HOUSES STANDING DURING THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE

All of these houses are considered “Contributing Elements” to the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark and are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One of them, the Brinton 1704 House, is a National Historic Landmark in its own right. 

All of them were standing at the time of the Battle and were in some way connected with the action on September 11, 1777. Seven of them (the Meeting Houses, the houses in Brandywine Battlefield Park, and those maintained by Chadds Ford Historical Society and the Brinton Family Association) are open to the public on a regular, if limited, basis. The others are privately owned homes.  Please respect these properties.

Most of the 18th century log and plank houses in this area are no longer standing. However, there are many other homes from the period of the Battle which have 18th century cores but have been significantly altered or have major additions and may not be readily recognizable. 

The township listed in the individual caption for each house is as of the date of the Battle, September 11, 1777. The land over which the Battle was fought was all Chester County at that time. When Delaware County was formed out of Chester County on September 26, 1789, there were two Birmingham Townships – one in each county. Birmingham Township, Delaware County, was officially renamed Chadds Ford Township on December 11, 1996.

The sentences in quotation marks are from the 1992 Brandywine Battlefield: The National Historic Landmark Revisited.