Vincent Forge Mansion

Vincent Forge Mansion
Vincent Forge Mansion, April 2011
Location Cook's Glen Road R.D., East Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°09′26″N 75°38′29″W / 40.15722°N 75.64139°W / 40.15722; -75.64139Coordinates: 40°09′26″N 75°38′29″W / 40.15722°N 75.64139°W / 40.15722; -75.64139
Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built c. 1770
Built by Young, John
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP Reference # 85001003[1]
Added to NRHP May 9, 1985

Vincent Forge Mansion, also known as Young's Forge Mansion and Kerry Dell Farm, is a historic home located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1770, and is a 2 12-story, five-bay by two-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof and pent. It was originally the ironmaster's home and office at an 18th-century iron forge. The forge operated from about 1760 to 1800. The house later became a farm house. In 1925, the property was sold to the Catholic Church for use as a boy's summer camp. The camp closed in the late-1970s.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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 Eleanor M. Morris, Estelle Cremers, and Kenneth Weaver (February 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Vincent Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-17.


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