Collen Brook Farm Explained

Collen Brook Farm
Coordinates:39.9514°N -75.3211°W
Built:c. 1700 – c. 1870
Builder:Mordecai Lawrence
Architecture:Colonial, Georgian Center Hall Plan
Added:December 22, 1988
Refnum:88003048

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 -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).[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-01-12. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H094096_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Collen Brook Farm]. 2012-01-11. Nancy V. Webster and Thomas J. DiFilippo. PDF. June 1988.