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stories in height, and is built out of locally quarried limestone that has an ashlar finish. It is nominally five bays wide, but the bays on the ground floor are irregularly spaced, and not all of the bays on the second floor have windows. A single-story shed-roof porch extends across the front
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The Humphry Marshall House stands on about 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) on the west side of Marshalltown, on the north side of Strasburg Road at its junction with Clayton Road. The house is set well back from the road, from which it is screened by mature plantings of the garden space. The house is
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A Few Observations concerning Christ, or the Eternal Word: Briefly shewing that he is the fountain of divine wisdom, the purifier of the heart, and the illuminator of every truly enlightened understanding,
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on December 23, 1987. The property is now privately owned; the gardens have declined since Marshall's time, but its basic layout has survived.
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facade. There are two entrances, one a standard entry, the other a shorter doorway providing access to what was probably once a conservatory.
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family. He at first established a garden at the family homestead, encouraged in his botanical interests by his cousin
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Humphry Marshall House, State Route 162 (Strasburg Road) (West Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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in what is now the United States. The house was documented by the
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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in 1755. Marshall is best known for his 1788 publication
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A Few Observations Concerning Christ, Or the Eternal Word
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Photos, exterior and interior, from 1986 and other dates
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Pennsylvania state historical marker erected in 2014
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
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Archived from 1057:Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania 1024: 421: 269:on May 27, 1971, and was designated a 1037:Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania 521: 373:National Register of Historic Places 361: 267:National Register of Historic Places 13: 964:National Historic Preservation Act 508:Historic American Buildings Survey 403:National Historic Landmark Program 391: 263:Historic American Buildings Survey 14: 1073: 501: 1006: 1005: 994: 86: 79: 238:, an unincorporated village in 49:U.S. National Historic Landmark 917:Federated States of Micronesia 563:Architectural style categories 483: 457: 183: 1: 354: 316:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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HABS
Humphry Marshall House is located in Pennsylvania
Marshallton
Pennsylvania
39°57′2″N 75°40′53.5″W / 39.95056°N 75.681528°W / 39.95056; -75.681528
Humphry Marshall
Georgian
71000695
Marshallton
West Bradford Township
Chester County
Pennsylvania
botanist
Humphry Marshall
botanical gardens
Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
born nearby
Quaker
John Bartram
Thirteen Colonies
Arbustrum Americanum

National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania
List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
"NPS Focus"

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