source: Time.com. Art and Antiques, September 1986, Image source: The Ridge Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/039fe690-c29e-44cc-bbb8-93a3ffd6d430/Best+Kuerner.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Kuerner’s Barn, House, and Pond by Eddie Flotte. Watercolor, Image source: Eddie Flotte Fine Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/04ed768b-b943-4684-a013-df2b6a7b3a1d/Winter+Kuerner.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Winter Fog by Eddie Flotte. Watercolor, Image source: Eddie Flotte Fine Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e6a69a85-879d-4d53-a582-d4eaf09e6b48/Three+Kuerner.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out The Kuerner Farm in Three on Three by Karl J. Kuerner. Image source: Kuerner Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6770b701-1582-48fd-a7c3-de42d5e4b0d7/Exhibit+2.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Paintings by Andrew Wyeth of the Kuerner Farm at the Brandywine Museum of Art. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/50779677-ba3b-42cd-af0b-5e33d27452b6/Exhibit.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Paintings by Andrew Wyeth of the Kuerner Farm at the Brandywine Museum of Art. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/aff39363-2160-442b-a2c6-4cb86db7a6af/Floor+Plan+Kuerner.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: The farmhouse’s original first floor plan. Image source: National Historic Landmarks Nomination. Image source: National Historic Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0e4b368c-52cd-4fe3-81ad-8a1e8c341603/Sign.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: National Historic Landmark sign on the farmhouse lawn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/784306b9-645f-4ca5-ab24-4d80de853780/Trough.jpg The Ring Farm / Kuerner Farm at Chadds Ford - Painted by Andrew Wyeth - Make it stand out Above: Spring Fed Revisited, Photograph by Lee J. Stoltzfus, 2025 https://www.quakerhouses.com/kuerner-farm-photographs daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7a3eaaab-76bd-4b9d-80f5-25de2ad894b5/Portrait.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Andrew Wyeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5f7025ac-7e65-4030-bdae-1566f33852ad/Spring+Fed+Christies.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Above: Spring Fed, Tempera on panel, painted in 1967 at the Kuerner Farm, Chadds Ford. Price realized at Christie’s: $4.769 Million, November 9, 2023. Image source: Christie’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/41eaf464-d99b-4949-bcba-2430c2357e8f/Trough.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Above: Revisiting Spring Fed ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b3bb3add-e771-4e03-b26d-73b66375c074/Springhouse.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Springhouse ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/219e7d73-969d-4979-bb0e-377d8d869350/Bell.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Bell beside the Farmhouse ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/109d02b3-0c85-4e7d-adb7-39f9a8e3ced1/Farm+Narrow.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Kuerner Farmhouse in Morning Mist ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dcf626d4-622b-4524-becd-f59da479d92e/Window+1.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Serpentine Stone Wall ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a7f95e62-e39d-4bc1-a7e1-f01fb22219a1/Kuerner+mist.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Kuerner Farm - Early Morning ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8d7d2223-4454-4bf1-9f45-b7da96ab7ccb/Straw.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out In the Shed ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8a1c6e20-db77-4bc9-b1c5-e90ce34f8b22/Doors.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Farmhouse - Two Front Doors ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b710f22a-f909-4d81-9100-0dca1c732bd0/Horseshoe.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Horseshoe in the Barn ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5242434f-d0c6-4cc5-b16d-21796b19c13c/Wall+1.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Wall beside the Lane ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bb1ec54a-9aed-49d0-abd9-8cd4afa5babf/Skull.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Deer Skull in the Barn ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cb705af5-8b51-4c91-a302-adf532189bfe/White+Flower.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out White Flower ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/030e3995-e217-4102-8f96-a020e14039c3/Goat.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Black Goat ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3f51e63b-d2f7-48c2-840f-de0596d4d6a6/Lace.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Queen Anne’s Lace ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0f411f08-2c58-4eaf-8ab6-38a228b0381c/Horn.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Cane in the Barn ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2981c5f7-aeb6-4865-bc5c-eda419af2d0e/Grass.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Grass beside the Road ————— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1abf30c5-e700-4bdc-b776-71140c443b42/Quaker+Country.jpg Kuerner Farm Photographs. A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth. - Make it stand out Above: Andrew Wyeth lived in Quaker Country, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Quaker Country, by Andrew Wyeth, 1940. Pen and ink on paper (detail), Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Lammot duPont Copeland. https://www.quakerhouses.com/chads-house daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f6fad01d-6c4e-4834-9bfc-9fc206544325/Front+Elevation.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The ca. 1725 Chads House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e5950f8f-f82e-4f06-8623-3efbc06d9a6c/Side+View.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/30fc5e54-e116-48c3-9504-58713eac071f/Interior+1.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Chads House interior. Image source: John Milner Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e511a956-fdb9-41ec-b318-9ed7ae165b1e/Interior+2.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Chads House interior. Image source: John Milner Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/949cbc20-0bcd-45db-9285-c229b14a6537/Floorplan.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Survey of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Architecture, Margaret Berwind Schiffer, 1976, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ea23def0-092c-48a5-b196-6f06b68c709c/House+Print.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Canadian-born artist Peter Sculthorpe has worked from studios in Chester County and Delaware. For many years, he has captured the character of the local landscape with remarkable understanding. Image source: Bunch Auctions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65c088cb-0ea6-4275-bfef-fac06c54b78e/Springhouse.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The springhouse at the Chads Farm. The house and bakeoven are on the hill above this spring. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dce6b619-fefa-4399-a4a5-7b66d0891c43/Sign+National.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/494be1f6-f4d9-4971-9753-f5f39aa3bd6a/Elizabeth+Chads.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: John Chad’s marriage to Elizabeth Richardson October 7, 1729. Image source: Ancestry.com, Goshen Monthly Meeting - Marriage Certificates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c9b464e7-135b-4090-9c97-435bef35648d/Elizabeth+Chads.jpg The Chads House, a Historic Quaker House in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Chester County Planning Commission, Redcoats and Rebels: The Battle Ensues - East Brandywine Battlefield Strategic Landscapes Plan - Appendix B - Historic Property Documentation & Context. https://www.quakerhouses.com/booth-farm daily 0.75 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a0bc0508-3b17-4792-a2a7-51338f375f20/Booth+Farm+Front.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: The Booth Farmhouse, 3221 Foulk Road, Boothwyn. Restored by John Milner Associates in 1979. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1e939518-1f5c-4b06-a0c8-ff93ffa875a4/2001+Farm.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: The Booth Farm in 2001. Image source: National Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eafcdb8f-9e1a-4cd7-8e87-5e7f5223f885/Lane.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: The Booth Farm in 2001. Image source: National Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/869ed4cb-e789-48c1-a425-f03c7fb65ce6/Door.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: The building stone of the Booth farmhouse is mafic gneiss. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/99bd3e36-330b-4246-9c97-07418f0dc626/Mafig+Gneiss.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PaGEODE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1748613f-5ada-49e1-92b6-89f3fb528c2d/Mafic+gneiss+2.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65ff0f13-2455-42e7-a20e-db1043955917/Penns+Treaty+2.jpg The Booth Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Delaware County - Make it stand out Above: William Penn’s treaty with the Indians, by Quaker artist Edward Hicks, ca. 1830, Image source: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://www.quakerhouses.com/barns-brinton-house daily 0.75 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2f22ad95-eb43-4532-a5a1-7b570e10b114/Facade.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The Barns-Brinton House at Chadds Ford. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a95897d0-4a61-4a21-b91b-29d899e6c313/Side.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The south elevation. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/06f07c0f-4b09-40b1-bbcd-3e9d1d13808c/Door.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Benches flank the entry. Similar benches are found on numerous early houses in southeast Pennsylvania. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ae6628f7-fe59-4333-bb01-eea1cfadedd2/Wyeth+Tenant.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Tenant Farmer, painting of the Barns-Brinton House by Andrew Wyeth, 1961. Image source: Delaware Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/92ec0433-9f84-43d7-988e-7ea60e4dc7b6/Side+2.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Barns-Brinton House in 2025, similar view as in Tenant Farmer. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2af35d39-b378-450a-9a96-a0768df924e1/wyeth+tenant.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: Andrew Wyeth in his studio ca. 1961 with Tenant Farmer, his painting of the Barns-Brinton House. Image source: Brandywine Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/28095fe3-6f95-4c34-a7f6-cc651694a5e0/Parlor+Drawing.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: This is the fireplace in the parlor / family side of the house, when the adjoining side was used as a tavern. Image source: Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania, by Eleanor Raymond, EAIA, 1931, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0edf7c78-4e97-4497-b02f-e8b12f5309cb/HABS+Parlor.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Image source: This is the fireplace in the parlor / family side of the house. The adjoining side of the building was used as a tavern. The woodwork in this house is some of the best surviving woodwork in Chester County. Historic American Buildings Survey, Photo by Ned Goode, 1959, Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/775629a9-0912-4e19-b4fe-0935e2e614dd/Buggy.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The Barns-Brinton House in a 1905 photograph, before the road was relocated to the north side of the house. Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c02f9fc-2609-483f-badd-ecc3ebfb3060/Diamond+2.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The 1905 HABS photograph clearly shows the patterned brick diamonds on the west gable. This brickwork design survives on the gable today. Image source: Image source: HABS, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bb306bdb-14d3-4b56-b4d9-14fecbb55e5c/Masssey+Arrow.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Above: The patterned brickwork of the Massey House at Broomall, Delaware County, PA. This brick part of the Massey House dates to 1696 and was built by English Quaker immigrant Thomas Massey. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1734805c-a03d-40be-add3-e6aa30c7b4e8/Two+Houses+2.jpg Barns-Brinton House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/primitive-hall daily 0.75 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/45e95402-9cdb-406d-ac1c-0a49745a2556/Front.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Primitive Hall, built in 1738 by Joseph and Mary Pennock. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8955378c-8582-438b-af22-65eb9f3d35ff/Side+2.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Side view of Primitive Hall, with attached bake oven. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/66e4b01e-0a94-4b96-8546-f9ad24c17175/Baluster.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania, Eleanor Raymond, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ed64701e-26c5-4e01-ace3-4f2ffc5ece05/Bannister+2.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: The Decorative Arts Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c2dcfe6e-a309-4427-805b-c1632e2440f9/Table.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Primitive Hall has an outstanding collection of antique furniture original to this house or to the Pennock family. Some pieces of furniture in this house museum have never left the home, while other pieces came back to the house through Pennock descendants. Image source: PrimitiveHall.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2c25aae8-abf5-4bff-b107-12ea6827490b/Untitled-1.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Primitive Hall Interior. Image source: PrimitiveHall.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/00f120a1-b782-47ba-8523-f0162b10053d/Isaac+Pennock.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Quaker ironmaster Isaac Pennock. Image source: The National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f16d19b6-2a75-4c0d-983c-c530c2ac3477/Rebecca+Two.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Quaker businesswoman Rebecca Lukens. Matriarch of Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, PA. America’s first woman industrialist. Images source: The National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bd0c9432-b2da-4246-8424-d56d8f84f789/Side+View.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Primitive Hall in Morning Light. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/957bc45f-43fd-4b39-a893-4c33e1e65f73/Abraham++L.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Abraham L. Pennock Image source: “Portraits of American Abolitionists”, MHS.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1f3af8f9-66c9-4f49-8c98-bf8d5642e7c6/Smokehouse.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Smokehouse in morning light. The local bedrock here, and the building stone, is Glenarm Wissahickon Schist. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2de527f2-69e5-4821-a06b-e2ebe51ee237/Stewart.jpg Primitive Hall - A Historic Quaker Farmhouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Stewart Huston. Image source: The Stewart Huston Charitable Trust https://www.quakerhouses.com/chamberlain-pennell-house daily 0.75 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dd49fdbb-e7ca-4747-a8d0-94d7876b31f8/Hill+of+Skye+Facade.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The Chamberlain-Pennell House, Chester Heights, PA. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/02d4dd98-cbe4-4a8e-bb85-d8957bb8e7c2/West+Side.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/475905dd-0d74-43c5-95e1-c30b6a2395c6/Side+View.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Stone kitchen wing with attached bake oven. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0db38f7d-fee7-4335-b3b8-0286be312da4/Sign+Skye.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Chamberlain-Pennell House historical sign on front elevation. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e7945942-c3bd-44e6-a80e-a721a3e7eca5/Window.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The kitchen wing was built by 1798. It is constructed of rubble-stone masonry, with beveled-ridge mortar joints. The joint is also known as a raised-v joint, etc. The local bedrock and building stone is Baltimore Gneiss. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bfff1cf2-6fed-4166-9380-8fcc87e928e9/Geology.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The local bedrock and building stone of this Chester Heights region is Baltimore Gneiss, identified as “Ybgua” on this map by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey. Image source: National Geological Map Database (House icon added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1b8c467a-debb-456f-aa97-38cbd87287c3/Baltimore+Gneiss.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The local building stone at this site is Baltimore Gneiss. Image source: National Geological Map Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/80ee8c88-3522-4946-a86b-a79c5ef565db/National+Register.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: National Register of Historic Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e31fc5e6-6c18-4c9c-a3d4-e0d5034f2f90/Architect+1.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/49756311-fbe7-4241-a62b-6a3105884f84/Family+Portrait+Stantons.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Architect William Macy Stanton and wife Edith Cope Stanton. Image source: Our Ancestors the Stantons, by William Henry Stanton, 1923, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b0d35940-5252-4c47-9c06-fea3ba436046/Colton+Manor.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Postcard of Colton Manor Hotel in Atlantic City, by Architect William Stanton in 1927, with later motel addition. Brick facade with Colonial Revival interiors. Image source: eBay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/27a68f9f-afb0-4146-bee7-6b03ae41ffec/Harrisburg.jpg Chamberlain-Pennell House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Harrisburg Quaker meeting house, designed by Architect William Stanton, 1965. Brick, Colonial Revival design. Image source: Friends Journal, Jan. 1, 1965. https://www.quakerhouses.com/dilworth-house daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/538f4769-cf7b-468f-99b0-72339af0e2bc/Facade+Narrow.jpg Dilworth House - A Historic Quaker House in Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Dilworth House / Dilworthtown Inn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The first house in Dilworthtown was a log cabin built by Quaker blacksmith James Dilworth, Sr. As his family grew to eleven children, he built a large brick house behind the cabin in 1758. This became the primary block of this Dilworth House / Dilworthtown Inn. Charles Dilworth inherited this tract of 64 acres from his father James Dilworth Sr., in 1769. Charles Dilworth established a tavern here at that time which he named the Sign of the Pennsylvania Farmer. He was a birthright Quaker and a member of the Birmingham Preparative Meeting. He was disowned by the Quaker meeting in 1778 for being involved in military matters and taking the oath of the Revolutionary government. During this era Pennsylvania Quakers were also disowned for being tavern keepers. The house / inn was built in three sections: the 1758 brick core, a ca. 1770 stone service wing, and a ca. 1800 brick wing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/471ac4c3-67fd-468c-9d5e-131910c1aaac/Side+Elevation.jpg Dilworth House - A Historic Quaker House in Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/214c6ce0-5696-451f-b0f3-217220c1046a/Nighttime.jpg Dilworth House - A Historic Quaker House in Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Dilworth Inn, watercolor by C. Phillip Wikoff. Image source: Dilworthtown Inn, Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d7750972-e161-4727-83f6-e910a3012548/Peace.jpg Dilworth House - A Historic Quaker House in Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: ChaddsFordLive.com, Erin Moonyeen Haley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/00773f9e-a2a0-49d7-a078-436fc1d1e762/Stable.jpg Dilworth House - A Historic Quaker House in Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Ruins of the stables near the Dilworth House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/newlin-house daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2675f411-d934-4fc4-acf6-1837cb707fac/Side.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1742 Newlin House in Concordville. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e46f3861-f238-4ffd-a1f9-5cfbaebe74e1/Door.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Newlin House details: Flemish bond brickwork, rubble stone foundation, a pent roof, and double doors with four-light transoms. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/593c181b-da10-4d7e-8f66-825510be4fca/Newlin+Patents.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: DelawareCountyHistory.com, Underscoring added. This map show tracts of land owned by Irish immigrants Nicholas Newlin and his son Nathaniel Newlin. They were the grandfather and father of Nicholas Newlin who built the Newlin House in 1742. