Lower Swedish Cabin

Lower Swedish Cabin
Lower Swedish Cabin, November 2009
Lower Swedish Cabin is located in Pennsylvania
Lower Swedish Cabin
Lower Swedish Cabin is located in the United States
Lower Swedish Cabin
LocationDrexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′17.78″N 75°18′04.75″W / 39.9382722°N 75.3013194°W / 39.9382722; -75.3013194
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1640–1650
Architectural styleSwedish Plan
NRHP reference No.80003484[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 9, 1980
Designated PHMCOctober 21, 1989[2]

The Lower Swedish Cabin is a historic Swedish-style log cabin which is located on Creek Road in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, along Darby Creek. The cabin may be one of the oldest log cabins in the United States and is one of the last cabins built by the Swedish settlers that remains intact.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Lower Swedish Cabin". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 20 January 2022.