The Humphry Marshall House (also called Marshall's Garden, Marshall's Arboretum, and the Botany Farm) in Marshallton

Marshallton, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Marshallton is an unincorporated community and federal historic district in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of three historic districts in West Bradford Township that are on the National Register of Historic Places...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, in West Bradford Township, Chester County

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

, was the residence of American botanist

Botany

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 Humphry Marshall

Humphry Marshall

Humphry Marshall was an American botanist and plant dealer.-Biography:Humphry Marshall was born in the village of Marshallton, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1722. He was the cousin of botanist John Bartram and William Bartram...

. It is also a "rare example of a Pennsylvania country house". The house was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey

Historic American Buildings Survey

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 (HABS) in July 1958. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on May 27, 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 on December 23, 1987.

History

The Humphry Marshall House was built from 1773 to 1774, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Marshall's birthplace.

External links

• Photos of the Humphrey Marshall House (Library of Congress
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• Photos, exterior and interior, from 1986 and other dates (NPS
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