Rhoads Homestead
Rhoads Homestead | |
 Rhoads Homestead Farmhouse. November 2012. | |
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| Location | 102-106 W. Bridge St., New Hope, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°21′57.4″N 74°57′23.1″W / 40.365944°N 74.956417°W |
| Area | 60.1 acres (24.3 ha) |
| Built | 1734, 1760, 1776, 1858 |
| MPS | New Hope MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003655[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 8, 1996 |
Rhoads Homestead is a historic homestead located at New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The farmhouse consists of two sections; the oldest built about 1734. The first section is a 2+1⁄2-story fieldstone structure with a 1-story, sloped roof fieldstone addition attached. A second house dates to 1760, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone dwelling remodeled in the 19th century in the Victorian style. It has a 2-story stone addition and a 1-story board-and-batten addition. Associated with this house are stone spring houses, board-and-batten wood sheds, a clapboard pump shelter, and the ruins of a small bank barn. The third house was built in 1858, and is a small 2+1⁄2-story, board-and-batten dwelling built to house servants. The homestead was the site of General William Alexander's three week bivouac prior to the Battle of Trenton from December 8 through December 25, 1776.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Gallery
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Second House (1760). -
House for servants (1858). -
Shed. -
Springhouse. -
Outbuilding.
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 Ann Niessen (October 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rhoads Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-01.
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