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Item Title
Thomas Leiper House, 519 Avondale Road, Wallingford, Delaware County, PA
Location519 Avondale Road,
Wallingford, PA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS PA-1244
Building/structure dates:
1785 initial construction
Significance: Important example of an 18th century estate which developed around the manufacturing activities of the Leiper tobacco, sniff, and quarry business.
Subjects
L-plan BuildingsHousesStone Buildings
Related Names
Buckley, Mary, Historian
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH (SIDE) ELEVATION WITH BALCONY
2. SOUTH (SIDE) ELEVATION WITH KITCHEN ELL
3. WEST GABLE END OF KITCHEN ELL, SHOWING PRIVY IN BACKGROUND
4. GATE WITH EAST FRONT OF HOUSE
5. DETAIL OF GATE HINGES
6. INTERIOR, STAIRCASE, FIREPLACE, FIRST FLOOR
7. INTERIOR, WINDOW AT TOP OF STAIRCASE, SECOND FLOOR
8. INTERIOR, ROOM SHOWING INTERIOR SHUTTERS, WALL CABINET AND HEARTH, SECOND FLOOR
9. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE IN ROOM, SECOND FLOOR
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