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0453ba30-2c0b-4a55-b4f8-853d069f29ce/Concord+Meeting.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Design of the Newlin House is reminiscent of the nearby Concord Meeting House. Image source: TriCollege Libraries This Concord Meeting House dates to 1728 (north end) and 1783 (south end). Concord Monthly Meeting was established in 1684 by Chester (Concord) Quarterly Meeting. The Newlins were charter members of that meeting in the 1680s. Until 1729, business sessions alternated between Concord and Chichester, and the meeting was known as “Chichester.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6af4b19e-14b2-4594-8a44-92884d74e8bb/Sign+Newlin.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Newlin historical marker. Image source: FindAGrave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/95273e14-5059-4d92-a896-9c5669e13dd6/Mill+Sepia.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Newlin Mill. Image source: NewlinGristMill1704 Instagram, modified. Nicholas Newlin built the Newlin House for his family’s home in 1742. During this time, he was owner of the nearby Newlin Grist Mill, which his father Nathaniel Newlin built in 1704 to produce flour, etc. E. Mortimer Newlin and wife Elizabeth Newlin purchased the mill in 1956 and began restoration of the building and the grinding equipment. Today the property is owned and operated by the Nicholas Newlin Foundation and is open to the public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1cb94875-5e36-49f0-a583-f3b4ea64a55e/Mill+Ownership.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Three generations of ownership of Newlin Mill, from grandfather to grandson. The immigrant ancestor’s grandson, Nicholas Newlin, owned the mill while building the Newlin House for his family’s home in 1742. Image source: Newlin Mill Complex, Wikipedia, modified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/081d7af7-5f05-47e6-a204-dd5853aabea5/Mill+Marker.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Sign for the Newlin Mill erected in 1959 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Image source: Historical Marker Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a089a555-6499-4c58-9ad5-d60b6e10fc28/Miller+Frame-1.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Newlin Mill Complex, Smallbones, Wikipedia, modified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a71f4121-1d6c-448d-a657-8ab71235b2d8/National+Register.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Newlin Mill Complex was accepted in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Image source: The Historical Marker Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/69f240c3-f066-4048-a57d-4ef171306790/Autumn.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The public park at Newlin Grist Mill. Image source: NewlinGristMill.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/88699554-abbe-4927-ab10-648e5504bfb9/Jacobs.jpg The Newlin House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: In the 18th and 19th centuries, Quakers shaped local Irish economic life in ways that exceeded their small numbers. Quaker families in Ireland such as the Jacobs, Bewleys, and Lambs created food brands that helped define Irish foodways. Webpage Link. https://www.quakerhouses.com/woodward-house daily 0.75 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c47ccd16-564c-4591-9f8d-643bb10876c2/Horizontal+View.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The front elevation shows traces of historic whitewash, most visible on the lower half of the facade where it had been sheltered by a porch. The porch was added between 1852 and 1895 but was later removed during restoration. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7eb3d221-312f-4ce3-ad6a-cbebc5e2f54a/Side+Elevation.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: East elevation of the house, showing stucco exterior and the original springhouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Richard Woodward, Sr., settled here in 1687, after immigrating from England. He acquired 230 acres of land and was one of the most prominent residents of this township. He was a jurist, a constable, and supervisor of highways. He also served as an overseer of the poor. In 1698 he deeded 130 acres to his son Richard Woodward, Jr., who was an active member of the local Quaker meeting. The Woodwards built the main block of the house ca. 1705, and they lived here until 1724. Richard Woodward was married to Deborah Stanfield during that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c8de708d-be1a-44eb-a676-782b7ecc9b68/Front+Facade.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Front elevation of the Beehive House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The first floor was built with a hall-and-parlor floorplan: two rooms divided by a board partition. The second floor had three rooms and a hallway. A stone lean-to with a large cooking fireplace was added to the north elevation of the main block in the mid l8th century. A one-story stone kitchen wing was added to the north elevation of the lean-to in 1938. The springhouse was connected to the kitchen wing at that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/360ae10f-48f8-4f51-864a-869e53a05843/Compare+Houses.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left: The 1704 Brinton House. Above right: The ca. 1705 Woodward House. According to local tradition, these two houses were built by the same builder or mason. The building stone of both houses is local Precambrian gneiss, which often weathers to a buff color. Image sources: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fde4ae52-7a6e-479d-a7e0-ed710ca0cf72/Second+Map+Best.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PaGEODE, PA Geological Survey, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/874465aa-8ac3-4701-893c-a7e77252fadc/Geology+Text.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: PaGEODE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3c577dd1-898d-445b-ad0b-76009b8177dc/Stepped+Belt+Course.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The front elevation of the Woodward / Beehive House has a distinctive stepped belt course. This unusual feature is also found on the side elevation of the 1696 Massey House, located nearby in Marple Township, Delaware County. A stepped brick course also appears on Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, built 1732 - 48. A similar belt course was included on Philadelphia’s former courthouse at High and Second Streets, completed in 1710. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cfc01a53-c208-4656-abd4-0c87d8828c97/Rear+View.jpg The Beehive House / Woodward House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: West elevation of the Woodward House showing modern additions. Image source: Zillow https://www.quakerhouses.com/twining-farm daily 0.75 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/295a0cee-5aed-45c1-b57d-eccddbbe9968/Twining+Farm.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Twining Farm, Newtown, Bucks County. Image source: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/31358be3-1c52-443c-9102-6c568a18cf96/Front+Facade.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Twining farmhouse. 12 Winterset Court, Newtown. The two original, central sections of this house are visible in Edward Hick’s painting of this farm. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/93b1733c-700e-48fc-b402-f22e651bc94c/Sign.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7055a904-695f-4d8f-ac2b-b3b475a3e8a6/Detail.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Edward Hick’s selfportrait of himself at age five. Image source: The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/833df34d-038f-4764-b7df-d2b95565e33e/Four+Examples.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Details of the four paintings of the Twining Farm, painted by Edward Hicks. Images source: #1. Carnegie Museum of Art #2. Colonial Williamsburg #3. American Folk Art Museum #4. Christie’s, 1999, Price realized: $1.43 Million. Edward Hicks painted himself as a five-year-old child at the knee of his adoptive mother Elizabeth Hicks in these four examples of the Twining Farm. Mrs. Twining wears Quaker gray and tan. She sits beside her husband who wears a Quaker collarless coat and an appropriately plain hat. David Twining was one of the most prominent farmers in Bucks County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8c08ef87-dddf-4384-96a4-897468b96557/Mary+Dyer.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Portrait of Quaker martyr Mary Dyer, executed in Boston in 1660 by Puritans because of her Quaker faith. Painting by Howard Pyle. Image source: Newport Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ca067da-f081-4d27-984e-f16fd9181a3d/Plan.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/21604b5b-a9a9-44fa-9284-8a853f448c9d/Heritage+2.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Historical marker on Twining farmhouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/290f469f-0a8f-4017-96bd-32795582c1c9/Door.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Entry to the 1832 farmhouse addition. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/54a5da33-10ec-4b45-b417-9839ce5bd42e/Smokehouse.jpg The Twining Farm - Boyhood Home of Quaker Artist Edward Hicks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Smokehouse at the Twining Farm. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/leedom-farm daily 0.75 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c89421f6-370b-4fa4-88d0-5c4dcdcdbe36/Framed+Leedom.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Leedom Farm, 1849, Edward Hicks. Image source: Colonial Williamsburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ce51ff9a-018c-47da-8788-9c29edca8fca/Front+Elevation.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Leedom farmhouse, front elevation. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The house developed in several stages. The earliest section dates to the late 18th century. Later that century, a large 2½-story stone addition was built (on right, above). In 1802, the largest wing was added, sometimes described as the mansion wing (in center, above). Finally, a two-story frame addition was constructed in the early 19th century (on left, above). The Leedom Farm painting was commissioned by David Leedom, the son of Mary Twining whom Hicks depicted in his Twining Farm painting. Mary (Twining) Leedom was the daughter of Hicks’ foster parents. The painting reflects the artist’s affection for his foster family and their relatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d19c8d10-2f5c-4955-860d-f678b6e6b32d/Rear.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Leedom farmhouse, rear elevation. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c7bd8fe2-ed0e-44dc-91c3-b386d84246a4/Plaque.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/59207e9f-8b73-4c4d-8f11-699771f9f4c4/Entry.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Entry to the 1802 addition of the farmhouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/175646d8-a898-4626-a972-787eb54476f9/Light.jpg Leedom Farm - A Quaker Farm Painted by Artist Edward Hicks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Detail of Leedom Farm, 1849, Edward Hicks. Image source: Colonial Williamsburg https://www.quakerhouses.com/parry-house daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1e82f99c-2b4f-4bc4-9212-eb93fb12ca5f/Best+Museum+Facade+Narrow.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1784 Parry Mansion in New Hope. The house presides over the town square as the historic home of the borough’s most prominent family of that era, the Quaker Parry family. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eb6dd6d0-0dd7-4b04-aa70-a8b0057233b7/Parry+Portrait.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b840c1f3-6f3d-4394-9a49-519839ac4908/Sign.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Historical marker in front of the Parry Mansion. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The Parry family can trace its ancestry to Caernarvonshire, Wales. Benjamin Parry married Jane Paxson, daughter of a wealthy neighboring Quaker family. Benjamin Parry and his younger brothers, David and Daniel, purchased numerous parcels throughout New Hope. Benjamin Parry sold grain from his mill to markets along the east coast of the U. S., the West Indies, and in South America. He organized the Delaware Bridge Company and built a covered bridge across the Delaware River at New Hope in 1814. He also personally paid for the one-mile segment of the Delaware Division Canal which ran through New Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/90434f4b-6f59-4466-a6e3-fb566f5093fc/Parrm+Mansion.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Parry Mansion in 1941. Image source: Ranulph Bye, Facebook. Ranulph Bye was a birthright Quaker and a member of the Buckingham Friends Meeting, near New Hope. He was part of the Bucks County Impressionist tradition. Ranulph Bye’s watercolors capture the Quaker aesthetic of the local architecture and landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ce25428-4bf9-4449-94a2-7ff49033a45c/Bye+Painting.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Buckingham Friends Meeting House, watercolor by Ranulph Bye. Image source: Buckingham Friends Meeting. Benjamin Parry married Jane Paxson in 1787 in this Quaker meeting house. Master stone mason Mathias Hutchinson constructed this building in 1768. He also built the Parry Mansion. Benjamin Parry gave the village of New Hope its present name. In 1790 his Coryell’s Ferry mill complex was destroyed by fire. Parry rebuilt the facility and named the new complex the “New Hope Mills.” The settlement adopted this name as well. When New Hope was incorporated as a borough in 1837 Benjamin Parry became the town’s first burgess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/56f466d4-1aec-473d-a801-1df1a1109aa7/Sunrise.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Bucks County Playhouse at dawn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Benjamin Parry’s first grist mill in New Hope was located on the site of the Bucks County Play House. The former mill’s foundations now make up part of this theater. Parry’s historic milling machinery survives in the basement. The Parrys also owned six houses, stables, and a cooper's shop. In the 1790s they owned the only store in New Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/928cfa8c-db05-4b92-849c-4273942dabf7/Mill+Background.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1751 Parry barn in front of the Bucks County Playhouse. The barn served as stables for horses. The foundation of the Parry mill survives as part of the playhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/96dda1e6-51ff-4205-956d-b10d097feaa2/Second+Sign.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Historical marker in front of the Parry barn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fad5ed16-df13-4500-a97d-08e5bc3af368/Map.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: New Hope Historical Society In 1798 Benjamin Parry commissioned a map of property he owned in New Hope. This map reveals that the Parrys owned the grist mill whose foundations now are part of the Bucks County Playhouse. The Parry brothers also owned six houses, a store, stables, a cooper's shop and an unnamed shop. The Parry family owned the only store in town in 1798. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dbecda3c-7740-4138-994e-634b01cc88dc/Springhouse.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The ice house at the Parry Mansion. The mansion remained in the Parry family until 1966. It is now the home of the New Hope Historical Society and is open to the public as a museum. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0eefe668-8d3d-4643-8dfd-2aebbac41de9/Birth.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Birth record of Benjamin Parry in 1757. The Parry family emigrated from Caernarvonshire, Wales, in 1699 to seek freedom for their Quaker faith. The Parrys settled in Moreland Township, north of Philadelphia. Some descendants soon moved into Bucks County. Image source: Abington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1629 - 1812, Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9565c2a5-32d6-4780-ab7d-e50439a20ed6/Militia+Tax.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Internet Archive Throughout Pennsylvania’s early history many Quakers refused to pay militia taxes because of their peace testimony. Their resistance came from the long-standing belief that any support for military activity conflicted with their religious principles. To these Friends, paying the militia tax meant contributing to violence, which their faith required them to avoid. This resistance to warfare often led government officials to seize property such as livestock, household goods, or crops in place of payment of the militia tax. Meeting records show both the persistence of Quakers in standing up for their peace testimony and the financial hardships that sometimes followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/356669f9-bb47-4226-b81f-cb5886f7b851/Peace+Dove.jpg The Parry House - A Historic Quaker House in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/the-hillborn-farm daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/23e73085-6488-4523-bc31-fae1d8dfe599/Colonial+Williamsburg.jpg The Hillborn Farm: A Quaker Farm in Bucks County Painted by Edward Hicks - Make it stand out Above: The Residence of Thomas Hillborn, by Edward Hicks, painted ca. 1845. Image source: Colonial Williamsburg Inscriptions on the stretcher, not in Hick’s hand, added later: "Purchased by his son Cyrus Hillborn in 1845, when/this Picture was painted, by Edward Hicks in his 66th year." "The Residence of Thomas Hillborn in Newtown Township/Bucks County Pennsylvania, in the Year 1821." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/080c77f9-8de4-4d05-a208-89aa4c0ee066/Newtown+Map.jpg The Hillborn Farm: A Quaker Farm in Bucks County Painted by Edward Hicks - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c4c42414-ae65-45be-ad8e-6c8581dfb1ee/War.jpg The Hillborn Farm: A Quaker Farm in Bucks County Painted by Edward Hicks - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Historic Newtown, Edward R. Barnsley, 1934. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/845e7b6c-f423-4b05-929b-1dd659b74b6e/Other+Hillborn.jpg The Hillborn Farm: A Quaker Farm in Bucks County Painted by Edward Hicks - Make it stand out Above: This ca. 1792 Hillborn house is on the tract deeded to Thomas Hillborn in 1702. https://www.quakerhouses.com/cornell-farm daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6c8ec5f9-edb4-4578-9f2a-8a47b53f81c4/Painting+DC.jpg The Cornell Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania painted by Quaker Artist Edward HIcks - Make it stand out Above: The Cornell Farm. Inscribed: "An Indian summer view of the Farm & Stock OF JAMES C. CORNELL of Northampton Bucks county Pennsylvania. That took the Premium in the Agricultural society, October the 12, 1848 Painted by E. Hicks in the 69th year of his age." Image source: National Gallery of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/77aad0b5-0a2c-4f02-b2f2-4fe5ebfb1c96/Cornell+House.jpg The Cornell Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania painted by Quaker Artist Edward HIcks - Make it stand out Above: Detail of the Georgian-style farmhouse and outbuildings of the Cornell Farm. Image source: National Gallery of Art https://www.quakerhouses.com/webb-farmhouse daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c15c1545-a862-4d38-8aac-2dc42f7e20ea/farm2.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e2c1e66f-ca10-4b50-9a7b-b255ba36adb5/Meadow.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e58293b9-cbf1-43dc-81ed-e1a5f0043190/Side+East.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Webb Farmhouse’s eastern half, shown here, is the house’s earliest section. William Webb, Sr. built this part of the house ca. 1734, with pent roofs, also called pent eaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e8e08eb0-4c09-40ca-b224-f0ee995e8f82/field+2.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Goldenrod and asters in the 86-acre Meadow Garden. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus These rolling hills were once fertile farm fields owned by the Webb family. The founder of Longwood Garden, Pierre S. du Pont, purchased the Webb Farm for agricultural purposes. The farm fields eventually evolved into open spaces and wildflower meadows. In 2014 Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects created this expanded Meadow Garden, while John Milner led the restoration of the farmhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cab36f7e-d925-4dcc-8ba5-a01a2371cb54/Fireplace.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/81d2b2e1-9932-43d4-8545-b43f089d88d3/gallery2.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Webb Farmhouse features exhibits that interpret the Meadow Garden and the history of the farm. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ad809489-9ebf-464c-ba98-34fed8e4e79d/Compare+House.