The Archer Cottage

The Archer cottage was built circa 1820 on the foundations of an 18th-century building that burned in 1814. Located at the junction of Water Street and Great Valley, the interior and exterior of the cottage was extensively renovated and restored by the NPS in 1956-1957. It is one-and- one-half stories with full basement, five rooms, frame covered with weatherboards, marl and stone foundation, two dormers on the front and two on the rear, with a gabled roof and cedar shingles. The building measures 1,750 square feet.