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John Worrell House

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1683, 1703. 1059 Middletown Rd., 0.8 miles southeast of Gradyville

John Worrell's brick and stone house shows late medieval hallmarks in its tall roof and balcony above its entrance. It demonstrates the early arrival of brick making into Delaware County and the spread of sophisticated design into the hinterlands.

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George E. Thomas
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George E. Thomas, "John Worrell House", [Media, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-DE14.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 221-221.

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