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Pierre du Pont, the founder of Longwood Gardens, transformed a Quaker farmhouse into his country home. Image source: 1730 house: Longwood Gardens YouTube, Peirce-du Pont House: Lee J. Stoltzfus. In 1700, Quaker farmer George Peirce purchased 402 acres from William Penn’s commissioners. One of George’s sons, Joshua Peirce, built the brick farmhouse in 1730. George Peirce’s twin great-grandsons, Samuel and Joshua Peirce, began planting an arboretum of specimen trees here in 1798. By 1850, the Peirce arboretum showcased one of the finest collections of trees in the U. S. Pierre du Pont purchased this farm in 1906 to preserve the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e082bbdf-0324-482a-a207-2a0a8ef50064/Old+Kennett+Meeting.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Old Kennett Meetinghouse, Kennett Square near Longwood Gardens. Built between 1718 and 1731. Grave marker of William Webb, Sr. who built the Webb Farmhouse. Image sources: Top: TriCollege Libraries, Left: Lee J. Stoltzfus, Right: FindAGrave.com / L. Evans The Webb and Peirce families built their farmhouses and their Kennett Quaker meetinghouse in the 1730s. This is one of the earliest surviving Quaker meetinghouses in the Delaware Valley. Webb and Peirce family members are buried here in the graveyard. Most gravestones are modest, reflecting Quaker ideals of simplicity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cff63ede-62ed-41dd-9c4c-b0fb9aa83417/Meetinghouse+2.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A Quaker dove of peace and the Old Kennett Meetinghouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bd96f62c-951d-4236-8b3b-9456edbc5ded/Meeting+Interior.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Old Kennett Meetinghouse near Longwood Gardens. Image source: KennettFriends.org In September 11, 1777, the Battle of the Brandywine raged outside the Old Kennett Meetinghouse. Friends were meeting quietly inside the building during the battle. A soldier opened the meetinghouse door to look inside, but the Quakers in the meetinghouse ignored his presence. Quaker farmer Jacob Peirce was at the meeting. He explained that “While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dcd1c589-c827-43a3-95b3-494e17f87f0e/Rev.+War.jpg The Webb Farmhouse: A Historic Quaker House in Longwood Gardens, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Philadelphia Quakers 1681 - 1981, Robert H. Wilson, Internet Archive https://www.quakerhouses.com/1724-taylor-house daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5b1c6e71-71ee-430b-9ffc-21178fb49192/East+Facade.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d6ec8a4a-c36d-49a7-bd3d-9398bd1f62fa/Barn.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/73833ff1-c16d-44ed-b2b0-913adf824554/Interior+1.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Image source: John Milner Architects, Don Pearse Photographers, Inc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/26f97085-ca16-4e00-aa8e-2bef032dd9e4/Interior+2.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Image source: John Milner Architects, Don Pearse Photographers, Inc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b416ce9a-a6af-4b73-8116-4054070d8337/Front+Facade.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Above: A hooded entry on the west front elevation of the 1724 Taylor House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4a7c8ed0-b84d-4589-a74e-e624701a79eb/Interior+Description+1958.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Above In 1958, the curator of the Chester County Historical Society, Bart Anderson, prepared a description of this Taylor House for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The full report is online at the Library of Congress, along with photos of the house by Ned Good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/43377774-c192-447a-9d3e-f1abab10fa96/Taylors+Run.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Above: The Taylor barn in “Taylor’s Run”, an oil painting by Richard Chalfant. Image source: HLChalfant.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c66d51f-963e-4521-9507-6849ab6546d0/Cover+Matching.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9a8cfe33-653d-4eb1-aaed-2eef842d8984/Wood+Engraving.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e9bdb802-e3d8-429a-acd8-21e93491ce9f/John+Milner.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/58cc059b-6088-4427-9fec-9294d5dd662c/Six+Houses.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/302dbabf-cb78-45b2-a125-489d46d609ed/Grandson+Abiah-+Best+Narrow.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Above: The 1768 Taylor-Parke House on Strasburg Road near the 1724 Taylor House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f2d6c272-de9c-4a02-9953-29ae9e45014a/Historical+District.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8383c91f-ffb1-4e3c-998f-9231dbb49487/Genealogy+2.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Above: Family tree of the Taylor family, showing three generations of Taylors and two of their historic houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/103f60c1-31bf-456d-a029-4ab6e8640313/Datestones.jpg The 1724 Abiah and Ann Taylor House in Chester County, Pennsylvania. A Historic Quaker House. - Make it stand out Image sources: Left: HABS, Ned Goode, 1958. Right: HABS, Ned Goode 1960. https://www.quakerhouses.com/taylor-parke-house daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/302dbabf-cb78-45b2-a125-489d46d609ed/Grandson+Abiah-+Best+Narrow.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Taylor-Parke farmhouse on Strasburg Road was built by Abiah and Ann Taylor in 1768. The kitchen predates the main block of the house. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e03e4d5c-2078-4485-87ff-144cefe3206e/Detail.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/32b799ba-d087-44ca-b82b-cde5a2273967/Floorplan.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: “Vernacular Expression in Quaker Chester County…”, Arlene Horvath, 1986, Jstor. (Text added) The kitchen wing predates the primary section of the house. The interior preserves three corner fireplaces, reflecting a traditional heating solution frequently found in historic Quaker homes of this region. Historians often credit Swedish settlers for first introducing corner fireplaces to Pennsylvania dwelling design. Floorplans with corner fireplaces are often identified as “Quaker Plan” or “Penn Plan” houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dec6682c-c71a-4df4-987f-3d80f5795b67/Corner+Fireplaces.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Two corner fireplaces on the first floor. Left: southwest room. Right: northwest room. Images source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Ned Goode, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4a0cd43b-684b-48c2-a265-7b1e69896eb1/Pent+eave+and+roof.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Ned Goode, 1960. The text description in this 1960 HABS listing describes the gable’s projecting pents as a pent eave (above second-floor windows) and pent roof (above first-floor windows). Generally today, the terms pent eave, pent roof, and simply pent are often used interchangeably. Pent eaves are frequently cited by historians as a hallmark of Germanic influence within these Quaker homes. Pennsylvania’s colonial style emerged from a convergence of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scots Irish traditions alongside those of Rhenish and Scandinavian settlers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/aeac49fe-e380-458b-9bd4-592b2060abfd/East+Facade.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Abiah and Deborah Taylor House. Restored and enlarged by Architect John Milner and Wynne Milner for their home. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. Abiah Taylor, Jr. was a Quaker immigrant from Didcot, Berkshire, England. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with wife Deborah Gearing in 1702. Abiah Taylor, Jr. was a farmer, miller, state legislator, and land speculator. He was an active member of Bradford Meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8383c91f-ffb1-4e3c-998f-9231dbb49487/Genealogy+2.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Family tree of the Taylor family, showing three generations of Taylors and two of their historic houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f2d6c272-de9c-4a02-9953-29ae9e45014a/Historical+District.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c75546eb-33a6-4699-a5c5-c27ce1a0ee69/Datestones.jpg The Taylor-Parke House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image sources: Left: HABS, Ned Goode, 1958. Right: HABS, Ned Goode 1960. https://www.quakerhouses.com/hope-lodge daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6fb9d033-02da-4a77-8a7d-4972d358f804/Front+Elevation.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out “Hope Lodge is one of the most important surviving Early Georgian country houses in the Delaware Valley.” The main (south) facade is built of brick laid in Flemish bond. Quote: Historic Houses of Philadelphia, 1998, Roger W. Moss, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/468dd5ab-8e2e-4134-8217-9d72ba4a9d2d/Side+2.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Hope Lodge in October. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus While the front elevation is brick, the other three walls are constructed of plastered rubble-stone masonry. The brick front wall and the stone side walls are quoined together at the corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/83d3a95c-2527-47e4-9e21-c13f99d54e8e/Interiors.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The central hall and the Morris bed chamber. Images source: Hope Lodge / Facebook The paneled rooms show refined craftsmanship influenced by English design books of the period. The use of proportion, alignment, and formal detailing throughout the house reflects the taste of Philadelphia’s wealthy merchant class in the mid-18th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2f5f170c-b3a3-446b-9de4-0321e6da1fcc/Side+Elevation.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The garden at Hope Lodge. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus William and Alice Degn purchased Hope Lodge in 1922. They planted a Colonial Revival garden near the house. The couple hired Architect Paul Cret to help restore the home. After Mrs. Degn's death in 1953, the house was transferred to the Hope Lodge Foundation. In 1957, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania received the property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4e1d7fe5-719c-4614-9dab-9ba8a77cb9bc/Barn+2.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Owners of Hope Lodge modified the barn several times. Jacob Wentz enlarged the barn sometime after 1832. This rear view shows a banked entry that leads to the threshing floor. Stone piers brace the wall. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d03bf594-9071-448f-b01f-19963415d86a/Residents.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Detail of an interpretive sign at Hope Lodge showing former residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c3bee812-726f-476d-b99d-9babec0f5206/Welsh+Connections.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/87963176-074b-4bf0-b56c-ee811222cc55/Birth.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Bridgitte, RN, FindAGrave.com The date “ye 16th of ye 12 mo, 1707-8” reflects the old Quaker and English calendar system. At that time, the new year began on March 25, not January 1. The “12th month” was February, so the 16th day of the 12th month was February 16, 1708, in our modern calendar. The double year, 1707/8, shows how the date would have been recorded under both the old style (1707) and new style (1708) calendars. In modern terms, we could also record this date as February 16, 1708. Quakers avoided the pagan-derived names for months. They numbered months starting with March as the 1st month. The word “ye” was pronounced “the.” The spelling “ye” is a typographical artifact, not a different word or pronunciation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7270ec99-afe2-4b91-a9a6-79e4a49a3276/History.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: The Griffith, Hugh, Pugh and Morris Families of Gwynedd Friends Meeting…, James A. Quinn, 2008, FriendsJournal.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e81ec689-e8ea-4e24-8345-b72f05204a27/Meeting+Interior.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A Quaker woman poses inside Gwynedd Meeting House. An inscription on the photo suggests the woman might be Sarah S. Jenkins in 1913. Image source: TriCollegeLibraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f39aa0b5-fa47-489d-99ec-56f5c4171281/Original+Welsh.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out This 1716 Evans farmhouse is much smaller than the 1740s Morris country house. Both houses have Welsh Quaker lineage. Above: Image source: AnalogDial.com, Mike Simpson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/063ee485-bdc9-4356-909e-0fdb91702865/Welsh.jpg Hope Lodge - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Edwin Brumbaugh (1905 -1986) was a Pennsylvania architect known for his work on historic buildings, including Pennsbury Manor and Ephrata Cloister. This article is in the magazine The House Beautiful, December 1927. The complete article is online. https://www.quakerhouses.com/humphry-marshall daily 0.75 2025-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c8193e4b-6018-46b2-9d9c-75adaf275fce/Best+Narrow+Facade.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fa8b66d6-15df-4589-8bfe-71878f516199/Engraving.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall, 1849, William Darlington, Internet Archive. The caption reads, “Built with his own Hands, A. D. 1773.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4e150594-b6cf-4ad2-94f3-02cbc2dee40d/Title+Page.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/03b03d40-38d5-402a-b822-72c58a666bc5/Arnold+Arboretum.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: A historic photograph is tipped onto a front endpaper of a 1785 Arbustrum Americanum in the collection of Harvard University Botany Libraries. Image source: Bio Diversity Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/717f0a8e-8d2d-4e9a-9e93-ff6af9531f40/Side.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Some of the era’s leading botanists visited this home and arboretum during the Marshall era, including William Baldwin, Zaccheus Collins, William Darlington, Frederick Traugott Pursh, and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c67b8a9a-0a3f-4e63-9d3e-4f3978e44735/Plan.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Drawn by Gabrielle Lanier For more than 200 years Marshall’s Botanic Garden at Marshallton was a pilgrimage site for countless botanists, garden lovers, and historians. Today the gardens and grounds are only a pale shadow of their former botanical importance. Few plants survive on the property from the Marshall era. But the site remains a landmark of American science and horticulture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/98f87575-a083-4c74-ac39-54700f83da38/Lanier+1.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Drawn by Gabrielle Lanier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6fed43e5-7add-4f5d-9dde-1d54bc02f9f7/Plan2.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Drawn by Gabrielle Lanier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/71c09979-9dd7-4ff6-85bc-fd14e7c23a0d/Franklinia2.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Blossom: Longwood Gardens / Carol DeGuiseppi. Text: Arbustum Americanum, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fca72ec2-76e8-4287-8a6a-0afba236e91b/Three.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Three of the 24 species with the author name Marshall, whose scientific names are accepted today. Digital image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7cf1e06c-6514-4afd-b206-0d7e92e24fad/Historical+Sign.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The PHMC / Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission installed this historical marker in 2014. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e5c2c65c-d28d-4d04-a1d4-0022333ad26b/Twin+Brothers.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: Old Gardens In and About Philadelphia, John Faris, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1677a845-4702-4b5d-9591-306fbe409266/Herbarium+Numbered.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: #1. Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. (Great Waterleaf) Collected in 1829. #2. Foeniculum dulce Mill. (Fennel) Collected in 1835. #3. Spigelia marilandica (L.) L. (Woodland Pinkroot) Collected in 1828. #4. Rudbeckia purpurea L. (Purple Coneflower) Collected in 1828. #5. Corylus cornuta Marshall (Beaked Hazelnut) Collected in 1835. #6. Cytisus laburnum L. (Golden Chain Tree) Collected in 1819. #7. Cacalia suaveolens L. (False Indian Plantain) Collected in 1819. #8. Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. (Cucumber Tree) Collected in 1829. Image sources: Mid-Atlantic Herbaria Consortium The William Darlington Herbarium at West Chester University is home to 15,000 plant specimens dating primarily from the 1810s to the1850s. More than 50 plant specimens in the herbarium are from the Marshall Arboretum, mostly collected in the 1820s and 30s. This collection provides an important snapshot of plants grown in that landmark botanic garden in the early 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/88248cb9-bf52-421b-8560-088fb5a29368/Marshallia.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Genera Plantarum, 1791, Schreber. Images source: Biodiversity Heritage Library. Two species of Marshallia / Barbara’s Buttons. Left: Marshallia obovata var. scaposa, Right: Marshallis legrandii. Images source: Wildflower.org, Photographer: Stuart Will In 1791, German botanist J. C. D. von Schreber named a genus of American plants Marshallia to honor Humphry Marshall and his botanist nephew Moses Marshall. The Marshallia name was first published in Schreber’s Genera Plantarum, 1791. Rev. Henry Muhlenbert, a botanist from Lancaster, PA, had encouraged Schreber to honor the Marshalls with that name. Links: Marshallia in World Flora Online, Marshallia in Plants of the World Online https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f20ee23c-60be-4c05-b189-4a592d6bba12/NotebookLM.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: An infographic explains the historic importance of Arbustrum Americanum / The American Grove. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus / NotebookLM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dfe6585f-5a92-4578-8973-b735cd618ec1/Bradford+Friends+Meeting.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The Marshallton Friends Meetinghouse (Bradford Friends Meetinghouse) is located within walking distance of the Marshall house and garden. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus In the early 1700s Abraham Marshall (Humphry Marshall’s father) settled in Chester County, near today’s Marshallton. From 1722 to 1727 the Bradford Friends met in the Marshall home. Abraham Marshall was the founder of this meeting that later moved to Marshallton. In 1767 the Marshallton Friends built this meetinghouse that survives today. HABS research on the building notes that Humphry Marshall was a “weighty” Friend at Bradford who also was a stonemason. He likely played a major role in the design and construction of this building. The meeting minutes name him in connection with settling the meetinghouse’s construction accounts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b3b4fa04-1fa8-49e2-94aa-22bd0c4a2d32/Wall.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: The Marshallton Quaker Meetinghouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus This finely crafted stonework showcases a galleted masonry technique, where small stones (gallets) are pressed into wet mortar joints during construction. This technique was mostly used in southeast England. The craftsmanship is the hallmark of a master mason, likely the stonemason and botanist Humphry Marshall. Humphry Marshall also used galletted masonry on the nearby farmhouse, illustrated on this page. He built his house in 1773, a few years after he helped build this meetinghouse. This distinctive masonry technique also appears in the 1760 greenhouse of his botanist cousin John Bartram. The bedrock and building stone here at Marshallton is mica schist of the Glenarm Wissahickon Formation, according to PaGEODE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dce4c29b-d4db-4d12-a00f-5d1c0ca69079/Floorplan.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Floorplan of the Marshallton Quaker Meetinghouse. Image source: HABS / Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/12f966ad-8718-42c9-97c3-b7132d5eafbc/Revolution.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: American Philosophical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/79b44298-ceac-4a66-a330-4840fefa9a4a/Pa+Loans.jpg The Marshall House - Home of Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall in Chester County, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: The Botanists of Philadelphia, John Harshbarger, 1899, Internet Archive https://www.quakerhouses.com/potts-house daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9f89ad1f-46e5-498d-9581-72733baef45e/Front+Facade.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: The Potts House at Valley Forge was built ca. 1773 for Isaac Potts, a Quaker mill owner and ironmaster. