{"id":36069,"date":"2017-08-08T09:34:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T13:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36069"},"modified":"2017-08-08T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T13:35:33","slug":"e-brandford-completes-2nd-phase-of-stordes-mill-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36069","title":{"rendered":"E. Bradford completes 2nd phase of Strode’s Mill preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent image of Strode’s Mill. Courtesy, East Bradford Township.<\/p><\/div>\n

EAST BRADFORD \u2014The township, with support from the Friends of Strode\u2019s Mill, has recently completed the second phase of a multi-year effort to preserve and restore the historic Strode\u2019s Barn, a contributing resource to the Strode\u2019s Mill National Register Listed Historic District, located at the intersection of Lenape and Birmingham Roads, along the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, in East Bradford Township. The structure was in disrepair when purchased by the Township in 2015 and a late winter storm this past March worsened conditions by causing partial collapse of the roof over the old Strode\u2019s Sausage Plant.<\/p>\n

Select demolition took place the week of July 17. The less historic and heavily damaged sausage plant portion of the barn was strategically removed. What remains is the most historic portion of the structure. \u201cTogether with the Strode\u2019s Mill on the opposite side of Birmingham Road, restoration of this remaining structure will evocatively work to remind passersby of the site\u2019s important status as a circa-1720 historic village, memorializing the role of the agricultural industrial village in the pre-revolutionary era in East Bradford Township,\u201d explains Mary Sue Boyle, Chair of the East Bradford Township Historical Commission.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the site of the Strode\u2019s Mill complex bore witness to British troop movements that immediately preceded the Battle of the Brandywine on September 11, 1777. It was at the bucolic crossroads where the Strode\u2019s barn sits that British General Cornwallis paused to arrange his troops before sweeping south into Birmingham Township on that fateful day which would result in the largest and longest single-day battle of the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

With the select demolition phase now complete, the Township and its partners can begin focusing on the next phases of work, which entail making repairs to critical elements of the structure, such as its gabled roof, and assembling a vision for historical interpretation and future public use on the surrounding land.<\/p>\n

The Friends of Strode\u2019s Mill, a 501(c)3 non-profit group formed and led by local citizens, has actively been raising funds for the restoration of the barn. A donation to the Township towards demolition costs and the offering of in-kind skills and services in support of the effort has helped the project advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Friends of Strode\u2019s Mill is proud to be a working partner with East Bradford Township. We look forward to seeing our important and rich history saved for future generations to enjoy and invite all who are interested to support us by visiting our website and befriending us on Facebook,\u201d says Linda Kaat, President of Friends of Strode\u2019s Mill.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the history of the Strode\u2019s Barn or if you would like to support the preservation effort, please visit www.friendsofstrodesmill.com<\/a> or contact Assistant Township Manager Mandie Cantlin at mcantlin@eastbradford.org<\/a> or (610) 436-5108 x102.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EAST BRADFORD \u2014The township, with support from the Friends of Strode\u2019s Mill, has recently completed the second phase of a multi-year effort to preserve and restore the historic Strode\u2019s Barn, a contributing resource to the Strode\u2019s Mill National Register Listed Historic District, located at the intersection of Lenape and Birmingham Roads, along the Brandywine Valley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7440,7426,480,10202],"class_list":["post-36069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-east-bradford","tag-featured","tag-preservation","tag-strodes-mill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36072,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36069\/revisions\/36072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}