Benjamin Pennypacker House

Benjamin Pennypacker House

Benjamin Pennypacker House, April 2010
Location 800 E. Swedesford Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′27″N 75°36′14″W / 40.04083°N 75.60389°W / 40.04083; -75.60389Coordinates: 40°2′27″N 75°36′14″W / 40.04083°N 75.60389°W / 40.04083; -75.60389
Area 1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Architectural style Federal
MPS West Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP Reference # 84003298[1]
Added to NRHP August 2, 1984

Benjamin Pennypacker House is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in the 1840s, and is a 2 12-story, stuccoed stone dwelling with a gable roof in the rural Federal style. It features a one-story, three-sided porch. Also on the property is a contributing corn crib and site of a spring house. The property was acquired by the Church Farm School about 1918, and served as the residence for the farm manager.[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 M. L. Wolf and Brandywine Cons. (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Pennypacker House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.


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