The George Hartman House, also known as Larchwood Farm, is an historic home which is located in East Pikeland Township,

Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the De ...

. The house was added to 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 ...

in 1976.

History and architectural features

The Hartman family resided on the property from roughly 1750 to 1906. It was here that the George Hartman House would ultimately be erected and then expanded. ''Note:'' This includes The George Hartman House was built in three stages. The oldest section, which was built between about 1790 and 1801, is a two-and-one-half-story, random

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house with a gable roof and twenty-inch-thick stone walls. ''Note:'' This includes The two-and-one-half-story, center hall plan random fieldstone addition was built in 1806. ''Note:'' This includes During the late 1930s, a two-and-one-half-story frame addition was erected on the north side. ''Note:'' This includes The house was added to the

in 1976.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, George, House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1806 Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania