Chapter Two: Existing Conditions SECTION 5: CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND LANDSCAPE RESOURCES East Whiteland Township, like other areas of southeastern Pennsylvania, has a long history of human occupation and use. The prehistoric history of the township is characterized by successive periods of Native American ‘occupation, primarily as an upland location for seasonal hunting, with small, short-term seasonal settlement sites. ‘East Whiteland Township was settled by European colonists in the early eighteenth century. Over the three centuries of its historical development, the township has experienced several significant periods of change. The settlement period was characterized by prominent landholéings of largely self- sufficient farmsteads. During the eighteenth century, wheat was the principal commodity of exchange. During the nineteenth century, farms generally became smaller and more intensive, as a change to dairy farming occurred, influenced by the development of the railroads. The late-nineteenth and early- twentieth centuries saw a trend toward the growth of gentleman farms, as farm sizes again generally increased and farm ownership was of:en by wealthy families. ‘The township's development was strongly influenced by the character of the natural landscape. Most significant, pethaps, was the tillable agricultural soils ‘and easy access to the major east-west roadways over which the westward expansion of Pennsylvania moved. Mills developed in the community, powered by Valley Creek, and the wooded slopes and lowlands found in the township were important as woodlots throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, East Whiteland Township’s historically-significant east- west regional roads gave rise to crossroads villages, especially along the Lancaster Pike (US Route 30). Since World War Il, the suburbanization of the township has resulted in the ‘most dramatic change in the character and use of the landscape since the settlement period. In many ways, suburbanization has meant the wholesale Joss of the agricultural landscape that evolved in East Whiteland Township ‘over the past three centuries. This change has resulted in the loss of historic landscape features, built historic resources such as houses, outbuildings, roads, and other site features, and prehistoric archeological resources. Beginning with the establishment of the East Whiteland Township Historic ‘Commission in 1975, the township has inventoried community historic resources. In conjunction with the Chester County Historie Sites Survey, begun in 1979, a comprehensive listing and rating of structures and sites has evolved. East Whiteland Township continues to survey and inventory its East Whiteland Township Comprehensive Plan 251SECTION $: CULTURAL, HISTORIC & LANDSCAPE RESOURCES Chapter Two: Existing Conditions extant eighteenth- and nineteenth-century structures and other resources throughout the township, The East Whiteland Township Historic Commission's current list of historic sites is shown in Table 2.5.1 and mapped in Figure 2.5.1 Structures and sites identified in the Historic Resources list are often visually obscured by later and more intensive development. In fact, the most clear ‘manifestation of earlier settlement in this area generally is the road pattern, consisting of historic pike routes and connecting inter-community roads. Of the crossroad villages that existed at various intersections along the Lancaster Pike, very little remains. To a large extent, the historic structures at village and hamlet locations have been demolished and replaced with newer buildings, ‘The historic landscape and its component elements — including roads, fields, buildings, hedgerows, and bridges — are still discernible in the western corner of the community, where a few large tracts have not yet been blanketed with subdivision streets, residential-lotting