Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation

Coordinates: 39°55′36″N 75°58′25″W / 39.92667°N 75.97361°W / 39.92667; -75.97361
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Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation
Phillips Plantation, Home, March 2011
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation is located in Pennsylvania
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation is located in the United States
Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation
LocationBailey's Crossroads, south of Glen Run Road and south of Atglen, West Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°55′36″N 75°58′25″W / 39.92667°N 75.97361°W / 39.92667; -75.97361
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1813
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.90001414[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1990

Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation, also known as The Old Ritter Farm, is a historic home and farm located in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The plantation was established in 1813. The house was built in 1813, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stuccoed limestone structure. It is built in the Georgian "I"-plan. It features a Gothic Revival style porch added in the 1850s. Other contributing buildings are two stone and frame bank barns, a stone octagonal smokehouse, a frame carriage house and workshop, and a two-story, stone spring house.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Frederick L. Richards and Paula Butera-Kunkel (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-15.