Thomas Leiper Estate

Thomas Leiper Estate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
File:Thomas Leiper House Delco PA.jpg
"Avondale," Thomas Leiper House.
Location	Avondale Rd., Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1785
NRHP Reference #	70000547
Added to NRHP	December 29, 1970

The Thomas Leiper Estate, also known as Avondale, is a historic estate located at Wallingford in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Thomas Leiper around 1785, and named Strath Haven after Leiper's birthplace in Strathaven, Scotland. The estate includes the following: the three-story, yellow stuccoed mansion house, "Fireproof" vault, communal outhouse, barn, carriage house, smokehouse, warehouse, tenant's house, and quarry.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The Friends of the Leiper House offers weekend guided tours of the house from April through December.

• Leiper estate bank.jpg

  Fireproof vault

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  "Necessary", seats eight

See also

• Leiper Canal
• Leiper Railroad
• Strath Haven High School Wallingford Swartmore School District school in Nether Providence, named after the estate.
• List of Registered Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

External links

• Nether Providence Township: Township Treasures, scroll to The Thomas Leiper House
• Thomas Leiper House at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) (Library of Congress)
  • HABS photos slide show format