National Historic Landmark · house · Marshallton, Pennsylvania

Marshall, Humphry, House

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States in Marshallton, Pennsylvania. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1971Georgian architectureHumphry Marshall
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What it is

Wikipedia · Humphry Marshall House

The Humphry Marshall House, also historically known as Marshall's Garden, Marshall's Arboretum, and the Botany Farm, is a historic property in Marshallton, an unincorporated village in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1773–74, the house is a good example of an 18th-century Pennsylvania country house, which is most notable as the home of early American botanist Humphry Marshall (1722–1801). The property was also where Marshall established one of the first botanical gardens in what is now the United States. The house was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in July 1958. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 23, 1987. The property is now privately owned; the gardens have declined since Marshall's time, but its basic layout has survived.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressStrasburg Rd. (PA 62) at jct. of Northbrook Rd., Marshallton, PA
CountyChester County
ListedMay 27, 1971
Reference number71000695
ArchitectHumphry Marshall
Type of placehouse
StyleGeorgian architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Open to the public
AddressStrasburg Rd. (PA 62) at jct. of Northbrook Rd., Marshallton, PA
Coordinates39.95065, -75.68132 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFirst State National Historical Park · 10 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBlue Marsh Lake (Dry Brooks Day Use Area) 36 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000695. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.