Benjamin West Birthplace
Built 1724. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Register name | West, Benjamin, Birthplace |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Swarthmore College campus, Swarthmore, PA |
| County | Delaware County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Art |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 66000662 |
| Built | 1724 · more from the 1720s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Swarthmore College campus, Swarthmore, PA |
| Coordinates | 39.9050° N, 75.3517° W · Directions ↗ |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Delaware County
Public land around it
| John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away998 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Guidebooks to historic places in Pennsylvania
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Benjamin West Birthplace listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Benjamin West Birthplace built?
1724.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Benjamin West Birthplace?
Swarthmore College campus, Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Benjamin West Birthplace?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000662. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.