Northbrook Historic District

The Northbrook Historic District, also known as Marshall's Mill and Marshall's Station, is a national historic district that is located in Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Northbrook Historic District
House in the Northbrook Historic District, December 2009
Northbrook Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Northbrook Historic District
Northbrook Historic District is located in the United States
Northbrook Historic District
LocationNorthbrook, Indian Hannah & Bragg Hill Rds., Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°55′19″N 75°41′29″W
Area165 acres (67 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSWest Branch Brandywine Creek MRA
NRHP reference No.85002374[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1985

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

History and architectural features

This district encompasses fourteen contributing buildings and three contributing sites that are located in the village of Northbrook and primarily situated on five properties. Built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they include the Blacksmith's house, a station house, a post office and store, a coal and lumber company, the Lewis Marshall house, a Gothic Revival-style Indian Rock Farm, the Baily House (1902), the Northbrook Sunday School (1900), and the site of Hannah Freeman's cabin, Indian Rock, and Indian Burial Ground.[2]

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

References

  1. "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 Martha Leigh Wolf (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Northbrook Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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