National Register of Historic Places

Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate

Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Listed
February 16, 1996
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
96000099

About this property

The Martha and Maurice Ostheimer Estate is an historic home that is located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The estate home known as "Grimmet" was designed by architect John Gilbert McIlvaine, a partner of Wilson Eyre, and built in 1924 in the Tudor Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Expanded in 1952, the estate house has been converted to office use. The property includes the previously-listed Wee Grimmet, which was built circa 1820 and expanded circa 1929 by McIlvaine. The property also includes a contributing small stone arch bridge, a terraced landscape, and the site of a nineteenth-century limestone quarry and kiln. Martha Gibson McIlvain Ostheimer was one of three founders of the Herb Society of America, and her Herb Gardens, west and southwest of Grimmet, were well known among herbalists until 1962.

Location

620 W. Lincoln Hwy., West Whiteland Township
Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania
40.02031, -75.66203

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Wee Grimmet
Industrial
0.1 mi
West Whiteland Inn
Industrial
0.2 mi
Downing, Hunt, House
Industrial
0.2 mi
Downing, Hunt, House (Boundary Decrease)
Industrial
0.2 mi
Smedley, Franklin, School
Industrial
0.2 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Paoli Massacre (1777)
1777Revolutionary War
8.5 mi
Battle of Paoli
1777Revolutionary War
8.6 mi
Battle of Iron Works Hill (Brandywine follow-up)
1777Revolutionary War
8.7 mi
Battle of Paoli Massacre
1777Revolutionary War
9.2 mi
Battle of Chadd's Ford
1777Revolutionary War
11.3 mi

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When was Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate listed on the National Register?

Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1996.

What type of historic resource is Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate?

Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, Estate is recorded as the industrial era.

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