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	William Brinton 1704 House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Brinton 1704 House in 2009
Location	Oakland Road, near junction of U.S. Route 202 and County Road 15199, near Dilworthtown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°53′47″N 75°33′40″W / 39.89639°N 75.56111°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1704
NRHP reference No.	67000018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1967
Designated NHL	December 24, 1967

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The William Brinton 1704 House is an historic house museum which is located at 21 Oakland Road in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, roughly five miles south of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Built in 1704, it is a well-preserved example of an early Delaware Valley stone house that served as a residence of one family for more than 150 years.

It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967,^[2] and is open for tours on weekends between May and October, or by appointment.

History[edit]

The William Brinton 1704 House was built in 1704 by William Brinton, Jr. (also known as "William the Younger" or "William the Builder"). It was sold out of the family in 1860. In 1881, a serpentine stone wing was added to the home. In 1947, the house was purchased by Brinton descendants. During the 1950s, architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh restored the building to its original form by removing the 1881 wing and other Gothic embellishments.^[3]

The William Brinton 1704 House was one of the fourteen houses which stood in the battlefield area of the Battle of Brandywine that was fought on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. In 1878, Thomas Eakins painted the Brinton House as it would have originally appeared.

Description[edit]

The Brinton House stands south of West Chester, on the east side of Oakland Road south of its junction with Brinton's Bridge Road. Its main block is a rectangular stone structure, built out of locally quarried stone laid in courses of irregular height. The walls are 22 inches (56 cm) thick and two stories in height. The end walls each have a brick chimney on the outside. There is a steep roof and pent eaves are in place over the first-floor windows on the north and south sides of the house. The home also boasts twenty-seven reproduction windows of leaded sash with diamond lights. Most of the original flooring is still in use.

The Dilworthtown Historic District is located about half a mile north of the house in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

References[edit]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Brinton, William, 1704 House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
^ "NHL nomination for William Brinton 1704 House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

External links[edit]

The Brinton Association of America - House web site
National Historic Landmarks Program
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1258, "Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA", 11 photos, 13 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. PA-1258-A, "Brinton 1704 House, Privy, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
Brandywine Valley: The Informed Traveler's Guide

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-2] "Brinton, William, 1704 House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved November 4, 2007.

[nrhpinv2-3] "NHL nomination for William Brinton 1704 House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

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+{{Infobox NRHP
-  | caption = Brinton 1704 House in 1958
+ | name = William Brinton 1704 House
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+ | caption = Brinton 1704 House in 2009
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+ | location = Oakland Road, near junction of U.S. Route 202 and County Road 15199, near [[Dilworthtown Historic District|Dilworthtown]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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+ | designated_nrhp_type = December 24, 1967<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=748&ResourceType=Building |title=Brinton, William, 1704 House |accessdate=2007-11-04|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
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-  | designated_nrhp_type= December 24, 1967<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=748&ResourceType=Building |title=Brinton, William, 1704 House |accessdate=2007-11-04|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
  | added = December 24, 1967
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 }}
-The '''William Brinton 1704 House''' is located in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]], [[Pennsylvania]] just south of [[West Chester, Pennsylvania]].
+The '''William Brinton 1704 House''' is an [[historic house museum]] which is located at 21 Oakland Road in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]], [[Pennsylvania]], roughly five miles south of [[West Chester, Pennsylvania]]. Built in 1704, it is a well-preserved example of an early Delaware Valley stone house that served as a residence of one family for more than 150 years.
+It was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1967,<ref name="nhlsum"/> and is open for tours on weekends between May and October, or by appointment.
 == History ==
-The William Brinton 1704 House was built in 1704 by William Brinton, Jr. (also known as "William the Younger" or "William the Builder"). In 1881, a serpentine wing was added to the home.  In the 1950s, architect [[G. Edwin Brumbaugh]] restored the building to its original form by removing the 1881 wing.
+The William Brinton 1704 House was built in 1704 by William Brinton, Jr. (also known as "William the Younger" or "William the Builder"). It was sold out of the family in 1860. In 1881, a serpentine stone wing was added to the home. In 1947, the house was purchased by Brinton descendants. During the 1950s, architect [[G. Edwin Brumbaugh]] restored the building to its original form by removing the 1881 wing and other Gothic embellishments.<ref name="nrhpinv2">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|67000018}}|title=NHL nomination for William Brinton 1704 House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-04-06}}</ref>
+[[File:Brinton House G177A.jpg|right|thumbnail|''The Brinton House'' (1878) by [[Thomas Eakins]].]]
-The William Brinton 1704 House has the added distinction of being one of the 14 houses standing during the [[Battle of Brandywine]] on September 11, 1777.
+The William Brinton 1704 House was one of the fourteen houses which stood in the battlefield area of the [[Battle of Brandywine]] that was fought on September 11, 1777, during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. In 1878, [[Thomas Eakins]] painted the Brinton House as it would have originally appeared.
-[[File:Brinton House G177A.jpg|left|thumbnail|Painting of the Brinton House by [[Thomas Eakins]].]]
-In 1878, [[Thomas Eakins]] painted the Brinton House as it would have originally appeared. In 1968, the William Brinton 1704 House and Historic Site was designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]].
 == Description ==
-The twenty-two inch (56 cm) walls of this home are formed of stone from a nearby quarry.  There is a steep roof and pent eaves are in place over the first floor windows on the north and south sides of the house.  The home also boasts 27 windows of leaded sash.  Most of the original flooring is still in use.
+The Brinton House stands south of West Chester, on the east side of Oakland Road south of its junction with Brinton's Bridge Road. Its main block is a rectangular stone structure, built out of locally quarried stone laid in courses of irregular height. The walls are {{convert|22|in|cm}} thick and two stories in height. The end walls each have a brick chimney on the outside. There is a steep roof and pent eaves are in place over the first-floor windows on the north and south sides of the house. The home also boasts twenty-seven reproduction windows of leaded sash with diamond lights.  Most of the original flooring is still in use.
+The [[Dilworthtown Historic District]] is located about half a mile north of the house in [[Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania]].
+{{clear left}}
+==See also==
+{{commons category|William Brinton 1704 House}}
+*[[List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania]]
+*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania]]
 ==References==
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 == External links ==
-*[http://www.brintonfamily.org The Brinton Association of America]
+*[http://www.brintonfamily.org The Brinton Association of America - House web site]
 *[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=748&ResourceType=Building National Historic Landmarks Program]
 *{{HABS |survey=PA-1258 |id=pa0414 |title=Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA |photos=11 |data=13 |cap=1}}
 *{{HABS |survey=PA-1258-A |id=pa1380 |title=Brinton 1704 House, Privy, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA |photos=1 |cap=1 |link=no}}
-*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2fX66YmLBwcC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78#v=onepage&q&f=false Brandywine Valley: The Informed Traveler's Guide]
+*[https://books.google.com/books?id=2fX66YmLBwcC&pg=PA78 Brandywine Valley: The Informed Traveler's Guide]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Brinton, William, 1704 House}}
 {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Brinton, William, 1704 House}}
 [[Category:Houses completed in 1704]]
 [[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
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 [[Category:Historic house museums in Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:1704 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania]]

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