Wolley Stille
Appearance
Wolley Stille | |
Wolley Stille, March 2011 | |
Location | Harvey Rd., Wallingford, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°52′28″N 75°21′58″W / 39.87444°N 75.36611°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1692-1700, 1751, 1916 |
Built by | Sharpless, Joseph |
Architect | Robb, Donald |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Swedish & English Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 80003487[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
Wolley Stille, also known as the Joseph Sharpless House, is a historic home located at Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is a fieldstone dwelling that consists of a two-story, pre-1700 building, with a Great Hall dated to 1700; a two-story addition built in 1751; and a service wing added in 1916. The house exhibits both Swedish and English Colonial elements of design and construction. The house was restored in 1915–1916, by architect Donald Robb, also added some Colonial Revival elements, such as enlarged dormer windows.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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Oldest part of the house
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Door c. 1751
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Karen A. Taylor and Rev. David A. McQueen (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wolley Stille" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1751
- Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- 1751 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs