Lower Swedish Cabin

Lower Swedish Cabin
Location: Creek Rd, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Area: 1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Architectural style: Swedish Plan
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 80003484[1]
Added to NRHP: June 09, 1980

Lower Swedish Cabin is a historic Swedish-style log cabin on Creek Road in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania along Darby Creek. The cabin may be one of the oldest log cabins in the United States.

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History

It was likely built sometime between 1640-1700 by Swedish immigrants who were part of the New Sweden colony.[2] In the early 1900s film pioneer Siegmund Lubin filmed several movies at the site. The house served as a private residence until 1937, when a Historic American Building Survey was done and the Cabin became the property of the township of Upper Darby. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. After neglect and vandalism throughout the mid-1900s the house was restored in 1987.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitee24.htm

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