Hibernia House is an historic home which is located in Hibernia County Park, near Wagontown, West Caln 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 ...

. It 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 1975.

History and architectural features

Built in four phases between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, the original house was owned by

Isaac Van Leer Isaac Van Leer (January 7, 1772 – August 10, 1821) was a Pennsylvania ironmaster and owned the Hibernia Furnace, Springton Forge and historic Hibernia House in West Caln Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the influential Van Leer famil ...

and the prominent

Van Leer family The Van Leer family, originally spelled Von Lohr, is an influential German-American family that emigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in the 17th century from the Electorate of Hesse near Isenberg, Germany. The family made their fortune in the U ...

. The original section was a two-story, stone dwelling, which measured eighteen feet by twenty-four feet. A one-and-one-half-story, stone kitchen was then added in 1798. In 1821, the mansion house was built, turning the home's older sections into the structure's west wing. A two-and-one-half-story, four-bay, stone structure, the mansion house measures forty-five feet by forty-three feet. The house was modified between 1895 and 1910 to add a thirty-three-foot-wide, pedimented pavilion and ballroom to the west wing. ''Note:'' This includes Hibernia House was added to the

in 1975.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1821 Van Leer family Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania