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Item Title
Thomas Massey House, Lawrence & Springhouse Roads (Marple Township), Broomall, Delaware County, PA
LocationLawrence & Springhouse Roads (Marple Township),
Broomall vicinity, PA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS PA-1257
Building/structure dates:
1696 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1730 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1965 subsequent work
Significance: East section of the house is one of the earliest houses surviving in Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Brick BuildingsHousesDomestic Life
Related Names
Buckley, Mary, Historian
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH (REAR) FACADES
2. NORTH (REAR) FACADES WITH EAST GABLE END
3. WINDOW FRAME, NORTH FACADE, EAST SECTION
4. EAST GABLE END WITH DIAPERING
5. DETAIL OF EAST GABLE END WITH DIAPERING, DROPPED WATER TABLE AND CORNICE
6. NORTH (REAR) FACADE, SHOWING UNIFORMLY PITCHED ROOF
7. WINDOW WITH DEMARCATION OF STONE FOUNDATION AND BRICK MASONRY WALL
8. PANELED DOOR, SOUTH (FRONT) FACADE
9. INTERIOR, DOORWAY AND BRICK MASONRY WALL
10. INTERIOR, CELLAR KITCHEN, BAKE OVENS
11. INTERIOR, FIRST FLOOR WITH CLOSET STAIRCASE
12. INTERIOR, WINDOW FRAME CONSTRUCTION
13. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE WALL WITH CUPBOARD AND BRICKED-IN FIREPLACE
14. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE WALL WITH CUPBOARD AND OPENED FIREPLACE
15. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE WALL WITH BRICKED-IN FIREPLACE
16. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE WALL WITH OPENED FIREPLACE SHOWING ORIGINAL BRICK FIREBACK AND TIMBER FLOOR JOISTS
17. INTERIOR, WOOD PANELED WALLS WITH OPENED FIREPLACE
18. INTERIOR, WOOD PANELED WALLS WITH BRICKED-IN FIREPLACE
19. INTERIOR, FIRST-FLOOR WINDOW
20. INTERIOR, SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW
21. INTERIOR, SECOND-FLOOR ROOM
22. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE WALL, EAST END OF HOUSE
23. INTERIOR, WINDOW WALL
24. INTERIOR, NEW PARTITIONS IN CORNER
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