john burroughs homestead, also known as shady hill and the lieutenant colonel james hendricks headquarters, is a historic home located at taylorsville, upper makefield township, bucks county, pennsylvania. it is a house dated to the 18th century and built in four sections. the oldest section is a -story, uncoursed fieldstone structure. the second section is a -story, coursed fieldstone structure. the third section is a two-story, random-coursed fieldstone structure, and the fourth section is a small, one-story frame vestibule. also on the property are a contributing -story, fieldstone carriage house, tool shed, and stone-and-frame caretaker's cottage.