Fox Chase Inn

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Fox Chase Inn
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Fox Chase Inn, January 2011
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Location613 Swedesford Rd.,
West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′18″N75°36′53″W / 40.03833°N 75.61472°W / 40.03833; -75.61472
Area4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1700
Architectural styleGeorgian, Penn Plan-Double door
MPS West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No. 84003253 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1984

Fox Chase Inn is a historic inn and tavern located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1765, and is a two-story, two-bay, rectangular stone structure in the "Penn Plan." It was later expanded to a two-story, four-bay, double entrance Georgian style building. It has a full-width front porch. The building housed an inn and tavern until 1800. [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 M. Wolf and L. Goldstein (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Fox Chase Inn" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.