Benjamin West Birthplace

Benjamin West Birthplace

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caption =
location= Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 6
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1738
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 21, 1965cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=490&ResourceType=Building
title=Benjamin West Birthplace |accessdate=2008-02-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000662

Benjamin West Birthplace was the birthplace of artist Benjamin West who supported artists including Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000662.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Benjamin West Birthplace] |505 KB|date=September 25, 1974 |author=Richard Greenwood |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000662.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1974."] |875 KB]

It is located on what is now the campus of Swarthmore College.

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