Birchrunville General Store
Birchrunville General Store | |
 Birchrunville General Store, March 2011 | |
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| Location | Hollow and Flowing Springs Roads, at Birchrunville, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°7′51″N 75°38′26″W / 40.13083°N 75.64056°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Built by | Dewees, T.B. & I.L. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002368[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 21, 1978 |
Birchrunville General Store is a historic general store located in West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1898, and is a two-story, stone and frame, banked structure in a Late Victorian style. It has a mansard roof with fishscale slate and a jutting, short wooden bay window. It was built to house a general store and post office, with a meeting hall above and creamery below.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is located in the Birchrunville Historic District.
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 October 28, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012. Note: This includes Violet Tucci and Estelle Cremers (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Birchrunville General Store" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2012.
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Commercial buildings completed in 1898
- Buildings and structures in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania
- 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- General stores in the United States