Swarthmore College campus, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Delaware.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000662.
1 contributing building.
The Benjamin West Birthplace, also known as Benjamin West House, is a historic home located on the campus of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was the birthplace of artist Benjamin West (1738–1820), who was an influential mentor to a generation of American painters, including Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale. His birthplace was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. It presently houses the dispatch and offices for the college's campus police, along with a visitor information center.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994411