John Jacobs House, Conestoga & Spring Valley Roads (East Whiteland Township), Bacton, Chester County, PA
Summary
Significance: This log house, from the late 18th century, was built much later than the average log houses in the area. It is the simplest form of this type of structure in the country.
Survey number: HABS PA-1209
Building/structure dates: after. 1767- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1800- before. 1833 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1933 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1945 Subsequent Work
Tags
log buildings
houses
domestic life
bacton
jacobs
house
john jacobs house
conestoga
valley roads
whiteland
east whiteland township
chester
chester county
pennsylvania
bart anderson
ned goode
historic american buildings survey
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
log houses
18th century
library of congress
Date
1945
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Goode, Ned, photographer
Anderson, Bart, historian
Location
Bacton
,
40.00102, -75.80691
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html