Collen Brook Farm

	Collen Brook Farm
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Collenbrook Farm, November 2009
Location	Off Mansion and Marvine Rds., Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′5″N 75°19′16″W / 39.95139°N 75.32111°W
Area	4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	c. 1700 – c. 1870
Built by	Mordecai Lawrence
Architectural style	Colonial, Georgian Center Hall Plan
NRHP reference No.	88003048
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1988

Collen Brook Farm, also known as Collenbrook, is a historic home and associated buildings located in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes three contributing buildings: a farmhouse, a granite spring house (c. 1782), and stone and frame carriage house (c. 1870). The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, vernacular stone residence with a Georgian plan and consisting of three sections. The oldest section was built around 1700, with additions made in 1774, and 1794. It was the home of noted educator and political leader George Smith (1804–1882).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

The 18th-century period farmhouse house is owned by Upper Darby Township, operated by the Upper Darby Historical Society. and open to the public on Sunday afternoons from May through October.

References

^ ^a ^b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Note: This includes Nancy V. Webster and Thomas J. DiFilippo (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Collen Brook Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.

External links

Upper Darby Historical Society

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Note: This includes Nancy V. Webster and Thomas J. DiFilippo (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Collen Brook Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.

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