Birchrunville General Store

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Birchrunville General Store
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Birchrunville General Store, March 2011
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LocationHollow and Flowing Springs Roads, at Birchrunville, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°7′51″N75°38′26″W / 40.13083°N 75.64056°W / 40.13083; -75.64056
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1898
Built byDewees, T.B. & I.L.
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 78002368 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1978

Birchrunville General Store is a historic general store located in West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1898, and is a two-story, stone and frame, banked structure in a Late Victorian style. It has a mansard roof with fishscale slate and a jutting, short wooden bay window. It was built to house a general store and post office, with a meeting hall above and creamery below. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is located in the Birchrunville Historic District.

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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 November 2, 2012.Note: This includes Violet Tucci and Estelle Cremers (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Birchrunville General Store" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2012.