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News ReleasesEvents:The Great Pumpkin Carve Fact Sheet Exhibits:Changing Times: Chadds Ford People & Places Other:Hospitality Days at Historic Barns-Brinton House and John Chads House Historic Houses Open for Summer Season Junior Guide Opportunities at Chadds Ford Historical Society Story of Chadds Ford Told in New Pictorial Guide Creation of New Endowment Fund General InfoThe Chadds Ford Historical Society grew out of a group of civic-minded individuals who, beginning in 1958, organized a public celebration on the anniversary of the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. This commemoration of one of the key military engagements of the American Revolution was the origin of Chadds Ford Days, still one of the Society's major events. The Society was formally incorporated in 1968. The impetus was the impending sale and possible destruction of the circa 1725 John Chads House. The Chads House was purchased by the Historical Society and subsequently restored. The style and appointments of the house suggest moderate wealth and social station. Its simplicity reflects its original Quaker heritage. Almost immediately after the acquisition of the Chads House, the Barns-Brinton House, William Barns' Tavern, also went on the market, and the Society purchased that site in 1969. Built in 1714, the dignity of its proportions and the design of the Flemish Bond brickwork using black headers, make it an unusually fine example of early Pennsylvania architecture. Both of these early 18th-century structures have been restored as house museums by the nationally known restoration architect, John Milner. They are maintained solely by the Chadds Ford Historical Society. The houses were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and are contributing elements of the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark. More InformationRead "Just What is the Chadds Ford Historical Society All About?" Read "A Brief History of the Chadds Ford Historical Society" |