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The Courtney House
(1847)
218
2nd Avenue
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Located just off Media Line Road in Larchmont Square is a lovely old stucco over stone farmhouse. A datestone on the house reads, "2cc 1847", although two inside rooms are said to have been built much earlier - in the middle to lates 1700's. While there have been many changes over the years, some random-width floors and original windows remain. The property has the largest buttonwood tree you'll ever see! 4More Details... |
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The Daniel Williamson House
(1692)
395
Bishop Hollow Road
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The earliest part of this house, the stone structure on the right side, is the oldest house still standing in Newtown Township. Built in1692, it is part of three stuctures joined together. 4More Details... |
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The Bartram Bridge
(1860)
Boot and Goshen Roads
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The last surviving covered bridge in Delaware County, the 60-foot wooden structure was built in 1860 by ferdinand Wood, who used Theodore Burr's designs for the supporting arches. 4More Details... |
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The Jonas Preston Mansion
(1763, 1805)
6
Boot Road
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This stately residence is the last surviving unspoiled Federal Mansion in Delaware County. Completed by Dr. Jonas Preston, it is thought to have been started some time earlier. Parts of the basement have been dated to the mid-1700's. 4More Details... |
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High Larches
(1734)
43
Boot Road
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Formerly called "Willow Dell Farm", this attractive two and one-half story fieldstone house, consisting of a smaller and a larger section, is standing on part of what was once an Evan Lewis tract. 4More Details... |
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The Samuel Caley House
(1768)
3523
Caley Road
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This beautiful Dutch colonial stone house was built c. 1768 by Samuel Caley (spelled "Keyley" or "Keeley" on old deeds). It was operated as a small colonial farm, with additions and major changes made circa 1800. The third floor and gambrel roof were added between 1830 and 1850. Some of the early wood flooring and woodwork remain throughout the house. There are large fireplaces on the first floor and smaller ones on the second. On the back patio are the remains of a summer kitchen, with some original hardware in the huge fireplace. Also on the property is an old shed said to have been used a blacksmith shop. From 1886-1948 the property belonged to the Pennsylvania Hospital. During this time, the house was remodeled to serve as a mental hospital for short-term patients. The PA Hospital Farm encompassed some 600 acres. According to one source, this building was know as the Hospital for the Insane. 4More Details... |
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The John Hunter House
(1722)
405
College Avenue
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This house was built by John Hunter, who came to Newtown Township in 1722 with General Anthony Wayne's grandfather. It is interesting to note that he was 55 years old at that time. 4More Details... |
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The Lewis Lewis House
(1700)
307
Earles Lane
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This stately, stucco over stone farmhouse is built in two sections. The earliest section, now the livinf room, was originally two rooms with back-to-back fireplaces. The later section built in 1846 has a date stone in the gable which reads "LD JLL 1846". Lewis Lewis, original owner of the oldest section, was a son of William Lewis, Sr. who came to Haverford from Wales in 1686, and then to Newtown Township. 4More Details... |
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The Evan Lewis House
(1719)
330
Echo Valley Lane
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Built in 1719 by Evan Lewis, the Echo Valley Manor House still stands on part of what was an original land grant from William Penn to Thomas Rudyard. 4More Details... |
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Square Tavern
(1742)
Goshen and N. Newtown Street Roads
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This handsome brick tavern building was restored by ARCO in Newtown Township's Tricentennial Year of 1981. Its greatest mark of distinction is that America's first internationally known artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820), lived here with his family during part of his childhood. 4More Details... |
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The William Lewis House
(c.1708)
4111
Goshen Road
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This house was built upon a tract of land conveyed by William Penn of Worninghurst, County of Sussex, to Michael Blunston of Little Hallam, County of Darby on April 11, 1682 for ten pounds sterling. 4More Details... |
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The Jacob Horton House
(1801)
3200
Goshen Road
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Built of stucco over stone, with thick walls, original floor boards, and fireplaces, the oldest section is said to have been built as early as 1801. Jacob Horton added to it in the mid-1800's, when he inherited it from his father, John Horton. This lovely home is now on the Delaware County Christian School property. 4More Details... |
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William Lewis Barn
(c.1710)
4109
Goshen Road
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The Heysham House
(1785)
3523
Goshen Road
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This early Federal house is called the "Heysham House" for Dr. Charles S. Heysham, a 19th century physician who purchased the house in 1835 from Martha Garret. Nothing is known of the earlier owners at this time. Built of stone, with stucco, it is 2 1/2 stories with a fieldstone foundation and a low ptiched gable roof. There is also original glass, and a beautiful wainscotted fireplace with pilaster on the first floor. 4More Details... |
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The John Grim House
(1735)
3865
Gradyville Road
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The John Grim House was built circa 1735 and is constructed of fieldstone in two sections of 2 1/2 stories each. In the oldest section, small stones with "clay mortar" were used. Originally the room had one room on top of the other, each with a small heating fireplace.