grids, and office parks as in the rest of the township. In the less-intensely-developed parts of the township, scenic views are found, especially along Swedesford Road, Church Road, Frazer Road, and King Road. TABLE 2.5.1 East Whiteland Township Historic Resources Site# Historic Name Location Date Built | Class 7 ‘Washington Baker House ‘TLockwoods Lane 992, 7 z Thomas Norris House 707 Lancaster Avenue 1778 7 = Loch Aerie, Lockwood Mansion 700 Lancaster Avenue 1665 1 = ‘Chester County Academy “483 Lancaster Avenue 1775, 7 o Gen. Wayne Tavern “433 Lancaster Pike 7808) 7 7 Benjamin Hibbard Farm ‘370 Lancaster Avenue 1700, 7 a Hibterd Family House 310 Lancaster Avenue 1734 7 9 Hany S. Thomas House 269 Lancaster Pike 1885. 1 10" ‘Adam Reitenbaugh House 596 Swedestord Road 7896 i ie White Horse Vilage Store 973 Swedestord Road 1765 i ie White Horse Tavern 606 Swedesford Road 1795 1 13" Wiliam Paschall House 319 Swadestord Road 719 7 1 Wiliam Latta House ‘308 Swadesford Road 1729) 1 15 Malin Tenant House ‘310 Swedestord Road a 1800 7 16 Joseph A. Malin 304 Swedestord Road 7813) 7 7 Three Bottles Tavern 261 Swedesford Road 7720, 7 18 Presbyterian Parsonage 19 Swedesford Road 1854 i 20" Lapp Log House Conestoga Road 1700 Al East Whiteland Township Comprehensive Plan 252Chapter Two: Existing Conditions Site # Historic Name. Location Date Built | Class 24 Jchn Hooper House “#24 Conestoga Road 1900, i 2 Henty Walkinhood House: “486 Conestoga Road 1300 1 23 Jacobs Brothers Farm 75 Bacton Hill Road 1690, 7 25 Hyrem Woodyard House “G4 Conestoga Road 1920 1 26 _ | Moses Willings House & Tannery “42 Conestoga Road 1898 i a7 Gunkie Clover Mil 265 Conestoga Road 1900) 1 28 Malin Tenant House 39 Conestoga Road 1776 7 29 Wiliams-Davis House 281 Lapp Road ca 1776 i 30 ‘Abraham Lapp i Lapp Road 1750 i at Michael Lapp House Sidley Road 1850 i 38 Henry Walkinhood Bam “%74 Conestoga Road 1300 a 34 Benjamin Smith House: 7100 Bacton Hill Road 1840 1 % John Malin Jr. House 131 Conestoga Road 1810) i % Edward Kennison House 58 Church Road 1745 1 38 Weightman Tenant 971 E Swedastord Road 1850 1 3e° ‘Margaret Harris House Swedestord & SBacton Hill Rs | 1815) a 40 White Horse Blacksmith Shop *Bacton Hill Road 1880 1880 3 a ‘Charles Fahnestock House 125 Swdesford Road 1890 1 2 Jonathan Jones House 522 Swedestord Rd. 1835, 1 as Bartholomew House Destroyed 1991 1 a Tsaa0 Richardson House 6 Goltview Lane 1720 i e John & James Malin House 31 Low Bridge Lane 1700 7 ae ‘Adam Reitenbaugh Bam, 967 E Swedestord Road 1895) 1 ar ‘Adam Reitenbaugh Bam 600 Swedesford Road 1900 7 49 Hermon Bond House 523 Old Conestoga Road 1885, 1 50 James Stauffer House “478 Conestoga Road 1800 7 51 Henry Curtis House “¥24 Conestoga Road 1751 7 52° ‘Charles Rost House 418 Conestoga Road 1900 7 53 Big Spring Tenant House 208 N Phoenixville Pike 1780 1 oa Spring Mill School 330 Conestoga Road 1802, i 56 Malin Hall Outbuilding 66 Malin Road 1830, 1 7 Malin Hall 74 Malin Road 1700) 1 Eg ‘Samuel Lapp House 259 Lapp Road 1880, 1 5S, Henry Kurtz House 307 Lapp Road 1778 1 ot ‘Alexander Stevenson House: Tancaster Avenue 1900 1 2 Phoaba Brinton House 09 Tancaster Avenue 1799) i Frank Hardart 617 Lancaster Avenue 1910, 1 64 Thomas McMinn House 7 Frame Avenue 1920 i ca Nckee-Pearce House 18 Frame Avenue 1747, 1 66 Washington Baker 23 Frame Avenue Tao ereau| 1 7 Chestnut Grove School House 6 Frame Avenue 1890, 1 6a “Thomas Norris Tenant House @ Lockwood Lane 1892, 1 East Whiteland Township Comprehensive Plan 25.3Chapter Two: Existing Conditions Site # Historie Name Location Date Built | Class 69 John Malin Jr. Tenant House Tow Bridge Lane 1700 a 70 Malin Station. Swedesford Road 1800 i 71 J NicKeman House Tis Way [1883 map i 72 John Philips House 201 Moorehall Road 7 73__| Blacksmith Shop General Warren 346 Warren Avenue 1759 7 Za General Warren inn ‘9 Village Way 1745 1 75 Joseph Akins 7a Old Lancaster