Robert Rooke House
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Rooke House, March 2011
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Location | North of Downingtown on Horseshoe Trail at Fellowship Road, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°07′19″N 75°39′42″W / 40.12194°N 75.66167°WCoordinates: 40°07′19″N 75°39′42″W / 40.12194°N 75.66167°W |
Area | 54 acres (22 ha) |
Built | c. 1841 |
Architectural style | Georgian, Other, Early Victorian |
NRHP reference # | 73001602 |
Added to NRHP | September 19, 1973 |
Robert Rooke House is a historic home located in West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house is in two section. The original section is a 2 1⁄2-story, fieldstone structure, two bays by one bay. The original structure later became the kitchen wing. It was expanded about 1841, with a three-story, five-bay by two-bay, fieldstone structure. It has a gable roof and is in a transitional Georgian / Victorian style.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.