Cedarcroft

Infobox_nrhp | name =Cedarcroft
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Cedarcroft in 1960
nearest_city= Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 51
lat_seconds = 34.98
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 43
long_seconds = 9.03
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1859
architect= Bayard Taylor
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1134&ResourceType=Building
title=Cedarcroft |accessdate=2008-02-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000693

Cedarcroft, also known as Bayard Taylor House, is a National Historic Landmark home in Chester County, Pennsylvania. "From 1859 to 1874, this was the residence of James Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), poet, novelist, and Civil War correspondent. Taylor did much of his writing in this house, which he built himself."

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000693.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Cedarcroft". Accompanying 1 photo, exterior, from 1971. (Nomination text not currently available.)] |261 KB]

References

External links

* [http://cfpms.ucf.k12.pa.us/uhistory/histhomes5.html Historic Homes of Unionville, Pennsylvania: Bayard Taylor & Cedarcroft Mansion]