Embreeville Historic District

Embreeville Historic District is a national historic district located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 12 contributing buildings along the east and west banks of the West Branch Brandywine Creek in the village of Embreeville. It includes a variety of vernacular, banked, stuccoed stone buildings. They were largely built between about 1822 and 1842, with the earliest house built about 1760. The buildings include a farmhouse, a country store, a storekeeper's house, a blacksmith's house, a wheelwright's house and store, a grist mill known as the Embreeville Mill, a "mansion" (1856), and miller's house.[2]

Embreeville Historic District
Embreeville Historic District, October 2011
LocationRt. 162, Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°53′42″N 75°44′09″W
Area65 acres (26 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
MPSWest Branch Brandywine Creek MRA
NRHP reference No.85002350[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1985

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

  • Embreeville Mill, December 2009
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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: Embreeville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-23.
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