Ercildoun, Pennsylvania
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Ercildoun, population about 100, is an unincorporated community in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The hamlet was founded by Quakers and was an early center of the abolitionist movement. In 1985 the entire hamlet, including 31 properties, was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these properties two were vacant land, 14 were significant buildings, ten were contributing buildings, and five buildings, built in the 1950s, were non-contributing.[2] The Lukens Pierce House, an octagon house listed separately on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, is located about half a mile northwest of the hamlet. Ercildoun is one of about ten hamlets in the township, which has no cities or towns, but has 31 sites listed on the National Register. It is one of the larger hamlets, located near the center of the township, and historically among the best known. The city of Coatesville is about 3 miles north.[3]
Ercildoun Historic District | |
Nearest city | Coatesville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°56′35″N 75°50′31″W |
Area | 43 acres (17 ha) |
MPS | East Fallowfield Township MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 85001157[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 20, 1985 |
Ercildoun | |
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Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Chester |
Township | East Fallowfield |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 19320 (Coatesville) |
The name "Ercildoun" was taken from the poem, "Thomas the Rhymer" by Sir Walter Scott when the hamlet's post office opened in 1850, but it was misspelled "Ercildown" until 1854. The main character in the poem was Thomas of Ercildoun, from Ercildoune, Scotland.[2]