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The Philip Dunn House
(1743)
3850
Gradyville Road
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The Though hidden from the road, this 2 1/2 story brick bank-built, stucco over stone residence is very much part of Newtown Township's past. Built in two sections, the earliest part is estimated to have been built circa 1743, withh the later section containing an 1870 datestone. 4More Details... |
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Gothic Revival House
(1850, 1865?)
3901
Gradyville Road
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This 2 1/2 early Gothic Revival style house stands at the juncture of Bishop Hollow and Gradyville Roads. Of stucco over stone, it was built in two sections, circa 1850 and 1860. It was reported to have a speakeasy in the 1920's. 4More Details... |
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The Iddings House
(c.1700)
38
Harrison Drive
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This 2 1/2 story stucco-over-stone residence ws bulit in two sections. The oldest part dates from the early 1700's, or possibly 1690, and has unusally thick fieldstone walls. There is a large cooking fireplace with a log beam mantel and old hardware. There have been significant additions over the years that have enlarged this estate. As a young man, Anthony Wayne surveyed this property. The original map he drew still exists. 4More Details... |
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The Richard Fawkes House
(1715)
5
Hidden Springs Circle
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The original, and largest, section of this Georgian home was built circa 1715 by Richard Fawkes, who, among other accomplishments, was one of the building organizers of the still standing Hood Octagonal School. The interior has random width floors and a sealed walk-in fireplace with some old hardware. A smaller, two story addition on the Western end houses the kitchen and contains the original ceiling beams. 4More Details... |
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The John Horton House
(1693)
3400
Horton Road
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The interior of this lovely English country house has large fireplaces - one with a bake oven - original flooring, beams and hardware. It has been well preserved by all of its owners. John Horton, a soldier in the War of 1812, acquired the property in April 1801. It is one of Newtown Square's oldest properties. 4More Details... |
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The Issac Thomas House
(1756)
125
Hunt Valley Circle
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This beautiful, Colonial style fieldstone residence is located in a less traveled area of Newtown Township. Originally of two stories, with one room on top of the other, a 2 1/2 story addition was added in 1840. This section has a huge walk-in fireplace. There are original mantels on all fireplaces, with one in nearly every room, plus origianl beams and flooring throughout the two earliest sections. The property is presently named "Gander Hill". 4More Details... |
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Edgar Farmhouse
(1863)
34 1/2
Mary Jane Lane
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Fifty years ago it was a beautiful estate at the end of a long driveway, with twenty acres. Apple trees, Jersey cows, and a hundred yard long garden of imported peonies and oriental poppies, plus English rhododendrona and many lilacs in the spring made a beautiful sight. 4More Details... |
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The Friends Meeting House
(1711, 1791)
122
N. Newtown Street Road
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This Meeting House of the Friends supplanted the original meeting house in 1791. The new house used part of the original stone walls from the first house. Still in existance is an old "upping block" next to the building. It was used in those earlier times to aid in mounting horses and getting onto carriages. A wood stove warmed the early worshippers in cold weather. 4More Details... |
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The James Price House
(c.1700 to 1703)
571
N. Newtown Street Road
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The rear section of this house is the original 1 1/2 story English style cottage. It contains a cooking fireplace with a heavy timber lintel abd traces of a bee hive oven. There are small windows, narrow spiral stairs and random-width floors. In 1810, a larger addition was added with 2 1/2 stories. It has a central hall and handsome staircase. There is also a smaller early 20th century addition. 4More Details... |
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The Wheelwright Shop
(1806)
561
N. Newtown Street Road
