Humphry Marshall House, Georgian residence in Marshallton, Pennsylvania.
The Humphry Marshall House is a Georgian stone residence built between 1773 and 1774 featuring two and a half stories with irregularly spaced openings on the facade. The property encompasses roughly 2.5 acres with remains of an 18th-century garden layout.
The house was built in 1773-1774 as the residence of early American botanist Humphry Marshall. He established one of the nation's first botanical gardens here and authored pioneering scientific descriptions of North American trees and shrubs.
The property reflects Marshall's role in developing plant science in early America, with the grounds showing traces of his botanical work. Visitors can sense how this place served as a working laboratory for studying and cataloging plants.
The house sits on State Route 162 in West Bradford Township, allowing easy access to explore the surviving garden areas. The grounds provide clear views of how the residence connects to the surrounding landscape.
Inside the house sits a wooden cabinet built directly into the masonry walls, designed to store plant specimens from Marshall's research collection. This feature shows how his scientific work was woven into the fabric of daily life.
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