Benjamin Jacobs House

Benjamin Jacobs House

Benjamin Jacobs House, January 2011
Location 325 N. Ship Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′23″N 75°37′6″W / 40.03972°N 75.61833°W / 40.03972; -75.61833Coordinates: 40°2′23″N 75°37′6″W / 40.03972°N 75.61833°W / 40.03972; -75.61833
Area 4.6 acres (1.9 ha)
Built c. 1790
Architectural style Georgian
MPS West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP Reference # 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 Martha Wolf (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Jacobs House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.


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