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]
Benjamin Jacobs House | |
 Benjamin Jacobs House, January 2011 | |
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| Location | 325 N. Ship Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°2′23″N 75°37′6″W / 40.03972°N 75.61833°W |
| Area | 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) |
| Built | c. 1790 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| MPS | West Whiteland Township MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003274[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 1984 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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 Martha Wolf (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Jacobs House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.