Oakdale (Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania)


Oakdale
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oakdale, July 2011
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Location	Hillendale Rd., Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°51′39″N 75°37′18″W / 39.86083°N 75.62167°W / 39.86083; -75.62167Coordinates: 39°51′39″N 75°37′18″W / 39.86083°N 75.62167°W / 39.86083; -75.62167
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1840
NRHP Reference #	72001103^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 13, 1972

Oakdale, also known as the Isaac Mendenhall Estate, is a historic home located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1840, and is representative of the home of a prosperous Quaker farmer of the mid-19th century. The associated carriage house has a room known to have harbored fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Eleanor M. Webster (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oakdale" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-09.

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