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus This sandstone farmhouse was the headquarters and residence of General George Washington during the winter encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge in 1777 / 78. In 1777, Potts was renting this house to his relative Deborah Hewes. She sublet the house to General George Washington. Martha Washington lived here with her husband during the later months of the encampment. The house is open to the public as part of the Valley Forge National Historical Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/26466c40-f0a0-4ff7-9940-0733642ac029/Side.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out The bake oven and kitchen at the Potts House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The Potts House at Valley Forge (Washington’s headquarters) is among the most published Quaker houses of southeast Pennsylvania. George Washington’s association with this Quaker farmhouse has transformed this home into a Revolutionary War pilgrimage site. Isaac Potts’ father, John Potts, was a Quaker ironmaster who founded the village that became the borough of Pottstown, PA. He built Pottsgrove Manor and developed the surrounding village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e59d564f-d780-4d79-a684-1bd68770dc41/Floorplan.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: First floor plan of the Potts House. Historic American Buildings Survey. Drawn by Barbara J. Hillard, 1993, Library of Congress The side hall plan was a classic floorplan for 18th century houses in Philadelphia and southeast Pennsylvania. The entrance and staircase occupy a hallway on one side of the house. That arrangement leaves the full depth of the front for two rooms. It worked well on narrow urban lots and with local building traditions. Architectural historian Henry Glassie describes these houses as a "two-thirds Georgian" type. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8547c491-d5be-4579-b03e-c51ff3c5aa06/Final+Floorplan.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/75aab96a-5ba6-4331-8577-8b2f416eb9f9/Kitchen.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out A stretcher-base table and a dough box hold pies in the kitchen of the Potts House / Washington’s headquarters. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The Continental Army rented this farmhouse and its furnishings for General Washington's headquarters during his encampment at Valley Forge. The house, owned by Isaac Potts, was occupied at that time by Mrs. Deborah Hewes, Isaac Potts' cousin by marriage. The house was constructed between 1768 and 1773 on Isaac Potts' property, which he acquired through his father's estate in 1773. Isaac Potts may have built the house, but no evidence documents that he ever lived there. Isaac Potts probably moved to Pottstown in 1774 when he applied to join Exeter Meeting, transferring from Radnor Quaker Meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/91106a05-7056-4436-add8-bd7f2e0e0893/Windows.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: The building stone of the Potts House includes sandstone from the Stockton Formation, which is the bedrock formation of this site. The house’s front elevation is laid in dressed ashlar with jack arches above the first-floor windows. The other elevations are uncoursed rubble stone. Pottsgrove Manor, built by Isaac Potts’ father John Potts in 1752, has similar brownstone construction. Both Potts houses have ashlar masonry for the front elevation, with rubble masonry elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1c68f706-debb-4c5d-ba70-6a15a6976824/War+Quote.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: Text source: Memorial of Thomas Potts, Jr. , by Mrs. Thomas Potts James, 1874. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c8cf63c7-29f9-4ae0-9c71-bfffe05e8b80/Dove.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7baf7197-98b3-4a59-929e-aa92cca8cd4e/War+Tax.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: Image source: The Family of John Potts (1709/10-1768), IRONMASTER, and Ruth Savage (1715/16-1786), Daniel A. Graham, 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c76b9c1-e2ab-4249-bfce-e3041aa245b5/Card+1a.jpg The Potts House: A Historic Quaker House at Valley Forge, PA - Make it stand out Above: Information source: The Family of John Potts (1709/10-1768), IRONMASTER, and Ruth Savage (1715/16-1786), Daniel A. Graham, 2006. https://www.quakerhouses.com/pratt-house daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6478aee4-d735-4b30-80a5-c9bdde40c47b/Best+Facade.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A water bucket hangs from a well sweep in front of the farmhouse. The earliest part of the house, which predates 1700, is on the right side of the building. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d38565d2-cdf1-4d9f-92ad-7e45fbd90baa/Cabin.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The stone cabin near the farmhouse. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus This stone cabin probably had numerous uses over time. Its construction date is unknown. The cabin possibly was an early dwelling. Or it may have been used as a springhouse, smokehouse, or ice house. Mortar seams in the south eave show that the roof once had a steeper pitch suitable for thatch, which suggests a late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century date. This may have been the first building on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cbcf5553-e751-4a83-a23b-15a68ab9eb7d/Side+view.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The farmhouse’s east end is the building’s earliest part. It likely was built by Barnabas Wilcox before 1700. According to John C. McIllheny this section was likely built between 1686 and 1691. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cd3c95a3-6f6e-413b-9cb4-b60f8c8bb383/Windows.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: In the farmhouse’s central section, a docent stands beside a walnut drop-leaf table made ca. 1740 in Chester County in the Queen Anne style. The walnut desk is a reproduction of an 18th-century Chester County desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ca40bc7d-d899-4d99-8f88-d69a5297c79a/Building+Stone.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The farmhouse at the Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead is constructed of local rubble stone. Most of the farmstead is underlain by Grenville-age gneisses. The rocks are Precambrian in age, one billion years old. The stone masonry of the farmhouse’s front elevation is beautifully pointed with beveled-ridge mortar joints. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/12856f99-770f-4d9f-9b38-40985b445ccf/Map.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Friends of Ridley Creek State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dc341669-21ed-4f95-b183-585de8259d86/NIcholas+Santoleri.jpg Pratt House - Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Nicholas Santoleri https://www.quakerhouses.com/levis-house daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9323ec33-e315-42fc-9d6e-74d33223706c/Front+Facade-+Narrow.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The ca. 1696 Levis House is one of the earliest houses in Delaware County, at 620 Hey Lane, Springfield. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Samuel Levis was a wealthy Quaker farmer and community leader. He immigrated to Pennsylvania from Leicestershire, England in 1684. He was one of the first settlers in Delaware County, where he had much influence. He served on the provincial Assembly and was a member of the Governor’s Council and a justice of the Court of Chester County. The house contains six fireplaces. Most of the floors are the original random width flooring. This house remained in the Levis family for eight generations until the property left the family in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/74e4ecac-2a97-40fc-9797-29862938c7f8/Brick+Details.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The house showcases Flemish-bond brickwork with glazed headers combined with diamond-pane leaded-glass windows. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Only the earliest houses in southeast Pennsylvania have these details. The builders apparently made the bricks from local clay here on the property. The house’s original floorplan included a nine-foot wide center passage with two rooms on either side, as a hall-passage-parlor house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/37a3ca7b-e892-4623-892a-bbc52526ac5b/Barn.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A gable end of a stone building near the Levis house in an October sunrise. Samuel Levis purchased 500 acres in Pennsylvania before emigrating from England. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/143547d0-37a2-4ae8-ae82-78bbef8ed176/barn+detail.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo) grows beside a wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a09a3003-d389-4a99-bb21-48517cb0a3ba/Stone+Map.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Levis House on a bedrock map. Image source: PaGEODE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/37eaa83a-7dfb-41bb-91e0-c8701c409d43/Stone+Text.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/76dee3b1-1a0a-4037-be01-ad2a1393f65b/Delft+Plate.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Pook and Pook Auction This extraordinary delftware dish, dated 1738, was apparently made for William Levis and Elizabeth Levis. They were the son and daughter-in-law of the Quaker immigrants who built the ca. 1696 Levis house, shown above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/87005250-f054-487d-9328-9ab301be5a28/William+Levis.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The home of William and Elizabeth Levis (central stone house with balcony) Image source: HistoryAtticResearch William Levis married Elizabeth Reed in 1720 at the Kennett Quaker Meetinghouse. William was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Levis who built the ca. 1696 brick house. William and Elizabeth were both overseers of their Quaker meeting. Elizabeth was also a minister of the meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/70a9a919-ce0f-4a66-af8b-f99fb081cfc6/Levis+History.jpg The Historic Levis House: A Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Bi-Centennial of Old Kennett Meeting House, Walter Jenkins, 1910, HathiTrust https://www.quakerhouses.com/derbydown daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9d40ef48-dd25-4e9a-9267-13f4fe09265a/Best+Front.jpg Derbydown: The Humphry Marshall Homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Birthplace of Quaker botanist Humphry Marshall, author of the first American book on botany. West Bradford Township, Chester County. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/200e0557-9d43-41f4-bda6-aee191967f93/Big+Tree.jpg Derbydown: The Humphry Marshall Homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/45719b68-2981-4905-a28d-2f733f4321d7/Sycamore.jpg Derbydown: The Humphry Marshall Homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ea1cf449-37d8-4c61-a529-fe3abfb19f13/Narrow+Facade.jpg Derbydown: The Humphry Marshall Homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Humphry Marshall’s 1773 farmhouse at Marshallton, Chester County. Site of his landmark arboretum and botanic garden. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dfe6585f-5a92-4578-8973-b735cd618ec1/Bradford+Friends+Meeting.jpg Derbydown: The Humphry Marshall Homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Bradford Quaker Meetinghouse in Marshallton. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Abraham Marshall was a founder of the Bradford Quaker Meeting, which first met in his family’s farmhouse. Marshall then built a meetinghouse on his farm, before the meeting was moved to Marshallton with Abraham Marshall as a trustee. This meetinghouse was built in 1765. A porch was added to two sides of the building in the 19th century. https://www.quakerhouses.com/harriton daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e1a2870d-9971-4820-b19d-e2fb5746ffd8/Harriton+Front.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Autumn asters in flower in front of the Harriton House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/15e5b98f-f092-431b-887f-82b4a5b0bf2d/Side+view.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Two chimneys tower over the roof of the Harriton House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/237e1b50-ec51-4da7-9f80-2587cc53eb59/Gable.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Harriton House’s flaring eaves and tall brick chimneys are distinctive details. A 1704 datestone has the initials “R E.” for Rowland Ellis. The height of the chimneys was increased during later restoration. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Architecturally, Harriton House stands as an important survivor of early domestic architecture in southeastern Pennsylvania. The house is built of local stone and features a T-shaped floor plan, a layout that was somewhat unusual and ambitious for the early 18th century. The flared eaves, with their pronounced “kick”, are unusual for early Quaker houses. Kicked eaves are more characteristic of historic Pennsylvania German houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/18ebde42-2d51-42a0-bec6-1c4f4b7d8628/Datestone.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The datestone: “R E 1704” for Rowland Ellis who built the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/104b317b-a6cf-4db2-8924-5a9d9255f970/Balcony.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A balcony is centered over the front entry. A pent eave protects the masonry and shelters the doorway. The door opens into the primary room or hall in this hall-and-parlor house. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/58780798-e90a-4241-90b4-b0d7621b2d18/B+and+W.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Alfred Hand photographed the house ca. 1920, before restoration. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/27824ccc-fb8c-45de-9ec9-fdf3d47484cf/Postcard.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Henry MacNeill’s 1950 sketch of Harriton. This artist / architect lived in Whitford, Chester County. He created more than 300 drawings of buildings in the mid-Atlantic region. Image source: ebay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e05d71fe-47ff-46f1-a9bc-0c5f0c20bfcb/Springhouse.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e51937ae-789b-47c3-8e61-93317e205a7f/Kalbach+Log+Cabin.jpg Harriton - Bryn Mawr: A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The original house at Harriton was a log house built by Thomas Owen in the late 1600s. A fieldstone wing was added before 1704. Today the log cabin is the core of the Kalbach House. Image source: Harrition House https://www.quakerhouses.com/plants daily 0.75 2025-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/01f6ce33-8f30-45ce-a5a1-65bb8178f987/NotebookLM.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Above: Quaker Botanist Humphry Marshall and his landmark study of American trees and shrubs. Infographic image: Lee J. Stoltzfus and NotebookLM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2714f254-964d-4c49-8e38-6e956db4bc96/Narrow+Facade.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Above: Humphry Marshall built this house in 1773 for his family’s home. He created an important American arboretum and botanic garden on this site. More information about this property. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e98570c7-20a0-46ea-9b99-09b00c0a03fc/Title+Page.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Above: Title page of the 1785 first edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e15a4c03-edef-4d3d-96c3-c181e5911109/Card+1.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dccf1e29-8af3-448f-baa5-1b2cf978d473/Enlightenment.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/be9fe774-3414-490d-9185-17af45143e83/self-sufficiency.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/be6e5af8-f605-4abf-a34b-acc04708c6a0/Card+4.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dd591227-d5a5-4983-9775-f54fd5d64a0a/Card+6.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f069d0f4-1a48-4877-975a-1e5ad67f5229/Card6.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1eebe356-8a1d-400b-818b-07d37032d754/Card+7.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b3b15802-0bad-4e36-829d-bb592ae49158/Card7.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3488d0a6-02db-49d0-b74e-6b70224104f9/Card9.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ada44ca6-3d6d-4e91-882d-f335a3650535/Pharmacy+Card.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/70e3b07e-8e26-4148-9778-bbea0b214b85/Dye+Card.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/03f0f33d-cd57-429a-8c7d-d932d139de34/Timber+card.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a232d9d7-ac72-46b4-b2c3-a13c5d235b5a/Acknowledge+Card.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/10557ab5-076f-421b-849b-7896253f27b5/Card+11.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d65f990b-27cc-4b82-950d-b342d3eef485/Companion.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Above: Slide deck images: Lee J. Stoltzfus and NotebookLM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/747dfdd6-e901-42a8-9848-5c057c963e9d/Acer+pensylvanicum+2.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/31875d20-2fe1-4887-9ecb-b1a54c730ee3/Silver+Maple.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8317c559-1f63-440c-8c3d-b958910ef5f6/Acer+negundo+Box+Elder+Maple.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/stephens-house daily 0.75 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/161c2274-441b-485d-87de-31167afb347c/Facade.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Above: The Stephens House / Varnum’s Quarters at Valley Forge. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Welsh Quaker Morris Edwards built the Stephens House between 1711 and 1735. Edwards and his wife, Eleanor (Morgan) Edwards, emigrated from Wales in 1700. Morris Edwards became associated with the Baptists, and was a founder of the Great Valley Baptist Meeting in 1711. Their daughter Elizabeth later inherited the property. She and her husband, David Stephens, brought the house into the Stephens family around 1747 when the couple married. David Stephens was the grandson of Evan ap Evan (“Evan, son of Evan”), who emigrated from Wales during the early Penn migration in the 1680s. Evan bought a large tract of land in the area that is what is now the Valley Forge National Historic Park. His son was Stephen ap Evan. Stephen’s son was David, who began calling himself David Stephens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/117f49d0-2cb4-4f82-b94b-a327ba7c46a0/Family+History.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Above: Stephens genealogy researched by the National Heritage Corp, 1974. Image source: Historic Furnishings Report Varnum’s Quarters, John P. Brucksch, 1993. Internet Archive (color added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/32d8ed96-2e14-46c8-b468-a245673fcfa6/Second+Side.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out The Stephens House is the oldest building in Valley Forge Park. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus During the encampment, the Stephens rented this house to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum of Rhode Island. Apparently David and Elizabeth Stephens and their son Abijah remained here in their house while it was occupied by the army officers. David Stephens had been read out of Radnor Monthly Meeting (disowned) by the Quakers in 1758. The reasons were his marriage to a Baptist woman and his intemperate habits in taverns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8fc1e798-2845-428f-a12f-eee6ddd262b0/Disowned.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Above text: Historic Furnishings Report Varnum’s Quarters, John P. Brucksch, 1993. Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8085f295-317c-4859-9942-90e7cf242c2a/HABS.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Above: The kitchen photographed for HABS. Image source: Library of Congress The floorplan is a hall-and-parlor plan. This two-room layout was traditional in Wales, where that house form continued to be built there into the 20th century. Here in Pennsylvania this form was typical of the earliest settlements. Typical details include a steeply pitched roof, three-bay construction, a central entry, a pent roof, and stone arches above the windows. The house remained in the Stephens family for generations. The house had numerous additions and alterations before restoration. In 1918 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania acquired the property, The state transferred the property in 1976 to the U. S. Department of the Interior for the Valley Forge National Historical Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9edf4d49-16cd-4748-8dea-871c84da3828/Description.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2248fcda-6073-4d70-8d0c-78de2c993efe/Kitchen+Drawing.jpg Stephens House - Varnum's Quarters - A Historic Quaker House in Valley Forge - Make it stand out Kitchen Drawing by S. N. Patricia. Image source: Historic Furnishings Report Varnum’s Quarters, John P. Brucksch, 1993. Internet Archive https://www.quakerhouses.com/glendower-farm daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/db25301d-6a96-40d2-a3e1-44cb4308423c/Front.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The farmhouse at Glendower Farm. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/25a8f36e-5eee-4bed-bfd0-2b35b0ba28af/Side+Elevation.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Sycamore trees tower over the farmhouse at Glendower Farms. