Birchrunville General Store
Birchrunville General Store, March 2011
Birchrunville General Store is located in Pennsylvania
Birchrunville General Store
Birchrunville General Store is located in the United States
Birchrunville General Store
LocationHollow and Flowing Springs Roads, at Birchrunville, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°7′51″N 75°38′26″W / 40.13083°N 75.64056°W / 40.13083; -75.64056
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1898
Built byDewees, T.B. & I.L.
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.78002368[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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

  1. 1 2 "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 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.
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