Walnut Hill Estate, East Bank of Schuylkill River, Valley Forge, Chest...
Significance: During the Valley Forge encampment, Dec. 19, 1777-June 19, 1778, the Walnut Hill Estate was owned by Henry Pawling. Located on the east (north) bank of the Schuylkill River, the Pawlins farmland p... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...
Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More
Waynesborough, 2049 Waynesborough Road (Easttown Township), Paoli, Che...
Significance: Waynesborough is a fine example of an 18th century stone house which retains many of its original features. It was the birthplace and home of General Anthony Wayne (1745-96), a brigadier-general o... More
Waynesborough, 2049 Waynesborough Road (Easttown Township), Paoli, Che...
Significance: Waynesborough is a fine example of an 18th century stone house which retains many of its original features. It was the birthplace and home of General Anthony Wayne (1745-96), a brigadier-general o... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Whitford Bridge, Spanning Amtrak tracks at Whit...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More
Phoenix Iron Company, Administration Building, Bridge Street at Church...
Survey number: HAER PA-493-F Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stone Barn, circa 1795, Route 342, South of Wawaset Bridge, Wawaset, C...
Survey number: HABS PA-5237 Building/structure dates: ca. 1795 Initial Construction
Downingtown Friends Meeting House, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingt...
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Arnold-Temple House, Broad Run Road (West Bradford Township), Marshall...
Significance: This early building (c. 1715-1725) was the site of a fulling mill for over 175 years and preserves almost all architectural detail both exterior and interior. Survey number: HABS PA-1109 Buildi... More
Hause Store, State Route 401 (East Nantmeal Township), East Nantmeal, ...
Significance: This early 19th century store, owned and managed by one family for over 100 years, is basically unchanged, except for rear and side extensions. It has been closed since 1929. Survey number: HABS ... More
Hickman House, State Route 3 (East Goshen Township), Milltown, Chester...
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Taylor-Parke House, State Route 162 (East Bradford Township), Copesvil...
Survey number: HABS PA-205 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1960 Subsequent Work
Loch Aerie, U.S. Route 30 (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester...
Significance: Loch Aerie was designed by architect Addison Hutton in 1865 for William E. Lockwood, who made his fortune manufacturing paper collars and folding boxes, and lost much of it promoting local railroa... More
Chester County Bridge No. 225, Spanning Tweed Creek at Hopewell Road, ...
Significance: The bridge sits in the heart of the Hopewell Historic District. The district is characterized by 19th century residential, agricultural, public, commercial, and industrial buildings clustered alon... More
Hopewell Village, Furnace & Bridge House, State Route 345 vicinity, Ho...
Survey number: HABS PA-5157-A Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, ...
Significance: This early (1704) stone house, although restored, retains much of its original architectural design and is representative of the larger type of dwelling house of a Chester County English Quaker. ... More
Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, ...
Significance: This early (1704) stone house, although restored, retains much of its original architectural design and is representative of the larger type of dwelling house of a Chester County English Quaker. ... More
Pim Hexagonal School, Caln Township Municipal Park (moved from North B...
Significance: The only extant hexagonal schoolhouse in the county. it was built in 1841 by Richard Pim as a family and neighborhood school. Survey number: HABS PA-5136 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial ... More
Miller-Pusey Mill, Broad Run Road (New Garden Township), Landenberg, C...
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Daniel Hoopes House, State Route 926 (Westtown Township), Westtown, Ch...
Significance: This early house (two old sections 1723 and 1740) was owned by a prominent Quaker family and retains much original woodwork and hardware. Survey number: HABS PA-161 Building/structure dates: 17... More
Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...
Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More
Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...
Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More
Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...
Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More
Mendenhall-Valentine-Edge House, State Route 340 (Caln Township), Down...
Significance: This fine eighteenth century house has been maintained in excellent condition. Survey number: HABS PA-1201 Building/structure dates: ca. 1721 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca.... More
Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...
Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More
Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...
Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More
Hopewell Village, Employees Quarters, St. Peter's vicinity, Hopewell, ...
Significance: Original building was the eastern two bays of this structure; the western bay was added shortly after construction. Survey number: HABS PA-5160 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Constr... More
Hopewell Village, Bethesda Baptist Church, State Route 345 vicinity (W...
See also HABS PA-5157 through PA-5157I for related information. Significance: Early church serving some of Hopewell Village's inhabitants. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-203 Su... More
Humphry Marshall House, State Route 162 (Strasburg Road) (West Bradfor...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The significance of the house related to both architecture and agricultural history. The house is a conservative yet idiosyncratic example of the mid- to late... More
William A. Todd House, 330 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester...