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus . The original Evans family of Gwynedd were the Evans brothers: Thomas, Robert, Owen, and Cadwalader. The oldest Evans brother, Thomas Evans, helped represent these immigrants in Wales to purchase the "Welsh Tract." They named this land “Gwynedd.” The Evans brothers purchased land near each other. The Gwynedd Friends Meeting House was located between their properties. The Evans family were deeply tied to Quaker life in early Pennsylvania. Cadwalader Evans was known locally as a devout Friend and preacher. The house that became known as Glendower Farm represents not just early colonial architecture but also the Quaker roots of Gwynedd’s first settlers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e5637cdd-77c7-45b9-9fae-2442583769de/Closeup.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Front entry of the farmhouse at Glendower Farms. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The Georgian details of this house include a side-gabled roof and a symmetrical facade with a central door having a transom window. There are pedimented dormers and paired chimney on the gable ends. Pemberton Hollingsworth bought the home around the turn of the 19th century and named it Glendower Farm. The Hollingsworth family owned this farm for nearly 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2e3a58ef-4823-4aa3-8f8f-7b09758b4027/Landscape.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The landscape of Glendower Farm. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/532aaf9d-3fc0-48e9-9b5e-5d7384257aef/Painting.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Painting of Glendower Farm by Ed Harrigan. Image source: Paintings by Harrigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cb3a8485-4133-417c-ba52-7f9de9ebc37a/Genealogy.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image (revised) and research source: Yen Ho / Wissahickon Valley Historian This family tree shows descendants of Welsh patriarch Evan ap Evan. He was a Welsh farmer in Merionethshire, Wales, and was the father of Cadwalader Evans of this Glendower Farm property. Evan ap Evan lived on a farm called "Nantgau" in Ucheldre, Wales. He had four sons and a daughter, Sarah. He died in Wales in 1690. After this all five of his children emigrated to Gwynedd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5046c110-6c6c-4641-806f-020a2ab79f58/Meeting+Entry.jpg Glendower Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Gwynedd Monthly Meeting was established in 1714 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting from Radnor Monthly Meeting. The first meeting was in late 1714 or early 1715. This meetinghouse is dated 1823. Image source: Tricollege Libraries https://www.quakerhouses.com/warder-house daily 0.75 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1a572386-510b-402a-a93c-92f79d31e5a0/Revised+Best.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Warder House was owned by wealthy Quaker merchant John Warder from 1774 to his death in 1783. He lived here with wife Mary (Head) Warder. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e9678a31-8540-4139-9261-464d022b3fa5/Side+Gable.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Warder House. The main block of the house was built ca. 1730, and the addition is ca. 1760. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/faef9514-5783-42ef-8670-f3f7751587aa/Lancscape.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Warder House and grounds. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus During the Revolutionary War, the house was used by the Continental Army during George Washington’s 1777 encampment at Whitemarsh. For six weeks the Quaker Manor House served as the headquarters for John Cochran, Washington’s surgeon general. During that same time, Warder himself was facing political persecution for being an anti-war conscientious objector. He was among the prominent Quakers arrested by the revolutionary government for refusing to bear arms or swear oaths of allegiance, although he was ultimately granted parole within Philadelphia rather than being exiled to Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b8a2575c-6bdd-4a12-8656-8fe46e2124e1/Virginia.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: “Thomas Wharton, Exile in Virginia, 1777-1778”, James Donald Anderson, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1981. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7d10cd96-b0f1-4f8e-b7f1-b42c74dcaa95/Article.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/069df787-e891-4325-bab3-c6fcc4499a17/Gallagher+Stair.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The stair hall in the main block of the Warder House. Photographed in 1976 by Donald A. Gallagher. and Sarah G. Gallagher. Image source: National Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9d274b6d-bb85-4fb0-98dc-1f8092c0cad5/Chairs+1.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/788f571f-9df6-4f19-80e2-c3044354120d/Chair+2.jpg The Warder House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/wall-house daily 0.75 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0b3bbfac-1a45-45a3-80e4-5885c8a94b7b/Narrow.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Wall House. Cheltenham Township was actually named after the home of this Wall family in England. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/445ca662-b246-4afb-b559-d164cdcf47be/Gable.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: This large section of the house was added to the earlier west section ca. 1805. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The former log house here at this site was among the earliest known places where Friends met in Pennsylvania. The Wall family built that log home - meetinghouse in 1682, and modified the house with additions over time. Many Quaker marriages were officiated in this home - meetinghouse. The first wedding here was of James Pratt and Mary Brodwell in 1689. Also, Sarah Wall, the granddaughter of Richard and Joane Wall married George Heinrich Shoemaker, Jr. here in 1694. Shoemaker had arrived in Pennsylvania as part of a settlement company to Germantown, led by Francis Daniel Pastorius. This area became known as Shoemakertown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/86ec3466-19ef-465b-91ed-46cd5ea46f84/Final+Construction.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Images and information source: CheltenhamTownship.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/68db7230-a40b-42f5-833c-ff354346f746/Oven.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out In the 1980s a working beehive oven was installed to replicate the original oven that had been removed during a 20th-century modernization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/87d92836-2bd3-45ec-93a1-bded62ede531/Springhouse.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The street level of the springhouse has been used as a wash house, chicken coop and storage space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d2599b4e-982e-4657-8079-a0c50d572a4b/Stone.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8134adfd-8651-41f7-a6c9-e2f22af40bac/Wissahickon.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PAGEODE, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (revised) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fdc2745e-62ab-499e-b1c8-c9cf6579c4a2/Plaque.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Historical Marker Database, William Fischer, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e6916ac4-0067-42a2-9e3f-f25792f805b0/Medals.jpg The Wall House - A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: “Am I Not a Man and a Brother” Two Wedgewood anti-slavery medallions. Images source: Wikipedia https://www.quakerhouses.com/worrall-house daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/54ccafda-dc64-4738-8aa4-b0e1bc76a10f/Facade.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out This house is the earliest structure in Ridley Creek State Park, and is among the earliest in Delaware County. English immigrant Henry Maddock apparently built the brick section between 1682 and 1690. Quaker immigrants John and Frances (Yardley) Worrall built the stone section in 1703. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a47a954f-c32d-491e-9318-22e40d5bfd2c/Gable.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The original brick section, built ca. 1685. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Delaware County has only a few brick houses that survive from the 1600s, including the Massey House and the Levis House. These houses apparently all had leaded glass casement windows. The bricks would have been manufactured locally. The brick section of this Worrall House lacks its original pent roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/813cd684-11b8-41f9-960c-8abaa374adf0/Barn.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The 1835 barn is an important example of an rubble-stone Pennsylvania bank barn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5db9bb8d-cdc4-4f05-839d-57c2ceaefff0/1683.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/28470acf-b9f4-420c-8548-8134f2995014/Plan.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Floorplan of the Worrall House. Image source: Preservation in Ridley Creek State Park, Jeffrey Robert Barr, 1993, Internet Archive: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/939ee295-d470-43d7-9ffe-3de38884fd78/Destription.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3a3ce428-4603-4471-84ac-8b06e541354b/Description+2.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Preservation in Ridley Creek State Park, Jeffrey Robert Barr, 1993, Internet Archive: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d019833f-341e-4d26-9e2c-2708d38a5588/Map.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: Friends of Ridley Creek State Park The stone section of the Worrall House is constructed of local rubble stone. Most of the farmstead is underlain by Grenville-age gneisses. The rocks are Precambrian in age, one billion years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d8dcfc83-de7b-4fa8-876c-dfb8f0c7e5a8/Best+Facade.jpg The Worrall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The nearby Pratt House is open to the public as a museum, the Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead. The farmhouse’s building stone is similar to the gneiss building stone of the Worrall House. https://www.quakerhouses.com/garrett-house daily 0.75 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a98f5dec-acd4-49de-9d69-be8b39effa19/First+Image.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Garrett House, now the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus This farmhouse was built ca. 1722 - 1735 by Joseph Garrett, Sr. and Mary (Sharples) Garrett sometime after their marriage in 1722. Later additions reflect the growth of the Garrett family, who lived here until ca. 1900. The Garretts were active in the local Quaker Meeting. Benjamin Garrett was also in charge of the Quaker school in 1828. The house has been renovated to serve as a meeting place for the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry. It was named in honor of prominent Chester County businessman, John H. Ware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a78cfb2b-b096-4057-afad-44ec4199cf67/Gable.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The central block of the Garrett Farmhouse at Goshenville is ell-shaped. It faces southwest, with an end-gabled roof. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/12e8dd14-ab56-444e-91d2-aff8a3ad384f/Landscape.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Garrett House and grounds. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus This site was part of a 755-acre parcel granted to Griffith Owens from William Penn in 1703. In 1715, Samuel Garrett of Upper Darby purchased a 33-acre parcel of land here. This Garrett family had emigrated to Pennsylvania from Leicestershire, England. Samuel Garrett passed that land and 250 additional acres to his son, Joseph Garrett I, who built this Garrett House with wife Mary (Sharples) Garrett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6da27182-52b5-4d2e-a673-9b823b5cf438/Stone.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4553101a-d0fc-4c2f-8b99-b0dd8cf777fe/Map.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5583ba43-6517-47ed-9baa-1eb8ed18fb7d/Seprentine+Map+Final.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out West Chester has been a historic Chester County capital of serpentine stone quarries and buildings. The region is bordered on three sides by historic serpentine quarries, including Brinton’s to the southwest and Taylor’s to the north. In this area many old farmhouses can be found made of serpentine from local quarries. Chester County builders used serpentine as building stone since the earliest settlements. Green serpentine buildings then became fashionable from 1870 through the 1890s. The map’s purple shading indicates Baltimore Gneiss which is also a primary building stone for this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/569d61b6-5f33-427a-ae46-c9e6afb5a1c7/Gable+2.jpg The Garrett House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/collen-brook daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/68d77ec1-19ed-4dad-afe0-5761ad6635b4/Signs.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Welsh Quaker immigrants Ralph and Mary Lewis emigrated to Pennsylvania from Wales in 1683. They emigrated with a Quaker preacher named John Bevan who was founder of the Haverford Friends Meeting. In 1693 John Lewis purchased 150 acres along the east bank of the Collen Brook. In 1775 Abraham Lewis III inherited this property. He hired his future brother-in-law, carpenter Mordecai Lawrence, for construction of the main section of this house in 1794. Abraham and Rebecca Lewis’ daughter, Mary Lewis Smith, inherited this property in 1829. Mary Smith married Dr. George Smith, a farmer and senator who became a co-founder of public education in Pennsylvania. This property was a working farm into the 20th century. The Upper Darby Historical Society restored the house in the 1990s. The society now manages the site as a historic house museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/287f2b51-2944-44f8-b59f-24b2cd0d73cc/Colored+Best+Floorplan.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2e36bacf-3236-4fe2-9c76-40f139271d59/Addition+History.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f7f3de7-1eb5-4f3e-9491-4662a086ed07/large+narrow+best.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The front elevation features coursed ashlar, while the other sides are rubble stone. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus A simple box cornice closes the eaves. The facade has a ca. 1870 porch which probably replaces a pent eave. A footing for a pent eave runs the entire length of the front facade, slightly under the second floor window sills. A root cellar runs the length of the porch. This stuccoed east elevation has a datestone that reads “A. L. [Abraham Lewis III] 1794.” Each principal room of the 1794 side (the right side above) has a paneled corner fireplace. The kitchen on the left side has a walk-in fireplace, and originally had a beehive bake oven. The dormers were added after 1829 by Mary (Lewis) Smith and her husband Dr. George Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/40830701-9ca0-4248-be7b-39966253a7d1/windows.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Benches under the front porch. The farmhouse’s stone walls are 18 inches thick. The local bedrock and building stone include gneiss and Wissahickon schist. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0b70e4ee-00fe-45c0-a428-89af368dba3b/Interior.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The parlor in the 1794 section of the farmhouse with a portrait of Dr. George Smith. He lived here as a Quaker farmer and state senator, and became a father of public education in Pennsylvania. Image source: Upper Darby Historical Society, YouTube. A detailed architectural drawing survives of this 1794 section of the farmhouse and is penned and signed by master carpenter Mordecai Lawrence (1752 - 1827). He was a sister of Rebecca (Lawrence) Lewis, the wife of Abraham Lewis III who built most of this house. Collen Brook Farm is the earliest example of the work of this master carpenter. The parlor’s finely crafted woodwork showcased crossetted (eared) woodwork, including window architraves, overmantel, and door surrounds. The corner fireplace has a reeded tripartite mantel with Grecian urn appliques. The second floor bedroom above this parlor also has crossetted woodwork, as does the central hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/90173b6b-8143-4edf-9485-ac3ba01dadaa/Smith+Sign.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b1a2f0eb-4bae-4b39-9a08-ed0d584a8aff/Education.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/18788f21-4805-4273-9558-cbbef37496c1/Smith.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Portrait of Dr. George Smith and the title page of the Delaware County history he authored. Image source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f823b072-fc9e-48ec-83aa-7173a4627198/Portrait.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A ca. 1890 photo of Quaker widow Mary Lewis Smith, the last Lewis descendant to live here at Collen Brook Farm. She was the wife of Dr. George Smith. By 1892 the Smiths owned approximately 1,100 acres of land in Delaware County. This property at one time had five tenant farmhouses on the land. Mary Smith lived here her entire life, from 1808 to 1892. Her parents Abraham Lewis III and Rebecca (Lawrence) Lewis had built most of this farmhouse. She sits on the front porch with her oldest son, attorney Abraham Lewis Smith. The photographer was Mrs. Smith’s grandson, Henry Clement Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d7a7c7d7-7670-4312-918e-e23a2e43f062/1860+census.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Ancestry.com The real estate and personal estate of Dr. George Smith and Mary Smith was listed at $186,000 in 1860. Using a relative wealth index based on per capita GDP, an estate of this size would correspond to roughly $120 to $160 million in 2026 dollars. A simple adjustment using the Consumer Price Index yields a much lower figure of about $7.3 million. The relative wealth measure, however, better reflects social standing and economic power. In this 1860 census Dr. Smith is listed simply as a “farmer”, which is a uniquely understated description for a judge and former state senator who owned and managed one of Delaware County’s largest estates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0190002e-5e43-47e4-a99d-3d805a934a52/National+Register.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4133eac5-ce87-46ae-8dde-9185e7e41124/Grounds.jpg Collen Brook Farm - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/sharpless-house daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3a5ef206-0f40-4e90-8f36-78e17457372c/Best+Side.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Sharpless House evolved as an additive house, with multiple additions over time. Southeast Pennsylvania is home to countless historic homes that look like a collection of additive building blocks of different heights. Image source: Bright MLS (dates added). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/82918a8f-16e6-481a-9736-e18fc2d68bbe/First+Image.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The historic homestead of the Sharples / Sharpless family in America has multiple additions for multiple generations. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Joseph Sharples, Sr. (English Quaker immigrant) married Lydia Lewis (Welsh Quaker immigrant) in 1704 at Haverford Meeting. They built this home on Oele Stille’s Creek, [Oele Stillin's Kill] named for Olof [Oele] Stille, a prominent Swedish immigrant who had settled near here as early as 1641. Olof Stille was a millwright and judge at Fort Christiana. His English neighbors called him Wolley Stille. Joseph Sharples was constable for Nether Providence and was overseer for Providence Quaker Meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/624d3ef6-310d-4938-bf50-7def70e4b60c/Final+best.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2c6b88a9-72cf-40b2-8697-83fd4675d6c5/Best+final+Swedish.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7ab007d1-3baa-4ce2-b593-b988ff93c496/Called+Swedish+Fireplaces.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Peter Kalm’s Travels in America, ed. Adolph B. Benson, Vol. II, 1937, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9106dc54-7143-4fd6-8655-0ecf571b1fe1/Heating+Chart.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6f3c3719-a01a-451c-9b60-0d1fffacd563/Swedish+Text.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: Journal of Jasper Danckaerts 1689 - 1680, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/da34aa6f-c61e-4efe-8b1c-b670b8149c55/Kalm.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Travels into North America, by Peter Kalm, London, 1771 (First English edition), Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/db54d9e5-60b4-4ce3-ac14-719003eef56a/Brest+Map.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b1a62cd7-c4d1-42f2-b440-b8d410b61f52/Best+Corner+Fireplace-2.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The corner fireplace in the pre-1700 “weave room.” This corner fireplace represents the Swedish tradition of fireplace placement in room corners, rather than centered on gable walls. Image source: Bright MLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5c449a02-f93f-4654-8a26-79c51c9ebf9f/Best+Gable+Fireplace.