Barclay House | |
Location: | 535 and 539 N. Church St., West Chester, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9669°N -75.6094°W |
Built: | 1866-1867, 1869, 1935-1936 |
Architect: | Hutton, Addison; et al. |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival, Italianate |
Added: | April 18, 2002 |
Refnum: | 02000380 |
Barclay House, also known as the Joshua Hartshorne Estate, North Hill, and The Barclay, is a historic home located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1866–67, and believed to have been designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916). It was a -story, brick dwelling in the Italianate style. It was expanded to three stories with the expansion of 1935–36. Also added at that time was a three-story connecting block, three-story west block, and one-story north block. The house was also renovated in the Colonial Revival style. The north block was expanded to two stories in 1998. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house built in 1869. It was converted to a residence in 1925. It was built as a single family residence, but converted to a Quaker boarding home for the elderly in 1935–1936. The boarding home closed at this location in 1997.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.