{"nrhp_refnum":"84003274","name":"Jacobs, Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 N. Ship Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.03992739200004,"lon":-75.61796659199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-thirds Georgian farm manor house with stone core and kitchen wing at 325 North Ship Road in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, dating from about 1790. The document does not name a builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative example of the 18th-century farm manor houses of the Great Valley, built in the two-thirds Georgian plan and later enlarged with Federal details. Its dimensions correspond with the 1798 Direct Tax, and its setting and use as a farm dwelling are described as remarkably preserved. It is eligible under criterion C.","narrative":"Built about 1790 as a farm manor house in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, the Benjamin Jacobs House follows the two-thirds Georgian plan common in the Great Valley. Its core measures 35 by 32 feet, matching dimensions recorded in the 1798 Direct Tax, and a stone kitchen wing was later added to the east. Interior details include marble mantels, rosette corner blocks and paneled window reveals. Benjamin Jacobs, a lawyer, surveyor and associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1790, lived here, and the farm was acquired by the Church Farm School in 1955. The house is regarded as an unusually intact example of an additive 18th-century farm dwelling, with its rural setting largely preserved and its use for farming unchanged for about two centuries.","period_of_significance":"1700-99","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Two thirds Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residence-farm in use; condition and integrity rated above average","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.613986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003274.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003274/f9dd025668-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003274/f9dd025668-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B._Jacobs_House_Chesco_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B._Jacobs_House_Chesco_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992518","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Jacobs_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888869"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/jacobs-benjamin-house-84003274/"}