The Strickland-Roberts Homestead, also known as the Bryncoed Farm, is an historic, American home that is located in West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania.
Strickland-Roberts Homestead | |
 Strickland-Roberts Homestead, March 2011 | |
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| Location | 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Kimberton on St. Matthews Road, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°7′20″N 75°38′6″W / 40.12222°N 75.63500°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800, 1873, 1929 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002372[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 30, 1978 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
History architectural features edit
The original section of this historic structure dates to circa 1800, and is a two-story, five-bay by one-bay, fieldstone structure. It has a gable roof, a small shed-roofed porch, and a terrace. A 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, random fieldstone addition was designed by R. Brognard Okie and built in 1929.
Also located on the property is a contributing bank barn that dates to 1873. The house was purchased by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts in 1927; he died here in 1955.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Virginia Stoudt, Estelle Cremers & Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Strickland-Roberts Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.