Twaddell's Mill and House, also known as the Great Bend of the Brandywine and Big Bend, is an historic, American home and mill complex that is located in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The property includes the main house, the foundation and part of the walls of a sawmill, a

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, an ice house, and a spring house, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

History and architectural features

Before occupation by Quaker settlers began, the land of the Great Bend was the location of the

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village known as Queonemysing (place of the long fish).https://www.westtownpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2017-Fall-The-Original-People-The-Lenni-Lenape.pdf The main house is a two-and-one-half to three-and-one-half-story bank house that was built using stone. The house is unique because it was built between 1810 and 1820, using mid-eighteenth century building techniques. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1820 Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania

History and architectural features

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