Robert Rooke House


Robert Rooke House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rooke House, March 2011
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Location	North of Downingtown on Horseshoe Trail at Fellowship Road, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°07′19″N 75°39′42″W / 40.12194°N 75.66167°W / 40.12194; -75.66167Coordinates: 40°07′19″N 75°39′42″W / 40.12194°N 75.66167°W / 40.12194; -75.66167
Area	54 acres (22 ha)
Built	c. 1841
Architectural style	Georgian, Other, Early Victorian
NRHP Reference #	73001602^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1973

Robert Rooke House is a historic home located in West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house is in two section. The original section is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, fieldstone structure, two bays by one bay. The original structure later became the kitchen wing. It was expanded about 1841, with a three-story, five-bay by two-bay, fieldstone structure. It has a gable roof and is in a transitional Georgian / Victorian style.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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 unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Robert Rooke House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.

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