Birchrunville General Store Explained

Birchrunville General Store
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Hollow and Flowing Springs Roads, at Birchrunville, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1308°N -75.6406°W
Built:1898
Builder:Dewees, T.B. & I.L.
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:March 21, 1978
Refnum:78002368

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is located in the Birchrunville Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Searchable database. 2012-11-02. October 28, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121028073929/http://www.arch.state.pa.us/. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H001515_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Birchrunville General Store]. 2012-11-20. Violet Tucci and Estelle Cremers. PDF. n.d..