Barnardus Van Leer House

The Barnardus Van Leer House, is an historic house in the colonial style. Built for Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer, it is one of the last historical dwellings in Marple Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Barnardus Van Leer House
Dr. Van Leer's historical house
General information
LocationMarple Township
Coordinates39°57′51″N 75°21′41″W
Estimated completion1742
Design and construction
Architect(s)Van Leer Family

History

The original structure belonged to an estate owned by the Van Leer family who immigrated from Germany in 1698.[3][4] The land passed to the Van Leer family in 1720 or 1721,[2] and Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer built the house with the help of his father-in-law, ironmaster William Branson, in c. 1742.[2][5] According to local historian Lucy Simler it was sometimes called the Black Mansion or the Van Leer mansion; she reported that it had been speculated that it was built on the site of or taken material from an earlier building on the site built by the Stanfield family.[2][6]

A nearby log cabin, located on Conestoga High School, was also owned by the Van Leer family and used as an Underground Railroad station.[7]

References
  1. "Philadelphia Architects and Buildings".
  2. "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Van Leer House" (PDF). Bureau of Historic Preservation. 1983. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. Jordan, John W., ed. (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Volume III. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1320–1323. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. J. Smith Futhey (1881). History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, VOLUME 2 ONLY. Heritage Books. p. 752. ISBN 978-0-7884-4387-9.
  5. Lansing, Dorothy (July 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. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. Simler, Lucy (1986). Township of Marple: The First One Hundred Years. Marple Township Historical Society. pp. 109–111. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. Cox Southwell, Priscilla L. (1983). "Dating the Van Leer Cabin". Tredyffrin Easttown History Quarterly. 21 (3): 91–6.
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