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The gable-end fireplace in the ca. 1700 “great hall.” This fireplace is centered on the gable wall and represents the English tradition of fireplace placement. Image source: Bright MLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/016f8df9-df6e-4fa7-927c-7905e5bfdb64/Old+House+1.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Genealogy of the Sharpless Family…, Gilbert Cope, 1887, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5d7c444a-9ed7-4a3a-9fcd-6fefecec1b07/Markers.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Historical markers by the front door for the National Register of Historic Places and for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5a6d4770-2460-413f-aaaa-453e4615a513/Sign.jpg The Sharpless House - A Historic House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A third historical marker by the front door. https://www.quakerhouses.com/minshall-house daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/644fc95c-d7d4-42a9-89f6-4a2965b0f9a4/Front.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Minshall House in Media, Delaware County. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/19448e36-b007-4fb2-8549-cc0b7601b8eb/Back.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/60b1208e-de7a-466e-8adc-65778521e122/Markers.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/176b97d3-ef56-4569-998f-c0bed8ac1c0d/Window.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a536a101-3999-4114-abfa-c35ad05f9854/Meetinghouse.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Providence Monthly Meeting, across the road from the Minshall House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus A historical marker here reads, “Friends met for worship on this site in 1684. A log meetinghouse was built here in 1699 on land given by Thomas and Margaret Minshall. Present building erected in 1814.” Meeting began in the Minshall house in 1688. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/99862153-2267-4959-97e3-4bfe0f214524/Meeting+Text.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Friends Intelligencer, Tenth Month 10, 1931, TriCollege Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2d601c5b-7900-4955-a2ec-684355a5a55a/Meeting+Sign.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Meetinghouse across the road from the Minshall House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4bfb01f7-c77e-41a2-86ad-b014e3a2ca0e/Ruined+house.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Ruins of the Minshall House (Roundtop Farm) in Ridley Creek State Park. Image source: Dr. Laura Guertin, Journeys of Dr. G at Tyler Arboretum. The original 1711 section of this house has a hall-and-parlor floorplan. The house was built by Jacob Minshall and Sarah (Owen) Minshall. He was a son of Thomas and Margaret Minshall of the Minshall House in Media. Hall-and-parlor floorplans are a defining feature of many early Quaker houses here. Flurküchenhaüser (corridor-kitchen houses) define historic Pennsylvania German houses, while these two-room, hall-parlor houses define early Quaker houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6d9bd717-df9c-4041-87e7-992c337b26ea/Final+Best+Composite.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8d9aa860-5808-4b2a-9a7c-f0f62f0f0f59/Composite+Arboretum-14.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/96f5b819-1e7d-434b-b003-6880db068a2e/Tree.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Tyler Arboretum in autumn. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Beginning with Thomas and Margaret Minshall of Media’s Minshall House, eight generations of their extended family gave Tyler Arboretum its historic heritage. Quaker bachelor brothers Minshall Painter and Jacob Painter owned the farms here from the 1850s to 1870s. They lived their entire lives here on this farm, except when away at school. The brothers created the botanic collection on this farm that became Tyler Arboretum. Brothers Minshall and Jacob Painter were great-great-great-grandsons of Thomas and Margaret Minshall of the Minshall house in Media. The Minshall/Painter/Tyler family owned Lachford Hall until the 1940s when Laura Hoopes Tyler left the property in trust as the John J. Tyler Arboretum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2f5d784f-fc79-4168-92b7-f8399841c7ff/War.jpg The Minshall House - A Historic Quaker House in Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Parlor of Lachford Hall at Tyler Arboretum. Image source: Tyler Arboretum The Minshall family’s anti-war resistance was rooted in their Quaker Peace Testimony, which prohibited participation in war or the voluntary supply of military materials. During the Revolutionary War, the Pennsylvania government ordered collection of household lead and brass for manufacturing musket balls and artillery. Pacifist Quakers viewed the requisition of items like lead clock weights and brass kettles as a direct violation of their religious beliefs and freedoms. Records of Middletown Preparative Meeting reveal Jacob Minshall’s "non-compliance with military requisitions". In 1779, his household was penalized with a "double tax" or fine, a standard punishment for Quakers who refused to voluntarily contribute to the war effort or pay military-related fees. https://www.quakerhouses.com/williams-house daily 0.75 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/23c00a87-ae87-4cc6-8416-e9e2859be945/Front+Narrow.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Williams - Garrett farmhouse in East Goshen Township. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The oldest section of this house, on the right side (east), is a one-third Georgian house built ca. 1754 by Ellis Williams, Jr. and Lydia Williams. In 1790 Josiah Garrett Sr. and Mary Garrett built an addition, on the left side (west) to create a four-over-four house. This property apparently was the location of an earlier house built ca. 1704 by Quaker Welsh immigrant Robert Williams. He and wife Gwen Cadwalader were among the first European settlers in Goshen Township. Ellis Williams, son of Robert Williams, owned the property from 1715 until he sold it to his son Ellis Wiliams, Jr. in 1754. Elis Williams Jr. died around 1765. In his will he left twelve acres of land to his widow Lydia Williams, who sold the parcel to Josiah Garrett, Sr. in 1785. His widow Mary Garrett sold the property to their son Josiah Jr. in 1797 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/848d6402-b01d-4122-94fe-1ecc46e8520f/Floorplan.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: First-floor plan: Image source: National Register of Historic Places, Seth B. Hinshaw, 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/db99f874-63b0-4557-8c5c-3ef9701db509/Double+Cell+2.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b7f0671a-d1a4-4fef-a7fb-9baea464438d/Gable.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: An ancient sycamore tree beside the farmhouse. The ca. 1820 workshop is in the rear. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a64e2960-2c82-4763-bb24-f5d5a0b0de7f/Shop.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out This farm building was constructed ca. 1820, according to tax records. It is built into a slope, with frame additions built ca. 1982. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ebe6a73b-04d4-4fa4-a099-f0e53522d84c/Geology+Map.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PaGEODE - Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/60b2af52-e724-48cd-9053-6c6dfe0a4076/Stones.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ea9c66e0-d48f-457b-9219-8ce1f5874ed2/Pent+Eave.jpg The Williams House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Two front doors of the Williams - Garrett House. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus The house originally featured a pent roof along the southern elevation. As was typical, the masonry between the first- and second-story windows, where the pent attached, is of noticeably lower quality than the rest of the wall. Because this area was concealed by the pent, masons commonly used less carefully finished stone there. https://www.quakerhouses.com/arnold-cooper daily 0.75 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/024ad3c6-fc98-4ea0-ad1c-7c3916c1d432/Best+Facade.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The house is also known as the Temple-Webster-Stoner House (National Register of Historic Places) and the Arnold-Temple House (Historic American Buildings Survey). Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/85b5e588-df80-49b5-a683-0bf9d4ad917b/Fireplaces.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Images source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Photographer: Ned Goode, 1958. The first floor features two rooms with back-to-back corner fireplaces. There is also a small stair hall on the first floor. The rooms have original board partitions. This two-room plan is known as a double-cell floorplan, and has also been named a “Penn Plan” or “Quaker Plan." The house preserves many original details, including a closed-string stairway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/564c3156-faf8-4e35-a7fc-f6c09713f817/History.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/89fdf92c-8c66-4956-948c-471f1b24a552/Gable.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Arnold-Cooper House has a full cornice return that creates a pedimented gable. This is a typical vernacular detail in southeastern Pennsylvania architecture. It is also defined as a pent or pent eave. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/118867a1-bd3b-4a83-ab7b-544283b81548/Second+Map.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: MapView, National Geologic Map Database. (House icon added) The Arnold-Cooper house rests on Doe Run Schist within the broader Glenarm Wissahickon Formation. It adjoins the area's Baltimore Gneiss outcrops. The building stone of this house apparently includes both Doe Run Schist and Baltimore Gneiss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/13e70f59-cbf0-4702-9eef-c3be44b9045b/Schist.jpg The Arnold-Cooper House: A Historic House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: MapView, National Geologic Map Database. https://www.quakerhouses.com/edward-brinton daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e23111d6-e8eb-4779-9ed9-bac748751438/More+Narrow.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Quaker farmer and mill owner Edward Brinton built this center-hall home for his family in 1839. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Edward Brinton inherited this land from his father, Amos Brinton, in 1822. His great-great grandparents, William Brinton, Jr. and Jane (Thatcher) Brinton, emigrated here from England. This house was the primary Brinton residence for the farm and nearby Brinton’s Mill property. Edward’s first wife, Susanna (Bond) Brinton died in 1827, before he built this house. He previously lived in a stone house built nearby by his parents, Amos Brinton and Sarah (Darlington) Bronton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a49eed1b-d484-4d41-817b-26ebd2ab45a3/Mill.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above Brinton’s Mill as restored and rebuilt by Andrew Wyeth and Betsy Wyeth. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9e7191d7-c4ce-406f-ba7e-de690f2410fa/Portrait.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/acf8d934-7fdb-4bfa-8aea-0a87a2067a4d/1959.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Drawing of the Mill by Andrew Wyeth, before he and Betsy Wyeth restored the buildings: Mill Buildings, Study for The Mill, 1959, Pencil on paper. Image source: Brandywine.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e8b478b3-d785-4924-bef8-8e4fccd76d2a/Mill+Property.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Top: “For Life”, Bottom: “The Mill”, Dye sublimation prints on aluminum after photographs by Peter Ralston. Images source: Ralston Gallery Photographer Peter Ralston grew up next door to the Wyeths’ Brinton Mill property. The Wyeths became like a second family for him. His photograph, For Life, depicts the Wyeths’ miller’s house near his parents’ property along the Brandywine River. The title refers to Canada geese pairing for life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/32a89bcf-b4a0-49ea-bea2-b9099e05c2d8/Maga%27s+Daughter.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/23422792-443b-42bf-b4fe-121ab209167f/Geology.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: National Geologic Map Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/23d1e1a8-0c61-4336-a157-56d5ea727774/Gabbro.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Image source: National Geologic Map Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e36ddd9d-c8aa-4405-a2da-667e9e53112f/Two+Brinton.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Edward Brinton’s second-great grandparents built the 1704 Brinton House near West Chester. They were English Quaker immigrants William Brinton, Jr. and Jane (Thatcher) Brinton. This building stone of this house is Precambrian gneiss. Edward Brinton’s great aunt and uncle lived at the ca. 1714 Barns-Brinton House at Chadds Ford. They were James Brinton, Sr. and Mary (Ford) Brinton. So the Brintons who built the 1704 Brinton House were grandparents of the Brintons who purchased the ca. 1714 Barns-Brinton House in 1753. Images source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/72a13291-4efb-452b-8a75-71fbe2b0ef07/Family+History.jpg The Edward Brinton House: A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Wikitree https://www.quakerhouses.com/anthony-morris daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/da0ffb80-7def-4e3c-a551-5414e07ad35b/Square.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The ca. 1717 Morris House is the earliest house in Worcester Township. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/173f9e66-eddc-4022-8e4e-2aca9da7a2ec/Gable.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A pent eave across the front elevation, and a modern addition. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/928ba6c5-4d60-4a8d-97df-ac2a7d082ec1/Floorplan.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out The fireplace has a chestnut lintel. The chamfered chestnut joists attach to a summer beam. Image source: National Register of Historic Places: Mary E. Butler and Paul H. Barner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b8b0ed1f-8de3-49f0-9f89-c21ab4767c0d/Gable+End.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Both gables originally had pent eaves, but they have not been restored. Image source: National Register of Historic Places, Robert Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/078f1ae9-7855-4b31-9d12-2bf8ec9b79db/Three+Houses.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Three houses built by great-great-grandsons of Anthony and Elizabeth Morris. Their mother, Rebecca Wistar, was the daughter of prominent Quaker glassmaker Caspar Wistar, a German immigrant. The houses represent the cross-cultural merging of an English Quaker family (the Morrises) and a German Quaker family (the Wistars). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4ab56d2f-6ea6-4435-bd85-75bd178eecbd/Front+Elevation.jpg The Anthony and Elizabeth Morris House: A Historic Quaker House in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Ten miles from the Anthony Morris House is Hope Lodge, the former home of another prominent Quaker Morris family. This family at Hope Lodge had Welsh ancestry, while Anthony Morris’ family had origins in London. Samuel Morris (1707 - 1770), of Hope Lodge, was a prominent Quaker businessman and civic leader. His father, Morris Morris, emigrated from Caernarvonshire, Wales, and became a Quaker elder. His mother was Susanna (Heath) Morris, a well-known traveling Quaker minister born in Staffordshire, England. Meanwhile, finacier and Founding Father Robert Morris Jr. (1734 – 1806) was another Morris who was not related to these Quaker Morrises. He was a British-born Episcopalian. https://www.quakerhouses.com/upsala daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ec810623-4a65-495a-8267-cd0d73aac79e/Narrow+Facade.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Upsala is one of the finest Federal-style houses in the Germantown area. Marble details include the entry steps, window voussoirs, and a string course. Fluted Doric columns support a beautifully detailed portico. The entry has a carved architrave with a fanlight. An elaborate cornice continues across the gables. The dormers are unusually fine. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/09b87986-b2f0-4639-b209-c26b27cd31a7/Floorplan.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f681bc7a-ef39-41d7-9502-6c3eee7bed62/Gable.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Refined symmetry and careful balance define the Federal style of the late 18th century. The south elevation is stuccoed. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d79dcd12-d385-47b6-b7ef-67a644273a9e/1798.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/63df25d3-0150-479c-aa2a-906f8356da2c/Wissahickon+Schist.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: PaGEODE, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Wissahickon schist is the main rock type and building stone in the Germantown region, as this map shows. The geologic unit marked in green is feldspathic quartz sand. This sand is derived from weathering of the Wissahickon Formation and was commonly used as the aggregate in lime mortars and base-coat plasters for brick and stone construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/13a2c4c2-f392-41c0-91af-89f981522178/Gambrel.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out This gambrel-roofed house passed into Johnson family early in the 18th century. It was built by Heivert Papen, a Mennonite who emigrated to Germantown from Germany in 1685. A gable datestone reads 1698. The house was demolished in 1883. At that time it was referred to as the oldest house in Germantown. Image source: Library Company of Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/75bb067f-a6d3-4a7e-b0b2-c7a70f5d29da/Heivert+2.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Rittenhouse family and the Papen family had lived in Mülheim, Germany, before emigrating to Germantown. These Mennonites always had much close contact with their Quaker neighbors. Both groups identify as historic Peace Churches, along with the Church of the Brethren. Germantown is an important center of early Peace Church activism in Pennsylvania. This community is also a birthplace of the anti-slavery movement in the American colonies, because of the influence of human rights advocacy of these historic Peace Churches. Image source: The City of Firsts, George Morgan, 1926, HathiTrust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/03e9260d-dff8-4dd6-abc4-b681ef6af51b/Types+of+Gambrels.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Early American Architecture, Hugh Morrison, 1987, Internet Archive. The gambrel roofs of the earliest colonial houses in the Delaware Valley are sometimes identified by historians as Swedish gambrel roofs. Immigrants emigrated here to New Sweden on the Delaware River from throughout Northern Europe. They brought with them their vernacular house traditions of long low cottages having two or three contiguous rooms with a gambrel roof. These gambrel roofs of Delaware Valley settler cottages can also be also named northern European gambrels or continental gambrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c653606d-2255-4355-b81d-7a57f876d67e/Text.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania…, John F. Watson, 1830, Vol. 2, HathiTrust According to this 1830s description, Germantown’s earliest houses were one-story dwellings with “hipped” gambrel roofs. The houses’ gable ends faced the street, following German and Dutch tradition of town planning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2407d3ab-780f-4942-a6f1-63867b31e5ea/Compare+Houses.jpg Upsala: A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/vernon-wister daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c605d350-6cc4-43bd-821a-336d285d5c1c/Front+Smaller.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Wister house was built in 1805 by James Matthews. Quaker merchant John Wister purchased the house in 1812. He was a wealthy dry goods merchant based in Philadelphia. A statue of this John Wister stands to the right of the entry. The statue was commissioned by his grandson, Jones Wister. The City of Philadelphia purchased the house in 1892. The house eventually was home to the Germantown Branch of the Free Library, and later was home to the Site and Relic Society (Germantown Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0d205b70-0307-4b38-9e7c-47a635e74b3b/Statue+Text.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6100063c-de60-48b7-a51e-729b4e670faa/Text.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out John Wister’s grandson, Jones Wister, memorialized his Quaker grandfather with this bronze statue. It now stands in front of the Wister family home. The inscription in the base reads, John Wister 1776 - 1862. Erected 1904 Grateful Remembrance by his Grandson Jones Wister. Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli designed this memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/82e6e0a7-8052-4d56-8a65-65070b5afdfb/obit.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: Jones Wister’s Reminiscences, by Jones Wister, 1920, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/16b96fd7-e851-43b3-aa69-5ed85b1a2450/Book.