Survey number: HABS PA-169 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1817 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
London Grove Friends Meeting House, Southwest of Route 926 & Newark Ro...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N332 Survey number: HABS PA-6232
Morriseianna, State Route 41 (London Grove Township), Chatham, Chester...
Significance: Large house built in 1843 according to plaques on front downspouts, but appears to have been built in several stages and may incorporate parts of an earlier house (possibly as early as ca. 1700). ... More
Rocky Mount Canal, Lock Keeper's House, Great Falls, Chester County, S...
Addendum photos were de-accessioned from HABS No. SC-158 upon determination that they were of the same structure. (3/20/03, JLB) Significance: This building is the only structure of its type remaining in South ... More
Yarnall-Garrett House, West Chester Pike (Willistown Township), Willis...
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Yarnall-Garrett House, West Chester Pike (Willistown Township), Willis...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hares Hill Road Bridge, Spanning French Creek, Kimberton, Chester Coun...
Significance: The Hares Hill Road Bridge, probably best described as an arched girder with latticed webbing is the only known surviving example of Thomas W. H. Moseley's "Wrought Iron Lattice Girder Bridge" and... More
Hares Hill Road Bridge, Spanning French Creek, Kimberton, Chester Coun...
Significance: The Hares Hill Road Bridge, probably best described as an arched girder with latticed webbing is the only known surviving example of Thomas W. H. Moseley's "Wrought Iron Lattice Girder Bridge" and... More
Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...
Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More
Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...
Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More
Baldwin-Sharpless House, U.S. Route 30 (East Caln Township), Downingto...
Significance: This early 18th century stone house while retaining much of its original appearance illustrates through its additions the growth of a farm house belonging to a Quaker family over many generations.... More
Romansville Friends' Meetinghouse Sheds, Shadyside Road (Coatesville v...
Significance: These mid-19th century horse sheds of a Quaker Church remain unchanged. Survey number: HABS PA-1101 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction
Office Store, Hopewell, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5943 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of St. Peter-in-the-Great Valley, Saint Peter's Road (East Whit...
Significance: Saint Peter's, erected in 1744, had been considerably altered over the years, but in 1944 it was restored as accurately as possible to its original design. It served as a chapel for the British Ar... More
John Romans Barn, Star Gazer Road (West Bradford Township), Romansvill...
Significance: This barn, with 1804 date stone, has been little altered and contains the series of ventilating slots usually found in earlier barns. Survey number: HABS PA-165 Building/structure dates: 1804 I... More
John Romans Barn, Star Gazer Road (West Bradford Township), Romansvill...
Significance: This barn, with 1804 date stone, has been little altered and contains the series of ventilating slots usually found in earlier barns. Survey number: HABS PA-165 Building/structure dates: 1804 I... More
Barn, State Route 29 (Charlestown Township), Charlestown, Chester Coun...
Survey number: HABS PA-5242 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...
The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More
New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...
The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More
New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...
The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...
Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More
West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...
Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More
West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...
Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More
Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Ph...
Significance: Iron work began on the banks of French Creek in 1783 and continued, weathering massive changes in ferrous metalworking techniques, for 200 years. The foundry produced castings ancillary to the Pho... More
Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Ph...
Significance: Iron work began on the banks of French Creek in 1783 and continued, weathering massive changes in ferrous metalworking techniques, for 200 years. The foundry produced castings ancillary to the Pho... More
Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Ph...
Significance: Iron work began on the banks of French Creek in 1783 and continued, weathering massive changes in ferrous metalworking techniques, for 200 years. The foundry produced castings ancillary to the Pho... More
Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Ph...
Significance: Iron work began on the banks of French Creek in 1783 and continued, weathering massive changes in ferrous metalworking techniques, for 200 years. The foundry produced castings ancillary to the Pho... More
Thomas Darlington House, 228 West Street Road (Thornbury Township), Bi...
Significance: This small stone house dating from about 1800 once belonged to Atwater Kent. Survey number: HABS PA-1110 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after... More
Valentine-Edge Mill, State Route 340 (Caln Township), Downingtown, Che...
Significance: The exterior of this stone mill, built in 1784, appears relatively unaltered. The mill has not been used since 1918. Survey number: HABS PA-1202 Building/structure dates: 1784 Initial Construction
Barn, Kimberton Road (East Pikeland Township), Kimberton, Chester Coun...
Survey number: HABS PA-5246 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Amish farmland dipping harness i...
Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Rocks removed from field by Morr...
