N of Spring City on Sanatoga Rd., Spring City, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Chester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1980. NRIS 80003468.
2 contributing buildings.
River Bend Farm is a historic farm located in East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in a bend of the Schuylkill River near Pottstown. The farm house is a good example of early Chester County construction techniques, being built with stuccoed stone walls and pegged rafters. The farm was owned, but not lived in, by Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States. It was also owned by members of the Joshua family political dynasty.
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998212