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Bartholomew Fussell (1794–1871) was an American abolitionist who participated in the Underground Railroad by providing refuge for fugitive slaves at his safe house in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and other locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He aided an estimated 2000 slaves in escaping from bondage.
East of Kennett Square on Hillendale Road near Mendenhall 39°51′54″N 75°37′26″W / 39.865°N 75.623889°W / 39.865; -75.623889 ( Peter Harvey House Pennsbury Township
Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 U.S. census, Kennett Square had a population of 5,943. [4]Kennett Square is located in the Delaware Valley and considered a suburb of both Philadelphia, the nation's sixth largest city as of 2020, and Wilmington, Delaware.
This district encompasses 507 contributing buildings that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Kennett Square. They are mostly residential and commercial structures that were built between 1875 and 1924 in a variety of popular architectural styles, including Colonial Revival, Victorian, and Federal.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.6 square miles (40 km 2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2), or 0.13%, is water.The northwestern part of the township encircles the separate borough of Kennett Square, while the census-designated place of Hamorton is in the northeastern part of the township.
It consists of 1,050 acres (4.2 km 2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in the Brandywine Creek Valley and is one of the premier botanical gardens in the United States. The property that is now Longwood Gardens was originally purchased from William Penn in 1700 by a fellow Quaker named George Peirce.
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Cedarcroft, also known as Bayard Taylor House, is a historic house on Gatehouse Drive in Chester County, Pennsylvania near Kennett Square.It was built in 1859 for writer Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), and is a good local example of Italianate architecture.