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The wheelwright and blacksmith businesses were often combined, and were thriving in 19th century Newtown Square. Wheels were in demand for farm wagons, carts, stage coaches, and carriages of all kinds. This was a time when freight was conveyed in covered wagons and mail carried by stage. Wheels often needed mending or replacing while traversing what must have been very rough roads. Though used as living quarters now, a huge whell is visible extending through the planks of the second floor. 4More Details... |
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The Joseph Lewis House
(1750)
545
N. Newtown Street Road
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The oldest part of this notable English stone home, consisted of two rooms, or sections. One section was a kitchen with a large cooking fireplace, plus a smaller corner hearth for heating jutting into the other section. Pegged rafters, old beams and windows , an early mantel, hardware, and twenty inch walls are 18th century details. 4More Details... |
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7th Day Baptist Cemetary
(1717)
313
N. Newtown Street Road
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This ancient graveyard was established on January 30, 1717, as a burial place for members of the Society of Seventh Day Baptists. It is the final resting place of Elizabeth Iddings Wayne, mother of General Anthony Wayne. 4More Details... |
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The Thomas Thomas House
(1720)
311
N. Newtown Street Road
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This beautiful 2 1/2 story English style fieldstone residence once used for meetings of Newtown Square's Seventh Day Baptists as late as 1770. Ponds on the property were said to have been used for Baptisms. The interior of the original part of the house has been much changed over the years, but some paneling and wide random width floors are mostly still intact. 4More Details... |
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The Pratt Lewis Springhouse
(1745)
209
N. Newtown Street Road
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This 2 1/2 story stucco over stone house has a high-ptiched gable roof, two gable end brick chimneys and a single, centered entranceway. Built over an active spring, circa 1750, it had a full basement, which has since been cemented over. There are original hand-hewn beams, pegged rafters and evidence of a datestone in the south gable. An addition was recently completed on the north side of the springhouse by the current owner. This site is now the location of the Dill-Sweeney Funeral Home. This image was supplied by the current owner, James J. Sweeney. 4More Details... |
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The Horace Lewis House
(1850)
6
N. Newtown Street Road
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This Colonial English style 2 1/2 story, stucco over stone, house was built circa 1850 and is said to have been the residence of Horace Lewis. Born in 1882, Mr. Lewis, a descendant of an original Newtown Township family, lived in this house and was an early 1900's storekeeper in Newtown Square. 4More Details... |
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The Newtown Public School No. 1 ("Wyola School")
(1870)
N. Newtown Street Road
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The interior was originally one long room divided by a curtain, and then later by a wooden partition. All elementary grades were taught in one room. The school was in use until 1920, then the students were transferred to a new brick school in Newtown Square. This building was restored in 1970 and is now a residence. 4More Details... |
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The Paper Mill House
(1770, 1845)
2
Paper Mill Road
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This building provided housing, in those early years, for industrial workers who worked in the mills along Darby Creek. A large addition was added circa 1820. The older section was converted to a general store, circa 1845, to provide for the needs of the workers. Darby Creek runs through the property to the east of the building. The buliding, now owned by Newtown Township, has been restored to house The Newtown Township Historical Preservation Society and its permanent historical exhibits. 4More Details... |
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The Tenant House
(c.1788)
149
Ridgefield Road
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Built in 1778, or earlier, as a "Father-Son-Holy-Ghost" type house, the original section is easily seen among the twentieth century additions. It contains a large fireplace with an inglenook (small window), original random width floors on the third floor and attic, plus old beams in the attic. The house has been traced back to a 1788 from Andrew Moore to James Moore, Jr. Further research is planned. 4More Details... |
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Indian House
(1804)
100
S. Newtown Street Road
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Nestled into the side of a hill, south of Mary Jane Lane, is a small, charming fieldstone bank house. There is a datestone on the east wall, facing the road, which reads, "Ax, JRL, 1801". An unproved story, passed down through the years, claims that the laborers used in building the house were Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians, hence the name "Indian House". 4More Details... |