Pike T3580) 7 76__| Charles Fahnestock Tenant House 339 Warren Avenue 1810 1 77 Gunkie Mil Tenant House, 112 Moores Road 1785 7 78 “Annandale 887 King Road 1847 7 79 Huskins/Kurtz House S11 King Road 1900 7 80 Ralph F. Brown ‘803 King Road 1855 1 ar “Ashlawn Farm ‘Moores Road a 1800 z 1 82 Richerd Richardson House ‘98 Church Road ce 1740 7 83 Hibberd House 59 Church Road 1910, 7 4 Hibberd Barn 87 Church Road i 85 John Gimmil House 420 Swodesford Road 1860 1 88 veseph Kurtz House 2 Great Valley Parkway 1900 i 89 Abraham Philips/Davis Moorehall Road 1800 1 20 ‘John Philips, Sr. House Wistar Road 7 a ‘Joseph Aikins-Snyder 337 N Warren Avenu 1880 1 92 | Zook-Trimble-Robertson Complox 76 Bacton Hill Road 1895 i 3 ‘Amos 0. Trowery 426 Conestoga Road 1800 1 oF Chistian Zug, Jr. House 10 Winding Way 1800. i 5 Chistian Zug, Jr. Barn 12 Winding Way 7800 i 96 Jacob Hamilton 1304 King Road 1873 map i 368 MecAlear House "1244 King Road "872, 1 38 ‘Abraham Patterson House 71530 Morstein Road "855, 7 39 ohn Stackhouse 1524 Morstein Road “840 7 400 Jane McAtee "1522 Morstein Road 1704 i ior Fortune Fullerton House 1238 King Road 1850 a 02 John Norris Lancaster Avenue 7800 7 103 Gankle Spring Wil 50 Moores Road 7793) 1 104 Wiliam Everharat House 1243 King Road 7800 i 105 Hiram Glisson Store 452 Conestoga Road 7300 7 106 Banks House & Tannery 427 Conestoga Road eat 7 107 “Samuel Ann House “425 Conestoga Road 1320 T 108 | Ebenezer African Method. Church Bacion Hill Road i i] Samuel Lewis, Jr. ‘92 Bacton Hill Road 1940, i 110 KemesiO'Conner House 434 Conestoga Road 1828 1 TH Reginald G. Stanford House 17 Church Road 1926 a 12 James MoCuliough House 617 Lancaster Avenue 1310 3 East Whiteland Township Comprehensive Plan 25-4Chapter Two: Existing Conditions Site # Historic Name Location Date Built | Class 113 W. Baker TH Lockwood Lane 1833 map 2 114 | House Behind Stover’s Antiques demolished 2 118 (Enien, ‘589 Lancaster Avenue 1820 2 118 (zat) ‘591 Lancaster Avenue 1920 2 17 (Azat) ‘589 Lancaster Avenue 1930 2 118_[_Saars House simil 10 The Chelsea ‘585 [ancasiar Aveniie 1940) 2 11g Chester Valley Old Books 487 Lancaster Avenue 1900 2 120 Riohrback Tit Lancaster Avenue ieavmap_|__2 721 Present Goddard School 457 Lancaster Avenue 1925 2 122 Parsonage 00 Lancaster Avenue 1842 2 123 Church 400 Lancaster Avenue 1876 z 124 Cemetary 200 Lancaster Avenue 2 125 Dutch Kick Roof House 203 Lancaster Avenue 1925 z 126 Sears House simil. to Vandean Church & 30 Rds 1918 2 127 (Friends Fiduciary) N. Malin Road 2 128 Frazer Diner 189 Lancaster Avenue 1957 2 128 Knickerbocker Lime Quarry 154 Conestoga Road Taa7map | 2 130 Will Lane Station 7 Mil Lane 1900 2 191_|__Win. Glut Gothic Rev. & Ralian. 23 Spring Valley Road 1885 2 132 Hugh Maxwell & Co 965 Swodestord Road 1909 2 133 lark 363 Swodestord Road 1895 2 184_| Knickerbocker Co. Tenant House 297 Swedestord Road vaa7map [2 135_[_ Knickerbocker Co. Tenant House 235 Swedestord Road ies7map | 2 136_[ Cemetery of R. Thomas & Family | Church Rd. Between 57 & 59 1754 2 737_[_ Matthew Barker Bam & Springho. 430 Swedestord Road 1873, 2 138. Lime Quarry Workers House Low Bridge Lane 1700, 2 139 Vallay Creak Schoolnouse 310 Old Moorehall Road teeo_ [2 140 (Geimonte) 321 Old Moorehall Road 1948 2 1a (Cimeo) 341 Old Moorehall Road 1700 2 142 “ino. Dean 287 Old Moorehall Road Teesmap [| __2 743 Est of Abraham Fliers Bam 300 Technology Drive 1883map | __2 144 First Amish Cemetery Fiat Rd a 1700 2 145 (Ganka) SHON. Warren Ave 1720) 2 146 C.Chilés 333 Warren Avenue 1800) 2 147 (Prelzenmeyer) 1 Village Way 1898. 2 a8 Cemetary Fahnestock Family 25 Fahnestock Road a 1800 2 149 1D. Woodyard 135 Summit Road 7883 map_|__2 750 Mis. Vinesnt 129 Summit Road 1883 2 151 “Frontwood" ‘Summit Road 1883 2 152 (Super) 10 Summit Road 1890 2 753 Jas, Lewis 887 King Road qe7amap |__2 154 He 1050 King Road 1800 2 East Whiteland Township Comprehensive Plan 2-5-5