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NEAT RESIDENCE Farm Land and Woodland

01.25.1848 Village Record
PRIVATE SALE. - The subscriber will sell at
private sale, a valuable country property, containing
8 Acres of Farm Land and 4 of Woodland,
suitable for a boarding school or public house, situate
in Tredyffrin township, Chester county, Pa, on
the Lancaster Turnpike and Columbia Rail Road, 18
miles from Philadelphia by the turnpike ; consisting
of a large STONE HOUSE, 51 feet front
by 35 deep, with a two-story Kitchen attached, 26 by
22 feet, well finished, with lodging rooms above, cellar
under the whole, and two pumps, one convenient
to the kitchen and the other in front of the house. In
the main house their [sic] are four rooms and a hall on the
lower and six rooms on the second floor. There is a
large stone Barn on the premises, 45 by 30 feet, with
stabling and carriage house attached, together with
Tenant house, ice house, smoke house, hen house
and sheds and fountain pump in the barnyard. A
good cellar under the mansion house. The buildings
are in good order, having lately been renewed, and
the land is in a good state of cultivation and well
fenced This property is handsomely located about
half way between West Chester and Norristown, 9
miles from each place, and in a healthy and intelligent
neighborhood. A communication between Philadelphia
and this place can be had four times a day
by the railroad. Persons wishing to view the premises,
will call on the subscribers, residing thereon.
Jan 25, 1848. 3t RANDALL EVANS.
P.S., - If this property is not sold until the first of
February, it will be for rent. Possesion [sic] can be had
immediately.

See the Hort - Wright Patents for the deed history of this tract.

Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 5/28/2022.


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