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In the Pennsylvania colony, log cabins play a significant part of architectural history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tehistory.org/hqda/html/v21/v21n3p091.html|title=Dating the Van Leer Cabin |author=Priscilla L. Cox Southwell}}</ref> The Van Leer Cabin appears to follow the German type, where logs are set tightly together and even at the corners. |
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| Location | Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°03′48″N 75°22′14″W / 40.06333°N 75.37056°W |
| Area | 6.8 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1759 |
| Architect | Van Leer Family |
| Architectural style | German Log Cabin |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002227[1] |
Van Leer Cabin, is a historic cabin and one of the last historical dwellings in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.[2] It still stands on the grounds of Conestoga High School.
History
The original structure belonged to several homes owned by the Van Leer family who immigrated from Prussia in 1759.[3] Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer a well known doctor bought 109 acres at the location of the Cabin the same year. Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer is considered notable for traveling on horseback until the age of 102,[4] and being one of the first medical doctors in New York.[5] Dr. Van Leer's son Captain Samuel Van Leer and family would later play an important role in American history as a revolutionary war soldier. Van Leers were noted in the anti-slavery cause and built nearby free towns for newly freed slaves.[6][7] The cabin was used as a station for the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to free towns.
In the mid-1960s students and volunteers helped restore the cabin, located on Conestoga High School.[8] The Cabin is also utilized as part of an American History Course.[9]
Architecture
In the Pennsylvania colony, log cabins play a significant part of architectural history.[10] The Van Leer Cabin appears to follow the German type, where logs are set tightly together and even at the corners.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Philadelphia Architects and Buildings".
- ^ "Dating the Van Leer Cabin".
- ^ "Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer".
- ^ Lansing, D. I. (1970). "The medical Van Leer family of Pennsylvania and New Jersey". Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 38 (1): 44–6. PMID 4916432.
- ^ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/history/local/lima0001.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ Smith Futhey, J. (2007). "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Biographies & Slavery". History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Biographies & Slavery. pp. 687–688. ISBN 9780788443879.
- ^ "Van Leer Cabin Restoration Project, 1960-circa 1965" (PDF).
- ^ Archives, Van Leer (2021-11-08). "Van Leer Cabins". Van Leer Archives. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Priscilla L. Cox Southwell. "Dating the Van Leer Cabin".
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