Robert Rooke House

Robert Rooke House

Rooke House, March 2011
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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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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