East Marlborough Township

Historical Commission &

Unionville Historic Architectural Review Board

Chester County, Pennsylvania

721 Unionville Road / Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 Phone (610) 444-0725 / (610) 444-1380 Meeting                                   

Meeting Minutes EMT HC/Unionville HARB Meeting on March 11, 2025

Call to Order: 7:00 pm

1. Members Present

o John Rosecrans, Frank McGrail, Chris McDougall, Lew Kinter, Susan Beach, Charles Streitwieser,

Jon Cox, John Hodges, Charles Shock, Marcy Gaynor

Members Absent:

o HC: Martha Walls-Brown, Phoebe Turner

o HARB: Jake Elks, Susan Elks,

o Quorum of EMT HC members and Unionville HARB members was declared.

Visitors: none

2. Approval of Minutes

o Approved EMT HC/Unionville HARB Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2025 with the following

corrections: spelling of “Jon” Cox and “unanimous” approval of proposed work.

3. Review of HR Demolition Permit Requests

o EMT HC approved partial demotion of Landhope Grey barn

4. Old Business

a. EMT HC Spring Newsletter

To do: S. Beach to ask for the spring deadline date.

b. EMT HC/Unionville HARB Update

i. HC Inventory List documentation and missing entries: L. Kinter, F. McGrail, J. Rosecrans

reviewing the inventory list. Finding the files incomplete, properties have been subdivided,

some addresses are no longer accurate, HR numbers assigned with no information or not on the

map.

To do: Retire HR numbers with no information or not on the map.

To do: J. Rosecrans to contact Longwood Gardens (Penny Person) and request site map and

determine Historic Designation for buildings greater than 50 years.

ii. HC Website: 89 visitors last month, history of Unionville most visited, 5 visitors to the

meeting minutes.

To do: Scan and upload to the website, Our Local Heritage by Dorthea Flood

iii. HC/HARB Montague Historic Documents and Furniture: Pat Montague has donated a

number of Unionville documents and artifacts to the township. Currently, both the documents

and the artifacts are being store at Kinloch Woodworking.

To do: Request written approval from Pat Montague to upload her recorded interviews to the

Township website.

4. Old Business

iv. HC Street Name Designation – Marlborough Village: Township is requiring a legal

document with the spelling of the street name in Marlborough Village.

To do: Director of Chester County Archive to research

v. Chester County Historic Preservation Network (CCHPN) Spring Workshop Training 2025: No

information yet. Certified Local Government (CLG) requires HC/HARB board members to have 4

hours of education. Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) may have something

relevant.

To Do: F. McGrail to attend Leadership Luncheon on March 15, 2025

vi. HC/HARB: 2024 CLG Report: Has been completed. Approved by members present to send

to Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

vii. HARB New Member – John Cox: Introduced.

5. New Business

a. EMT Historical Commission

i. Sales and Changes to Properties on HR List: The owners of Cedarcroft are selling the carriage

house. The Tennant House on East Doe Run Road is in visible distress.

To Do: J. Rosecrans to contact owner of the Tennant House.

b. Unionville HARB

i. Sales and Changes to Properties on HR List: Red, white, blue house on Doe Run Road was

sold and new owners built a new sewer system on the property. Montague House on Doe Run

Road sold.

ii. 2025 Officer Selection: New officers John Rosecrans, Chair and Marcy Gaynor, Vice Chair

were unanimously approved.

c. Facilities: Recommend we add four Upland Country Day School historic buildings to our historic

resource list. Recommend to the township that we loan the cobbler’s bench to Cobbler’s Knoll. The

bench should have a plaque that states something to the effect “on loan from the East Marlborough

Township”.

Meeting Adjournment: 8:30 pm.

Next Meeting: April 8, 2025