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Booth Farm

Federal architecture in PennsylvaniaHouses completed in 1819Houses in Delaware County, PennsylvaniaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in PennsylvaniaNational Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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The Booth Farm is a historic farmhouse located in Bethel Township, Delaware County. The farmhouse was built in the Federal style in 1819 and a barn was also built about the same time. The roughly 77 acre farm was bought by Thomas Booth in the 1790s and has been used as a tenant farm throughout much of its history. He built the farmhouse for his son James who was born in 1790. Four following generations, all named Thomas Booth, have owned the farm into the 21st century.

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Booth Farm
Bethel Road, Bethel Township

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Bethel Road 1070
19060 Bethel Township
Pennsylvania, United States
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Hanbys Corner, Delaware

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