Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation

Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation, also known as The Old Ritter Farm, is a historic home and farm located in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The plantation was established in 1813. The house was built in 1813, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stuccoed limestone structure. It is built in the Georgian "I"-plan. It features a Gothic Revival style porch added in the 1850s. Other contributing buildings are two stone and frame bank barns, a stone octagonal smokehouse, a frame carriage house and workshop, and a two-story, stone spring house.[2]

Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation
Phillips Plantation, Home, March 2011
LocationBailey's Crossroads, south of Glen Run Road and south of Atglen, West Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°55′36″N 75°58′25″W
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1813
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.90001414[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1990

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Frederick L. Richards and Paula Butera-Kunkel (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-15.


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