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Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Amish farmer driving cultivator....
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, horse transport, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA
Significance: This house has sections dating 1730 and 1771 by early Chester County settlers. An 1806 addition burned in 1920. Survey number: HABS PA-5137 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction B... More
Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...
Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More
Strode's Grist Mill, Lenape & Birmingham Roads (East Bradford Township...
Significance: This old grist mill dates from 1721 and has been in almost continuous operation since its erection. Survey number: HABS PA-251 Building/structure dates: 1721 Initial Construction Building/struc... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Rogers-Hoopes House, 1121 Fernhill Road (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: The original 1806 section of this house has some of the finest exterior and interior woodwork to be found in Chester County. Survey number: HABS PA-1212 Building/structure dates: 1806-1807 Init... More
Rogers-Hoopes House, 1121 Fernhill Road (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: The original 1806 section of this house has some of the finest exterior and interior woodwork to be found in Chester County. Survey number: HABS PA-1212 Building/structure dates: 1806-1807 Init... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More
John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More
Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...
Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More
Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...
Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More
Cedarcroft, Bayard Drive (East Marlborough Township), Kennett Square, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Michael Gunkle Spring Mill, Moore Road (East Whiteland Township), Bact...
Significance: This 1793 stone spring mill, one of several built by Michael Gunkle in Chester County, has been little changed; it was in operation for over a century, and is typical of mills built in Chester Cou... More
Village Barn, Hopewell, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5944 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yarnall-Hibberd House, Plumsock Road (Willistown Township), Whitehorse...
Significance: The original portion of this house, probably erected very early in the eighteenth century, provides a good example of the two-room stone farm houses, with corner fireplaces, built during this peri... More
Stone Barn, U.S. Route 30, Coatesville, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5230 Public domain photograph of a farm barn, granary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Warrenpoint, State Route 83 (Warwick Township), Knauertown, Chester Co...
Significance: The house is an excellent example of a mid-eighteenth century house with few alterations. The stone work is of interest and much outstanding original interior woodwork remains. The original owner,... More
Pure Oil Station, Strafford, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HAER PA-608 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Pleasant, Bulltown Road (East Nantmeal Township), East Nantmeal,...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Yellow Springs Tavern, Yellow Springs & Art School Roads (West Pikelan...
Significance: Yellow Springs is one of the oldest and most successful spas in the country. Medicinal qualities were realized by 1722 and the inn was established by 1750. It was used as a military hospital durin... More
Zook Barn, King Road (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester Coun...
Significance: This "Switzer Barn" is a typical 18th century Pennsylvania barn type. Survey number: HABS PA-1218 Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1798 Initial Construction
Phoenix Iron Company, Pump House, Between Rolling Mill & Girder Shop N...
Survey number: HAER PA-493-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
West Chester Young Ladies Seminary, 300 Maple Avenue, West Chester, Ch...
Significance: This building, designed by Thomas U. Walter, has served as a seminary, school, military academy, and a convent and, though modified, was originally a very handsome design. Survey number: HABS PA... More
Joseph Collins House, 633 Goshen Road (West Goshen Township), West Che...
Significance: The original house (now the south front portion) was erected in 1727 and, though small, was a place of some style with its dressed stone and jack arch over the date stone. The local historical soc... More
Wharton Esherick House & Studio, 1520 Horsehoe Trail, Malvern, Chester...
Significance: Wharton Esherick was, in the words of a 1970 survey, "the undisputed dean of American craftsman." Starting in 1926 Esherick spent forty years handcrafting additions and alterations to the building... More
Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, ...
Significance: The Pine Grove Bridge was built in 1884 after a destructive flood carried away an 1846 at this site. The county hired Capt. Elias McMellen, a well-respected and prolific Lancaster bridge builder ... More
Martin's Corner House, Cedar Knoll Road (West Caln Township), Martins ...
Significance: This log house, built about 1769, contains many unusual features, such as wood door hinges, wood crane, pegged floors, and fine board partitions. Survey number: HABS PA-209 Building/structure d... More
David Parke House, 40 East Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-200 Building/structure dates: after. 1750- before. 1800 Initial Construction
David Parke House, 40 East Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-200 Building/structure dates: after. 1750- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Barn, State Route 41 (West Vincent Township), Cochranville, Chester Co...
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Cross Keys Tavern, State Routes 272 & 42 vicinity (East Nottingham Tow...
Significance: This stone inn, probably erected between 1715 and 1720, was completed to its present size by 1745. Important features include a very rare main door, fine hardware and paneling throughout the house... More