Northbrook Historic District Explained

Northbrook Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Northbrook, Indian Hannah & Bragg Hill Rds., Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9219°N -75.6914°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:September 16, 1985
Refnum:85002374

The Northbrook Historic District, also known as Marshall's Mill and Marshall's Station, is a national historic district that is located in Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses fourteen contributing buildings and three contributing sites that are located in the village of Northbrook and primarily situated on five properties. Built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they include the Blacksmith's house, a station house, a post office and store, a coal and lumber company, the Lewis Marshall house, a Gothic Revival-style Indian Rock Farm, the Baily House (1902), the Northbrook Sunday School (1900), and the site of Hannah Freeman's cabin, Indian Rock, and Indian Burial Ground.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H077401_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Northbrook Historic District]. 2012-12-23. Martha Leigh Wolf. PDF. December 1984.