The Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation, also known as The Old Ritter Farm, is an historic American home and farm located in

West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania West Fallowfield Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,566 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It includes the unincorporated village of Cochranville, ...

. 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 1985.

History and architectural features

This plantation was established in 1813 when the house was built. The house is a 2½-story, five-bay,

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structure. It was built in the

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"I"-plan, and has a

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-style porch that was added during the 1850s. Other contributing buildings are two stone and frame

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s, a stone octagonal

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, a frame

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and workshop, and a two-story, stone

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. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1985.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Joseph and Esther, Plantation Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1813 Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania