Here are some still photos of “Harriton House (1704), originally called Bryn Mawr when it was erected in 1704 by farmer Rowland Ellis. Ellis had already been farming the land, which he had acquired from William Penn in the 1680s, for 20 years before building his stately home. In 1719, the property was purchased by Richard Harrison, who changed the name of the property to Harriton and turned it into the northernmost tobacco plantation in the colonies. Harriton’s most famous resident was Harrison’s son-in-law, Charles Thomson. Thomson served as Secretary of the Continental Congress and is best known as the designer of the Great Seal of the United States. [source: valleyforge.org] architecturaltourist #thearchitecturaltourist #architecture #architektur #architecturedesign #architektura #architectures #arquitetura #arquitectura #architecturephotography #travelphotography #loveoldhouses #historicproperties #lovearchitecture #traditionalarchitecture #classicarchitecture #georgian #georgianarchitecture #federalarchitecture #stonehouse #pahistory # #historicarchitecture #stonehouse #colonialamerica #colonial #williampenn #harriton #archi_ologie