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The Robert Mendenhall House
(1798)
191
S. Newtown Street Road
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The original building was constructed in 1798 by Robert Mendenhall, a local blacksmith, innkeeper and hotel owner. The building is now known as Alberto's Newtown Squire, a well known restaurant on Route 252, and the original stone walls of the farmhouse are in evidence in the restaurant. 4More Details... |
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The Thomas Moore House
(1783)
25
S. Valley Forge Road
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Tucked away in a remote corner of Newtown Township, sits this stately, stucco over stone residence. Built in three sections, the middle part contains a datestone, saying "MTM1783". The name of the builder was Thomas Moore. The house contains original fireplaces, paneling, and an attic floor covered with mortar. The newer part was added in 1920 to provide for a modern kitchen. 4More Details... |
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Old St. Davids Church
(1715)
763
S. Valley Forge Road
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Outstanding features of this church building are the large, beautifully proportioned Queen Anne windows and shutters on the east side with a steeply pitched roof for shedding snow. The interior has been altered with the passage of time but still retains the reverent simplicity of its founders. One of the church-yard gravestones bears the name of General Anthony Wayne. 4More Details... |
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The Roberts Harrison House
(1700)
3401
St. David's Road
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This 2 1/2 story, stucco over stone, banked residence is built in three sections. the oldest part dates back to 1700 and has a double chimney on the gable end. Connected to the original section by a sone wall is a 1 1/2 story banked springhouse. It has extremely thick fieldstone walls and the original summer cooking fireplace is on the exterior. This building has a 1776 datestone. During the 1799's, this property belonged to General Anthony Wayne's family. 4More Details... |
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The Nathaniel Newlin House
(1760)
103
Tanglewood Lane
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Formally 110 Bishop Hollow Road. This circa 1760 stone house takes you back to a earlier world and is a fine example of a typical Quaker farmhouse. It contains raised paneling on the first and second floors, plus an eight by five feet high cooking fireplace with a hickory "rook", three spiral staircases, and beamed ceilings. 4More Details... |
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The Hood Fawkes House
(1770)
3500
West Chester Pike
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Located on the south side of West Chester Pike, a half mile east of Newtown Street Road (Route 252) on the Dunwoody Home property, stands a Revolutionary period fieldstone house. The interior, with exception of the attic and cellar, has been greatly altered over the years. This stawart house, with its 18th century exposed stone walls, was the childhood home of William H. Dunwoody, of Gold Medal Flour and General Mills fame. 4More Details... |
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Federal Stone House
(c.1800)
3201
West Chester Pike
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Not much is known about the history of the Federal style stone house, built circa 1800 (or possibly late 1700's). The interior has the original random-width flooring, woodwork, and pegged beams. In the basement there are log beams with large metal hooks, presumably used for drying meat. Hopefully, future research will bring to light most of the early facts on the building and later owners. 4More Details... |
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Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse
(1842)
3500
West Chester Pike
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Built by Joseph Hood, the great-grandfather of William H. Dunwoody. Constructed of fieldstone, the eight-sided school has seven windows that were placed above the heads of the pupils. A schoolmaster's desk faced the younger children seated around a central heating stove while other children faced shelf-like desks attached to the walls 4More Details... |
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The Fox Chase Inn
(1724)
3405
West Chester Pike
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Built circa 1724, and much altered over the years, this fine building was first operated as an inn by its owner, Joseph Fawkes, who acquired a license in 1727. It was known as "Fawkes Tavern" until 1814, when it was renamed "The Fox Chase", by John Fawkes. It was also used as a "speakeasy" during Prohibition. 4More Details... |
