Benjamin Jacobs House

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Benjamin Jacobs House
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Benjamin Jacobs House, January 2011
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Location325 N. Ship Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′23″N75°37′6″W / 40.03972°N 75.61833°W / 40.03972; -75.61833
Area4.6 acres (1.9 ha)
Builtc. 1790;234 years ago (1790)
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPS West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No. 84003274 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1984

Benjamin Jacobs House is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built about 1790, and was originally a two-story, three-bay, double pile side hall stone dwelling in the 2/3 Georgian style. It has a gable roof with dormers. The house has a stone kitchen wing, making the house five bays wide, and frame wing with a two-story porch. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-02.Note: This includes Martha Wolf (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Jacobs House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.