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Benjamin Rush House

Coordinates: 40°0′32″N 75°36′17″W / 40.00889°N 75.60472°W / 40.00889; -75.60472
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Benjamin Rush House
Benjamin Rush House, January 2011
Benjamin Rush House is located in Pennsylvania
Benjamin Rush House
Benjamin Rush House is located in the United States
Benjamin Rush House
LocationBoot Rd., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′32″N 75°36′17″W / 40.00889°N 75.60472°W / 40.00889; -75.60472
Area1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built1908
ArchitectGeorge Bispham Page
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Other, Georgian Revival
MPSWest Whiteland Township MRA
NRHP reference No.84003300[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1984

Benjamin Rush House, also known as Chesteridge, is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1908 as a summer home for an insurance company president named Benjamin Rush. It is a 2+12-story, six-bay dwelling built of green serpentine stone and fieldstone in the Georgian Revival style. It has a 1+12-story service wing and a 2-story library wing, added in 1928.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. L. Wolf and Brandywine Cons. (December 1981). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Benjamin Rush House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.