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The Garrett Farmstead is an historic farmhouse which is located in Willistown Township,
Chester County Chester County may refer to: * Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States * Chester County, South Carolina, United States * Chester County, Tennessee, United States * Cheshire or the County Palatine of Chester, a ceremonial county in the North Wes ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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History and architectural features

Constructed by Isaac and Amos Garrett near
Ridley Creek Ridley Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The entire drainage basin is in the suburban Philadelphia area, but ...
circa 1802. The Garretts were members of a prominent local Quaker family, who in 1684 had originally purchase a large 1,000 acre tract of land from John Love, who had first purchased the property from
William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
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The Garrett Farmstead was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on February 27, 2003.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania File:Map of Chester County Pennsylvania NRHP sites.PNG, Map of Chester County (clickable) poly 77 194 71 185 77 176 100 130 101 113 100 100 97 89 128 71 187 24 216 5 222 7 229 4 237 3 253 11 258 15 262 13 262 9 264 8 277 32 278 34 282 33 281 30 ...


References

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