The Wee Grimmet is an historic, American home that is located in Whitford, West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Wee Grimmet | |
 Wee Grimmet, February 2011 | |
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| Location | 624 W. Lincoln Hwy., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′15″N 75°39′42″W / 40.02083°N 75.66167°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1820, c. 1929 |
| Architect | McIlvaine, Gilbert |
| MPS | West Whiteland Township MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003312[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 1984 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
History and architectural features
editThe original section of this historic structure was built circa 1820 and was then expanded in 1929 by architect John Gilbert McIlvaine, a partner of Wilson Eyre. Expanded again in late 1953, it currently has common areas plus four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and five fireplaces. It is located on the Martha and Maurice Ostheimer Estate, along with the larger estate home known as "Grimmet."[2]
Wee Grimmet consists of a two-story, stuccoed stone core section with a gable roof. The addition contains a family room, a master bedroom, and two bathrooms. The original house was built as a dwelling for tenant workers in the limestone quarry, salt mine, and kiln nearby.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes M. L. Wolf and Brandywine Cons. (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Wee Grimmet" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.