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/823abf6a-0bc9-421b-a65d-b89eb4ee40ef/Two+Houses.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fe0217ca-ea49-4fa6-b08d-eea082767e91/Facade.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Above: Vernon’s original floorplan had a central hall, before later renovations opened the interior. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Raymond Hillman, 1934, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f5858cf1-5214-4f93-8194-531f6288c8ce/Mantel.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Above: Vernon’s interior has beautifully crafted woodwork in the Federal style, including ornate fireplace mantles. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, William Angus Thom, 1934, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f10a80d3-9f44-4c5c-ad8c-b62cff427d9f/Statue+2.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Pastorius Monument commemorates the first settlers of Germantown. It is carved from Tennessee marble and limestone with granite steps. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/911bea92-48e1-4297-9276-d4ecaa72e6aa/final+text.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b74c7b89-2af4-41cc-b19e-ef57973d04fd/slavery+4.jpg The Vernon-Wister House - A Historic Quaker House in Germantown, Pennsysylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/wister-tenant-house daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/25531e4f-249a-41a1-a46b-98db8abb8c25/Smaller.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out In the late 1700s this was the home of Daniel Wister (1738 - 1805) and wife Lowry Jones (1742 - 1804). Daniel’s family, the Wisters, was one of the most prominent German-speaking Quaker families in Philadelphia. His father, John Wister, built their family home, Grumblethorpe, next door. When Daniel Wister married Lowry Jones, he married into a wealthy Quaker family whose family’s first language had been Welsh. This intercultural union of the Wisters (Germanic) with the Joneses (Welsh) is a marital metaphor for the cross-cultural ancestry of Pennsylvania’s historic Quaker houses. These houses have both Germanic and Anglo origins. Pennsylvania’s historic Quaker houses are symbols of William Penn’s welcoming “Holy Experiment”, which hybridized Old World architectural traditions to create new American vernacular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/32371790-d5b9-47ef-9f6c-cfe721e2e715/Front+Facade.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Grumblethorpe “Wister’s Big House” on the right. The Wister Tenant House is on the left. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Johannes Wüster / John Wister immigrated to Philadelphia in 1727, from Hilsbach, near Heidelberg, Germany. When he was naturalized in 1740, the records listed him as a Quaker, although he had been baptized German Reformed. Wister established a lucrative career as a merchant and real estate investor. John Wister built Grumblethorpe as his summer residence in 1744. The family’s primary residence was at 325 Market Street, Philadelphia. Wister Quaker descendants lived here at Grumblethorpe for generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0403a610-55a1-4bcb-a7ea-74a7f61c5052/Floorplan.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65fa256e-6cfd-4c8a-a2d0-62bb0876fd92/Floorplan+22.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/bcfa1176-523b-4da7-a408-43f1d8668d09/Interior+HABS.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: In 1934 Architect Wesley R. Fisher created this measured drawing of The Wister Tenant House for the Historic American Buildings Survey. Image source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2ac9d11a-bb11-4397-a6d5-c98a2f217372/Secon+Plan.jpg The Wister Tenant House - A Historic House in Germantown, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: This 1955 photograph shows the Wister Tenant House next door to “Wister’s Big House” / (Grumblethorpe.) The Big House had shutters that were typical of Federal-era shutters: white paneled shutters on the first floor, with dark green or black louvered shutters on the second floor. Image source: Historic Germantown: From the Founding…, Harry and Margaret Tinkcom, 1955, Internet Archive. https://www.quakerhouses.com/irish-quakers daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0fd675aa-d5cd-4f03-94cb-aee70fe421ae/Jacobs.jpg Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c837d2e5-c3a6-4f5a-b10c-28a96b361999/Goodbodys.jpg Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Above: The Goodbody family of County Offaly were prosperous Quaker entrepreneurs in flour milling, jute spinning, etc. Images source: OffalyHistory.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b96e9337-3779-4555-8378-aad1443c9652/Richardson.jpg Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Above: Image source: The Making of Irish Linen, Peter Collins, 1994, Internet Archive, and ArtsAndCulture.Google.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f1fcbd33-1391-4699-9e6d-937174ec5027/Stamp.jpg Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5e768a64-3542-4fab-aea2-e5d11fa18149/Irish+Peace.jpg Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Quaker Service, Belfast, N. Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ba777ad3-5952-429b-ac0c-e6cdef0be93e/Newlin.webp Irish Quaker Business Empires and Social Reform - Make it stand out Above: The 1742 Newlin House in Concordville, Pennsylvania, was built by descendants of Irish Quaker immigrants Nicholas and Elizabeth Newlin, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683 from Mountmellick, Queens County. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://www.quakerhouses.com/maulsby-corson-house daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/576f0718-5969-438c-8ab0-2150dbb512c8/Final+Best+Snow.jpg The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/80633ddc-0cd9-4168-892b-8a6010fbe190/Best+Abolition+Snow-1.jpg The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Maulsbys built this barn ca 1795, using dolomitic limestone rubble masonry. It was later converted to a dwelling. The Corsons converted the carriage house in the rear to an anti-slavery assembly hall known as Abolition Hall in 1856. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/62023867-3a90-4fe2-ac89-fcb37839784d/PhotoEarly.jpg The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Corsons converted their farm’s carriage building to an anti-slavery lecture hall. This hall adjoins the barn, visible on the right. Image source: AbolitionHall.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a40cdc4d-13e8-48fe-b9af-1b6d74a83df2/Best+Final+Meeting.jpg The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse, constructed with local dolomitic limestone. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus "The entire village was abolitionist. It’s the most intact Underground Village in my experience." Quote: Charles L. Blockson. Author, historian, and descendant of escaped slaves. AbolitionHall.com The Plymouth Meeting Anti-Slavery Society first met in this Quaker meetinghouse, before moving across the street to Abolition Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/438ac48b-ca87-4f08-a6e4-2d0d6a27a153/Abolitionists.webp The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above left to right: Anti-slavery activists Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott. Images source: Wikimedia Anti-slavery lectures drew crowds as large as 200 attendees into Abolition Hall here at the Maulsby-Corson House. The farm was then the home of George and Martha (Maulsby) Corson, who built Abolition Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/013803fd-d68c-4a7e-a74f-b0a2b5c526e6/Marker.webp The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0c0cff49-6c84-4b72-9492-76488d0410d0/Artists.webp The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Artists Thomas Hovenden and Helen Corson Hovenden. Image source: Historical Society of Montgomery County Thomas Hovenden was one of the most celebrated American genre painters of his era. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and became an orphan at age six during the Potato Famine. He emigrated to the U. S. when he was 23 after studying art at the Cork School of Design. Thomas Hovenden married artist Helen Corson. The couple moved here to her family’s homestead, the Maulsby-Corson House. Helen Corson’s abolitionist parents had used this home as a safe house in the Underground Railroad, and converted the carriage building into Abolition Hall. The Hovendens used that building for their art studio. Their daughter Martha Hovenden also used this building for her art studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/690d05b9-42bd-4a03-b2a6-6edf8c4b48c8/Painting+1.webp The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Breaking Home Ties by Thomas Hovenden. Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a47ccdba-0206-4c37-845a-a0f20541124e/Painting+2.webp The Maulsby-Corson House - A Historic Quaker House in Chester County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The Last Moments of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden. Image source: Wikimedia. https://www.quakerhouses.com/new-page daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://www.quakerhouses.com/susanna-wright-house daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9d57cfe0-c3ea-46a1-b098-a5eebdf7693d/Gable+2.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: A landmark Lancaster County house built in 1738 for Quaker “Renaissance Woman” Susanna Wright. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/003a81e2-9fcf-4679-a44f-563fea847b08/Furniture.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The house is home to a carefully curated collection of pre-1750 furnishings. Images source: Wright’s Ferry Mansion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/226682f4-6923-4a93-8097-fa3123811193/Front.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out This historic farmhouse is a meticulously preserved example of the Pennsylvania English Quaker style. The two-story stone house reflects the sophisticated yet simple tastes of Susanna Wright. Many of the building’s details are original, including the exterior doors, window frames, and interior pine flooring. Today, Wright’s Ferry Mansion operates as a historic house museum, thanks to an extensive restoration in the 1970s by the Louise Steinman von Hess Foundation. Under the guidance of renowned preservationist G. Edwin Brumbaugh, the house was restored to its early appearance. The rooms are furnished with a superlative collection of items made before 1750. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/33f6e488-dd7b-423e-82a5-854d8fd9adb8/Floorplan.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The house maintains its original floorplan, which has a linear four-room layout. The original front of the house faced the Susquehanna River. Today the front entry faces the street. Image source: Wright’s Ferry Mansion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1f35f3e9-b64d-4ab4-b2ac-a0a0912b909d/Map.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Image source: History of Lancaster County…Ellis and Evans, 1883, Internet Archive (Color added) Susanna Wright purchased this 100-acre tract in 1726. Her father John Wright operated a river ferry here. Other Quaker landowners here in this enclave of Friends included First Purchasers such as James Logan of Stenton. Susanna Wright left most of her estate to her nephew Samuel Wright. She had never married. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cbac67ef-6b15-4376-aa7a-aa6b976f3484/Pent+Eaves.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1a4cb0e8-6680-4e2c-97ad-aef77c2732b0/Engraving.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, William H. Egle, 1876, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/58975274-301c-442c-9fe7-adf84ee2ed0a/Suzy+Book.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3cd31c73-2318-4eba-9b39-ade6f9bb7c94/Louise.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Louise Steinman von Hess. Images source: Left: FindaGrave.com Right: Conestoga House and Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a2173ef8-f67a-47e0-add6-603b30499904/Newspaper.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Louise Steinman von Hess hired leading restoration architects and antiquarians to restore and furnish the Susanna Wright House. Image source: LancasterOnline.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/213ca530-22af-43a0-ab86-93aceeb9b9a6/Plaque.jpg Susanna Wright House - A Historic Quaker House in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/burgess-foulke-house daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://www.quakerhouses.com/reeder-farm daily 0.75 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/067f02cc-94ef-4d87-a7ed-85f8e097ab2c/Less+Saturated.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: The 1876 Bucks County combination atlas featured a full-page lithograph of the Reeders’ Rabbit Run Farm. This was the home of prominent farmer Eastburn Reeder and Ellen (Kenderdine) Reeder. Also named on the lithograph is Eastburn’s father, Joseph E. Reeder. Image source: Combination Atlas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1876, Scott, Internet Archive, (Digital color added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/21fe0545-f03f-4616-a34a-06cbb4a8cbaa/1900+Farm+Bucks+History.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Photo of Eastburn Reeder’s Rabbit Run Farm in History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, William Davis, 1905. The book features a full-page portrait of Reeder beside a full-page photo of his farm as a double page spread. Image source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ecddfcbd-3f17-4de4-9a7d-2b025dcba804/Map.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5a841956-1229-4bd6-8020-e27cb3e89258/Portrait+Bucks+History.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7fbc0039-8a1f-4570-9836-27dd1fb31be4/Final+Cows+2.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: Text source: How to Select Cows, Willis P. Hazard, 1882, Internet Archive. Eastburn Reeder’s cattle lithograph: Combination Atlas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1876, Internet Archive, (Digital color added) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c1798d99-b68d-405c-ac2c-e6ab09f2e519/Apples.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a205ab86-5073-4680-b8df-2fcd607ad5ab/American+Agriculturist.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Above: American Agriculturist featured Rabbit Run Farm on the cover in February 1900. Image source: HathiTrust Eastburn Reeder served as the first Pennsylvania Dairy and Food Commissioner, beginning in 1893. He previously served a 16-year tenure as the Bucks County representative on the State Board of Agriculture, from 1877 to 1893. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/775bc2ba-fae2-4bf6-ad91-b92004cad6a0/biography.jpg The Reeder Farm - A Historic Quaker Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/cross-cultural-houses daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b5df5467-9e9b-41f1-9651-5e1b368d5f6f/Definition.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Left: The Susanna Wright House in Lancaster County. Right: The Barns-Brinton House in Chester County. Image sources: Lee J. Stoltzfus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b8c55f93-1b69-4709-aca3-31aa76ac2ae0/Six+Houses.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Clockwise from upper left: #1. Barns-Brinton House built ca. 1714. #2. Taylor House built in 1724. #3. Chads House built ca. 1725. #4. Webb House built ca. 1734. #5. Primitive Hall built in 1738. #6. Dilworth House built in 1758. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/86a4f80c-8823-47b6-8806-f20295f9a7c2/Tiled+2.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Baston Hall built ca. 1620, Crews Hill, Suckley Parish, Worcestershire. Image source: PriceyPads.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/16d3800a-b105-4491-b273-bf33fb0114ce/Weathering+Text.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: The 1663 Moat Farmhouse, Dormston Parish, Worcestershire. Image source: English Farmhouses, R. J. Brown, 1982, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4a5c9226-57fe-4629-b91f-f564a68950c4/English+Farmhouse+text.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Text source: English Farmhouses, R. J. Brown, 1982, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d6110d10-daad-43c9-8fb7-aa94999838be/British+Houses.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6cb893e6-91f7-45a1-96e0-da1800cbe166/Moat+Text.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Text source: Old English Farmhouses, Bill Laws, 1992, Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9abf4a8d-35c1-426f-8882-f58ecbfd56a1/Shell+Manor+Himbleton.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Shell Manor Farmhouse, Himbleton Parish, Worcestershire. Rebuilt ca. 1600. Image source: Richard Dunn, Wikipedia. Other English farmhouses with tiled weatherings include Lower Beanhall in Feckenham Parish, Worcestershire, and Church Farmhouse, at Rushbury, Shropshire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8a1c04ad-99b4-4b9d-8e40-88e5dcfae618/Worcester+Quakers.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Text image source: WorcesterPeopleAndPlaces.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/464764a8-5a0f-43b6-8e86-d76ddffb8e22/Gloucestershire.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: A tiled weathering on a half-timbered house in Gloucestershire, near the Welsh border. Image source: Victoria Clarke, Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3a8dfa8a-1708-4199-a80f-6480140bdb0d/English+Text.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/baa2d532-0d3a-4bce-bdc2-12a5e3fe5534/Elsass.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: A Germanic tiled weathering in Europe is known as a vordach. Tiled weatherings on gables (Giebelverdachungen) protect the facades of half-timbered houses in Hunspach in Northern Alsace. Image source: Hunspach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4188eab7-73dd-474a-8713-7a206d10205f/Appenweier.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: A 1911 photograph of farmhouses with gable tiled weatherings (Giebelverdachungen) in Appenweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Image source: Deutsche Fotothek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2ac5187d-260d-41cc-8e84-60c7a0b36df6/Helmut.png Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2fb776a2-3cb9-4617-bf5f-aeee0209f529/HalfTimber+Encyclopedia.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Glossary of Historic and Prehistoric Timber Buildings, Editors: Volmer and Zimmermann, Göteborgs universitet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cc3332da-e752-4575-9253-36f72ee1f4cb/Kraichgau.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Das Bauernhaus im Deutschen Reiche, 1906, Deutsche-Digitale-Bibliothek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f80e01d6-3f8a-4815-81f6-b22a6a39979f/Schwyzer.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f036b3d4-4b80-4d01-9de4-f887bf821032/Drawing.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: A 16th-century Swiss farmhouse in Rothenthurm. The roof and the gable weatherings are covered with wood shingles. Image source: Schweizer Bauernhaus, David Meili, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/191e1f9b-c749-4363-be42-050418442526/Compare.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Schweizer Dörfer und Städtchen, 1983, Verlag das Beste Zürich, Stuttgart, Wien, 1983, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/1dee7408-18ce-4e26-87d7-13b936ce2a83/Mueller.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: “Colonial Architecture of the Pennsylvania Germans”, G. Edwin Brumbaugh, 1933, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/425ad52d-5836-45ae-8104-7f9854733281/Plate+41.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: “Colonial Architecture of the Pennsylvania Germans”, G. Edwin Brumbaugh, 1933, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2895c2cf-fac5-4d46-bfd3-d16a415f5bda/Text.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: “Colonial Architecture of the Pennsylvania Germans”, G. Edwin Brumbaugh, 1933, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2c675d85-1936-4188-9626-acfce36f476f/Landis+Store.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: “Colonial Architecture of the Pennsylvania Germans”, G. Edwin Brumbaugh, 1933, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/65e5a6de-84ed-4e16-8beb-bff0e7498ac9/Darby.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/042ae98c-8be2-4e08-8840-5a52eb926bbe/Dwellings.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Text source: The Dwellings of Colonial America, by Thomas Tileston Waterman, 1950, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fa605219-c798-437c-b385-9b1480114326/Germantown+Roof+2.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost, 1921, Henry H. Saylor, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eb1633fe-a466-47f7-9b85-a035e6722f92/Germantown+Hood2.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser, May 14, 1922. Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cb5a13d3-637f-405a-ab7c-5e0b5aac88f6/Germantown+2.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Above: Two Colonial Quaker houses in Germantown with pent roofs: Top: The Johnson House, built in 1768. Bottom: Grumblethorpe, built in 1744. