The Joseph Young House is an historic home that is located in

Newlin Township Newlin Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,285 at the 2010 census. Newlin Township was the hometown of explorer Josiah Harlan and Lenape healer Hannah Freeman. William Baldwin, the botan ...

Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53 ...

. 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 ...

in 1985.

History and architectural features

This house was built in 1835, and is a two-story, five-bay,

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dwelling that was designed in a Georgian/ Federal style. It has a large, two-story, stone, rear kitchen and bedroom wing. It has a gable roof, and features a central entrance with semi-circular

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and dual gable end chimneys with

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s. Also located on the property are a banked milkhouse/

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and a four-seat,

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-style

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

in 1985.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Joseph, House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1835 Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania