Benjamin Jacobs House

Benjamin Jacobs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Benjamin Jacobs House, May 2024
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Location	375 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
Area	4.6 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	c. 1790;235 years ago (1790)
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No.	84003274 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Martha Wolf (December 1981). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Jacobs, Benjamin, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 14, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)