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Cedarcroft

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
County of Chester.
National Register Number: 71000693
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 11, 1971):
From 1859 to 1874, this was the residence of James Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), poet, novelist, and Civil War correspondent. Taylor did much of his writing in this house, which he built himself.


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