Sharpless Homestead

The Sharpless Homestead, also known as the Radley Farm, is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Sharpless Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1045 Birmingham Rd., Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°55′08″N 75°36′22″W
Area	4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	c. 1790, 1820, 1831, 1860
NRHP reference No.	11000924[1]
Added to NRHP	December 15, 2011

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

History and architectural features

This historic house includes four green, serpentine, stone, vernacular buildings that were built roughly between 1790 and 1860. They are the farmhouse, stable, springhouse, and a smoke house. The main section of the farmhouse was built circa 1790 and rebuilt in 1860. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, serpentine structure. The three-story, three-bay, east section was added circa 1820; the two-story northeast section was added circa 1831.^[2] It is the birthplace of Isaac Sharpless, professor and president of Haverford College.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]