File:DETAIL OF OCTAGONAL STONEWORK - Sharpless House, Birmingham Road (Birmingham Township), Birmingham, Chester County, PA HABS PA,15-BIRM.V,2-3.tif

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DETAIL OF OCTAGONAL STONEWORK - Sharpless House, Birmingham Road (Birmingham Township), Birmingham, Chester County, PA
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Ned Goode
Title
DETAIL OF OCTAGONAL STONEWORK - Sharpless House, Birmingham Road (Birmingham Township), Birmingham, Chester County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Chester County; Birmingham
Date 24 April 1962
date QS:P571,+1962-04-24T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,15-BIRM.V,2-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: House was built in several stages although the chronology is not known. The earliest section may date from the early 1700's, but the front section was built ca. 1800. Birthplace of Isaac Sharpless, a Quaker leader and president of Haverford College, 1887-1917.
  • Survey number: HABS PA-118
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1733 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1800-1831 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1861 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0244.photos.131844p
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