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Collins Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Collins Mansion, HABS Photo, August 1958
Location	633 Goshen Rd., near West Chester, West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1727, 1758-1760
NRHP reference No.	72001110
Added to NRHP	November 9, 1972

Collins Mansion, also known as the Joseph Collins House, is a historic home located in West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1727, and is a 2+¹⁄₂-story, stone dwelling, with a serpentine stone facade and fieldstone sidewalls. It was extensively renovated in 1758–1760. It is considered the oldest dwelling in West Chester.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

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