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b631819d-816a-4724-b737-ecb2f442b4ef/Hess1.jpg Cross Cultural Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/byecroft-farm daily 0.75 2026-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ff94444d-2a07-409e-8c53-32c83b24efa1/Facade.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/21a58a62-6d81-4a25-a345-e2b885ca0a9d/best+drawing.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Above: The additive design of the Byecroft farmhouse is typical of many historic houses in Southeast Pennsylvania. The Bye family has been living here on this farm for more than 300 years. The family continues ownership today. Each generation of Byes adapted the buildings to their own use. Much of the farmhouse’s original interior details survive. Local Friends met in this farmhouse’s first form until 1710, when they build a meetinghouse. The farm’s name “Old Cogress” means Old Meeting Place. Buckingham Meeting, founded by Thomas and John Bye became one of the largest in Pennsylvania. Thomas Bye was married to Margaret Bye. Restoration of 1931. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2b9548e5-47a5-4619-a879-56be61bae782/Floorplan.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eaceb08d-4939-43a2-949a-dbef48968aa9/Interior+Best.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Above: This landmark book about Bucks County’s stone house includes text by Margaret Bye Richie, John D. Milner, and Gregory D. Huber. Margaret Richie lived here at family’s ancestral homestead for decades, along with her husband Dr. Thomas Richie. She received a Ph.D. at age 73 from the University of Pennsylvania. Margaret Richie wrote and lectured about Bucks County’s historic architecture. She also wrote a history of Byecroft for the property’s nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a51577ed-45e0-4fa6-9ef0-4faf64b18675/Arthur+Bye+Youtube+Video.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Dr. Arthur Edwin Bye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b587ddcd-6dd3-4dd8-8741-06a720243e19/1710.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2fae72cd-356b-4dc2-8956-b0e7fa15b6be/1732.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2d4ab99e-7a83-4f79-8c5c-1b1e92d706fe/1875.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4281dc22-4b22-4a5c-b18d-0142c7634b9c/Anatiques.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out This January article was the first time Quaker artist Edward Hicks was introduced to a national audience outside of Bucks County. Arthur Edwin Bye was a pivotal figure in the 20th-century "discovery" of Edward Hicks. Bye’s research and writing transitioned Hicks from a local curiosity into a celebrated icon of American folk art. January 1936: "Edward Hicks, Painter-Preacher" in The Magazine Antiques This landmark article is credited with launching the national "discovery" of Hicks, framing his work as both a profound Quaker religious expression and a masterpiece of American folk art. March 1941: "Some Early Painters of Bucks County" in The Towpath Bye discusses Hicks alongside other local artists, emphasizing his role as the most distinctively "Bucks County" painter and a significant figure in the region's early cultural development. Autumn 1943: "Edward Hicks, 1780-1849" in Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association A scholarly and biographical overview that examines Hicks' life within the theological context of the Society of Friends while explaining his sudden elevation to artistic fame among antiquarians. February 1951 – "Edward Hicks" in Art in America This publication reassessed Hicks' status as a "primitive" artist during the peak of mid-century interest in the American folk aesthetic, solidifying his place in the national art canon. 1956 – A History of the Bye Family and Some Allied Families This extensive genealogical and historical work documents the Hicks-Bye social circles and provides deep context on the shared Quaker heritage of the Buckingham Valley. 1959 – A Friendly Heritage Along the Delaware: The Taylors of Washington Crossing and Some Allied Families A collection of family legends and historical anecdotes that provides the cultural backdrop for the rural Quaker society that Hicks served as both a minister and a painter. Undated (c. 1960s) – Bucks County Tales Featuring character sketches and local history, this volume includes anecdotes about Hicks as a prominent and colorful figure in the region's historical and oral traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ec8329e5-2b0d-4798-8dea-b7f7de65d1ec/Best+Landscape.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Above: A 1934 oil painting by Arthur Edwin Bye. Image source: Woodmere Art Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a071ae2f-7d70-41c9-8d38-53e46add2b4f/Two+Houses.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Above: Images sources: Doylestown History Society, YouTube; Art Beat - Bucks County, YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/94e81e22-8ec4-408a-8a56-67c3bd91267b/Compare.jpg Byecroft Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d7ea5686-34bb-4a15-8894-a9dcf217ebdd/Definition.jpg Home - Make it stand out The Colonial Pennsylvania Pent Roof English and Germanic Origins Architectural Avatars of William Penn’s Holy Experiment https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/quaker-houses-map monthly 0.5 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2c985d73-0d29-4549-a59b-906e36532191/Google+Map.jpg Home - Map of Historic Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/edward-hicks-farms monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/27ae0078-dec5-4512-82da-2c9592c6167b/Sothebys+Kingdom.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out Above: Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks, ca. 1834. This painting sold for $9.67 million at a Sotheby’s auction in 2008. Image source: Antiques and the Arts Weekly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/34624181-28bb-400d-9f04-0fe24775a82d/Portrait.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out Above: Edward Hicks Painting the Peaceable Kingdom, by Thomas Hicks, ca. 1839. Image source: National Portrait Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0e77fc32-cd90-4314-8140-52b911d5518b/Twining+Square.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out The Twining Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3efa91b3-e190-413a-9e83-b3e68865e556/Framed+Leedom.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out The Leedom Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/eab857cb-677d-4df7-b364-7ec7d59c6d50/Hillborn+Square.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out The Hillborn Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/07675a6c-8e5c-47c1-ae29-579915031e24/Framed+Cornell.jpg Home - Edward Hicks' Farms - Make it stand out The Cornell Farm https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/lancaster-county-underground-railroad monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/954a1eac-9a09-46fe-a84b-969bb2dc58df/Header.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8d97e9bf-b859-458a-8422-d2f0fae23edd/Freedom+Farms+Map.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out A Link to this Map on Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/961241ee-7d3a-42af-ac7d-90c1198842eb/Image+1.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/dc268667-2b30-47a3-96b1-cdb6c3da7f4f/Image+2.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above: Image source: Google Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/89978eaa-9aae-437b-ab46-abfda3ac01ca/Image+3.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Image sources: Left: Ancestry.com and FindaGrave.com. Right: History of the Underground Railroad…, Smedley, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/34f0b0af-b803-4aa1-bb22-6ab326033522/Image+4.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ef7ed602-40b8-43d9-9885-8bafcd42ee6a/Image+5.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above: Quaker farmer Lindley Coates was a delegate at the 1837 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. There he and Attorney Thaddeus Stevens fought for African American rights. Stevens subsequently was elected to the U. S. Congress. Lindley Coates was elected President of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York. Arsonists burned down his barn because of his anti-slavery activism. But the farmhouse survives today, at 444 Newport Avenue near Christiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ec485d24-bc99-48ea-b0e0-29d31a62f66f/Image+6.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above: Image source: “The Underground Railroad Explorer’s Map and Guide,” Lancaster County Heritage, SusquehannaRiverlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/35be7b93-0dab-4b82-9493-dfe0162c6648/Image+7.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above: Two of the Quaker meetinghouses in southern Lancaster County: Left: Drumore Friends Meetinghouse Right: Eastland Friends Meetinghouse. These modest meetinghouses are icons of resistance to tyranny. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a3bb9256-9907-4c28-bb1b-67314e3f4237/Image+8.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above quote by Jonathan Ned Katz, his dedication statement in his 1974 book Resistance at Christiana, The Fugitive Slave Rebellion… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/34116987-b133-4605-8f66-1b5539bde396/Gable+2.jpg Home - Lancaster County Quaker Farms on the Underground Railroad - Make it stand out Above: This beautifully restored house museum in Columbia was built in 1738 for Quaker businesswoman Susanna Wright. Image source: Lee J. Stoltzfus Although the house dates to 1738, long before the Underground Railroad, later members of the Wright family became active abolitionists. In the early nineteenth century William Wright, a descendant of Columbia’s founding Wright family, helped organize an Underground Railroad network that made Columbia an important center for freedom seekers crossing the Susquehanna River. https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/montgomery-county-quaker-farmhouses monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/26931d2e-055f-4324-b3d2-4447c69f5712/Harriton+square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Harriton House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6a65a3e9-c180-4264-bba1-e6fa690f3f8f/Square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Hope Lodge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b6a9a82b-7edf-4ebc-aa3b-d58d795fe87c/square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Potts House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/95c16789-0f19-47d5-89db-39125dc9d15d/Square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Stephens House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/613cff9d-c4de-43fe-a353-ac56cd11d146/Square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Glendower Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9e1c8bae-2dce-46eb-bae5-482729ea93c9/square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Warder House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f0fd974d-0c2e-4768-a0af-0e21b54826b6/Square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Wall House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b6e0830b-2f42-460a-b1c2-a4f3f5037e15/Square.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Morris House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/80df4a80-0cee-4572-a6ef-645c5a1ca8d0/Square+Hovenden.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Maulsby-Corson House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a1c731fb-d69b-48df-b21d-4c159d2abbfd/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2558b46d-a41d-4a60-9bea-c97203eb8c16/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/df91c686-981f-48ed-b259-23c9f1e9ff48/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Montgomery County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/bucks-county-quaker-farmhouses monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/37d21b73-1307-4bd0-95c5-76557c5ab101/Facade+2000.jpg Home - Bucks County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Parry Mansion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/c83eb6c6-6630-421e-b96c-0a75a4ddc2e3/2000.jpg Home - Bucks County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Reeder Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a7ff25f5-22e9-4c16-b137-a7ec7e26f5bf/Bye+2000.jpg Home - Bucks County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Byecroft Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ef95deb2-4f56-4ce0-bfaf-040d08416f1b/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Bucks County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2910a170-27ee-4c3a-9902-926a79a17b33/Bucks+Map.jpg Home - Bucks County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: A Map of the County of Bucks, by Thomas G. Kennedy, 1817. Image source: PHMC https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/chester-county-farmhouses monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/8b274424-b753-4d37-bb0f-743d640d6bf3/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Woodward House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/d04a3022-9702-4e41-9999-610d66037006/Facade+Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Barns-Brinton House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5d0b1479-e7c9-4dcb-975e-a3a9db356b39/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Primitive Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/91fb983f-1e0d-48c2-9942-34221684819f/Square+House.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Dilworth House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/881700af-a0a8-4b5c-a600-7f02cd7b6b0a/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Webb House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2df8d876-0a21-43a5-9a1c-c5c9d1d358f9/2000+Best.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Taylor House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/afd51fcf-81b7-4a0f-88f8-a94ac3f0bef9/Grandson+Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Taylor-Parke House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/445774b6-e125-4070-bd1a-b063a3641927/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Marshall House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/ab7adfba-08b0-4e30-8c60-4dc7923fc0a5/Radnor+Hunt+Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Williams - Garrett House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6d472812-7f31-4f8f-998e-c288294a78e7/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The 1839 Brinton House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2846e35a-03f4-4e2b-870a-80bdd489855d/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Garrett House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/227c648f-cebf-4e87-9149-c8e87b217b0e/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Arnold-Cooper House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e5a473e5-83ed-4e89-acb0-69c3d8993217/Square.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Marshall Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/0a677a8a-54fb-49a2-a525-42edeb5672e0/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/2df61e81-5950-41f3-91cb-bb380bb1921e/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e9c6524f-afff-4af8-8175-421a2ce08e08/2000+x+2000.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/9a0a076d-1ca0-41ed-b7b7-9d24cb6f7e8d/Denominations+Map.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: This 1776 map reveals there were more Quaker congregations in Chester County in 1776 than any other religious denomination. Image source: Chesco.org / Chester County Arhives, modified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3216cb7e-10ce-4540-a9f2-65cdfe842ccb/Old+Kennett+Larger-1w.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: Old Kennett Friends Meetinghouse, Kennett Square. Built in 1731. Image source: TriCollege Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/89fd90e9-6181-4dae-9dde-f0286a5d6d47/Birmingham+Friends+dated+1765+photo+ca.+1895.jpg Home - Chester County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse. Birmingham Township. Built in 1763. Image source: TriCollege Libraries https://www.quakerhouses.com/home/delaware-county-farmhouses monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6a4de28a-4f4c-4a26-892e-1e015b5ee4c3/Best+Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Pusey House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/5a4454e8-09d7-4982-8ea4-0c9cdfcdc9a5/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Massey House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4f02dfbf-80d0-4d58-bc92-cd6c92943667/Lees+2000.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The 1704 Brinton House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e4b386d2-4f6f-4b6a-a715-f6bde3afe764/Ring+Lee+2000.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Ring House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/650d6b6d-ac6c-44c0-8b9a-99b6b76e5024/Gilpin+Square+Lee.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Gilpin House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/af98d81b-e664-4dd8-977c-6a58e28367ae/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Chads House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a89d399f-c4c6-41bd-b257-0895d4250fc9/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Ring Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6c6b685e-15b0-459e-83e1-05fc8f3683dd/Square+Booth.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Booth Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/26eed7aa-e78f-4c60-bfe7-6ef3e5eb7649/Square+Pennell.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Chamberlain-Pennell House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b5d10595-b40e-40a2-9c53-13733bd69a6d/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Newlin House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/df31c7ee-de24-4828-aea9-c761930ec0d2/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Pratt House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/acfe585f-0981-4d58-8102-dcfd1b90415b/square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Worrall House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/cb31d7c9-5c20-47fa-9434-4d9d3797b154/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Levis House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/20524272-708f-40b8-9960-7c423bbdc9f3/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Sharpless House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/380a211b-30c2-436c-90fa-cafd39f53f06/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Lewis-Smith House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/b1b0910f-a6af-418b-b789-1560c38e2e00/Square.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out The Minshall House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/be737c78-2360-4cb8-ab7b-b5156d6d5470/Settlements+Map-2.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/09ee7bdb-8a35-433c-ae98-7e9005a2f145/Partial+Map+1.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/050adfd7-d6ba-4332-9dc8-e9d7109ffee9/Meetinghouse+1.jpg Home - Delaware County Quaker Houses - Make it stand out Above: Chester Friends Meetinghouse. 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Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out Joseph Wetherill Houses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/6fc4e59e-1f1d-4e67-be10-08e47d8dbbd2/Wide+2000.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Evans House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/91e5c1eb-814e-4b67-b9ad-aefe20fc686a/2000+House.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out Elfreth Houses on Elfreth’s Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/11151b04-6672-46e2-b70c-df275c954f0a/Elfreth+Gallery.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out Another Elfreth House on Elfreth’s Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/e9a065a9-1913-4b5c-a2e3-68f653a27f71/2000+image.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Trotter House on Elfreth’s Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4ff90525-b300-43ca-94ab-31a0812ccd08/2003.jpg Home - 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Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out William Penn’s Home: Slate-Roof House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/7e0bb116-0e23-4552-81ca-5d5b122caf50/2000+Norris.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Norris House: Fairhill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/726dc0c1-c46d-46a2-9065-aeda02b3c9bb/Benezet+2000.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Benezet House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/4e55263c-2344-4a47-aaa6-5608ed093200/2000+house.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Shippen House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/3f7ec736-db9e-42ed-82b3-c82a948c33e8/Powel+House+Gallery.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Powel House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/f2d8bd23-2c88-4198-9d5c-7a21553a4574/Gallery.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Cadwalader House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/fe3c6582-06b2-4a5a-a00f-feb224a40f08/Facade+2000.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Hill-Physick House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67eea03c7733155f04eca1d3/a05abe19-c7a6-441f-b7b1-c0f1a264d4bf/2000+Todd.jpg Home - Philadelphia Quaker Townhouses - Make it stand out The Todd House