Benjamin Rush House

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Benjamin Rush House
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Benjamin Rush House, January 2011
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LocationBoot Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°0′32″N75°36′17″W / 40.00889°N 75.60472°W / 40.00889; -75.60472
Area1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built1908
ArchitectGeorge Bispham Page
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Other, Georgian Revival
MPS West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No. 84003300 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1984

Benjamin Rush House, also known as Chesteridge, is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1908 as a summer home for an insurance company president named Benjamin Rush. It is a 2+12-story, six-bay dwelling built of green serpentine stone and fieldstone in the Georgian Revival style. It has a 1+12-story service wing and a 2-story library wing, added in 1928. [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" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02.Note: This includes M. L. Wolf and Brandywine Cons. (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Rush House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.