Benjamin Jacobs House

	Benjamin Jacobs House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Benjamin Jacobs House, January 2011
Location	325 N. Ship Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′23″N75°37′6″W / 40.03972°N 75.61833°W
Area	4.6 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	c. 1790;234 years ago
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No.	84003274
Added to NRHP	August 2, 1984

Last updated January 02, 2024

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 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "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.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-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.

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