Jacob Broom House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jacob Broom House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Montchanin, Delaware
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 9.99
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 44.01
long_direction = W
locmapin = Delaware
area =
built =1795
architect= Broom,Jacob
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 2, 1974cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1426&ResourceType=Building
title=Jacob Broom House |accessdate=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000602

Jacob Broom House, also known as Hagley, is a site significant for its association with Jacob Broom. It is on the Brandywine Creek in Delaware, in fact about 1/4 mile off. It was sold to the du Pont family.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74000602.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hagley / Jacob Broom House] |418 KB|author=Robert C. Post|date=July 9, 1973|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74000602.pdf "Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1973"] |1.19 MB]

It is located in Montchanin, one mile northeast of Wilmington.

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