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This image shows the herd of Jersey cows and the farmstead at the original Broadlands Farm on the Island of Jersey. Although the buildings are of stone and the peaked roofs a bit steeper, the visual similarities between this courtyard focused…

This photograph shows Jersey cows waiting to be loaded aboard ship in the Harbor of St. Helier on the Island of Jersey. Jersey exported thousands of head of cattle. Prior to World War II, all were transported by boat. This is how Hoagland Gates would…

Anne Gates with four members of the Broadlands herd in the 1940’s. Hoagland Gates raised both of his daughters, Anne and Elizabeth to take an active role in the operation of the farm.

Following Hoagland Gates’ death in 1944, more of the best cattle from Broadlands were sold at auction by his widow. However, his widow Margaret continued to keep a smaller herd on the farm for many years.

Forced to relocate to warmer dryer climates for the sake of his health, Hoagland Gates advertized the sale of a large portion of the herd at Broadlands and much of the farm equipment in 1941.

This photograph shows the large stone house that stood on the property prior to its purchase by Hoagland Gates. The house would have been erected by Benjamin Bowen shortly after his purchase of the land in 1813.

Another view of the Bowen House looking to the east. The house stood to the south of the Broadlands Farmstead. The photograph shows a large kitchen wing extending to the rear of the house.

Probably dating to the 1930’s, this view shows the Broadlands buildings from the fields south and east of the farmstead complex. Note the similarities between this view and the view of the original Broadlands Farm on the Island of Jersey.

This photograph, probably taken in the 1970’s, shows how Broadlands appeared from the road during the final years of the Gates family’s ownership of the property.

The betrothal of Miss Margaret Mackey, “a comely little school teacher and daughter of a humble Chester County farmer” to Hoagland Gates was the social event of the year and source of considerable gossip in the newspapers. One more restrained…