Collen Brook Farm
Collen Brook Farm | |
Collenbrook Farm, November 2009 | |
| Location | Off Mansion and Marvine Rds., Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°57′5″N 75°19′16″W / 39.95139°N 75.32111°W |
| Area | 4.9 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1700 – c. 1870 |
| Built by | Mordecai Lawrence |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Georgian Center Hall Plan |
| NRHP reference No. | 88003048[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1988 |
Collen Brook Farm, also known as Collenbrook, is a historic home and associated buildings located in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes three contributing buildings: a farmhouse, a granite spring house (c. 1782), and stone and frame carriage house (c. 1870). The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, vernacular stone residence with a Georgian plan and consisting of three sections. The oldest section was built around 1700, with additions made in 1774, and 1794.
It was the home of noted educator and 19th-century political leader George Smith.[2] Later, Ludlow Ogden Smith, the first husband of Katharine Hepburn, resided here.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] In the early 1990's, the Smith family intended to turn the house into the "Smith-Lewis Local History Museum," with support from Hepburn.[3]
The 18th-century period farmhouse house is now owned by Upper Darby Township, operated by the Upper Darby Historical Society. and open to the public on Sunday afternoons from May through October.[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy V. Webster and Thomas J. DiFilippo (June 1988). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Collen Brook Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ a b Mansfield, Susan (August 16, 2003). "Kate's secret Philadelphia story". The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Collen Brook Farm". Upper Darby Historical Society. Retrieved December 2, 2025.