Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
Hickman Fountain, 225 North Matlack Street (moved from Chester County ...
Survey number: HABS PA-247 Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania : from original surveys /
General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; larger real-property tracts with owners' names shown only in West Chester borough inset. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian... 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 Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
George Matlack House, 409 Westtown Road (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: The manner in which this house was built seems typical of a great number of Chester County farm houses. The two-story brick east section (three bays) was built ca. 1786 as an addition to an old lo... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This Classic Revival Presbyterian Church was one of the earlier designs of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1832-1834 Initial Construction Building/struc... 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
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
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
Lowndes Taylor Carriage House, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Townshi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1100-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
William Everhart Building, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This office building, dating from the 1830's, was for a time occupied by the Chester County Times and retains a great amount of original architectural design. Survey number: HABS PA-1207 Buildi... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylv...
Mar 1886. 7 Sheet(s). Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... 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
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
Philip Sharples House, 400 South Church Street, West Chester, Chester ...
Significance: Large house with fine Doric and Greek Revival details. Survey number: HABS PA-164 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, 238 South High Street, West ...
Significance: This Gothic Revival Church, which has served the community of West Chester since 1870, is built of green serpentine stone with brick used as trim. Survey number: HABS PA-1223 Building/structure... More
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
Chester County Courthouse, 10 North High Street, West Chester, Chester...
Significance: This courthouse, the subject of many controversies was designed by Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1119 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1... More
William Everhart Building, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This office building, dating from the 1830's, was for a time occupied by the Chester County Times and retains a great amount of original architectural design. Survey number: HABS PA-1207 Buildi... 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
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
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
George Matlack House, 409 Westtown Road (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: The manner in which this house was built seems typical of a great number of Chester County farm houses. The two-story brick east section (three bays) was built ca. 1786 as an addition to an old lo... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... 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
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
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
Mayfield, 600 North New Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA
Significance: A handsome Classic Revival mansion, built by a Pittsburgh industrialist and lived in by his descendants for many years. Survey number: HABS PA-1104 Building/structure dates: 1848-1851 Initial C... More
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
George Matlack House, 409 Westtown Road (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: The manner in which this house was built seems typical of a great number of Chester County farm houses. The two-story brick east section (three bays) was built ca. 1786 as an addition to an old lo... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This Classic Revival Presbyterian Church was one of the earlier designs of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1832-1834 Initial Construction Building/struc... 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
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Stone Barn, U.S. Route 322, Shady Side & Creek Roads, West Chester, Ch...
Survey number: HABS PA-5229 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stone Barn, U.S. Route 322, Shady Side & Creek Roads, West Chester, Ch...
Survey number: HABS PA-5229 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
Chester County Courthouse, 10 North High Street, West Chester, Chester...
Significance: This courthouse, the subject of many controversies was designed by Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1119 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1... More
Sibyla Brinton House, 311 South Church Street, West Chester, Chester C...
Survey number: HABS PA-249 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This Classic Revival Presbyterian Church was one of the earlier designs of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1832-1834 Initial Construction Building/struc... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylv...
Mar 1886. 7 Sheet(s). Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... 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
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
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
136 East Gay Street (Bakery), West Chester, Chester County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-244 Building/structure dates: after. 1800- before. 1837 Initial Construction
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
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... 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
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
Philip Sharples House, 400 South Church Street, West Chester, Chester ...
Significance: Large house with fine Doric and Greek Revival details. Survey number: HABS PA-164 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction
Hickman Fountain, 225 North Matlack Street (moved from Chester County ...
Survey number: HABS PA-247 Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Lowndes Taylor Barn, 937 Pottstown Pike (West Goshen Township), West C...
Significance: This large stone barn has some interesting masonry details but no particular historic importance other than it is typical of its period. Survey number: HABS PA-1100 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Stone Barn, U.S. Route 322, Shady Side & Creek Roads, West Chester, Ch...
Survey number: HABS PA-5229 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, 238 South High Street, West ...
Significance: This Gothic Revival Church, which has served the community of West Chester since 1870, is built of green serpentine stone with brick used as trim. Survey number: HABS PA-1223 Building/structure... More
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...
Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More
Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...
Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More
Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...
Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... 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
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
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
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
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
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
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
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
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
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
Mayfield, 600 North New Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA
Significance: A handsome Classic Revival mansion, built by a Pittsburgh industrialist and lived in by his descendants for many years. Survey number: HABS PA-1104 Building/structure dates: 1848-1851 Initial C... More
Bank of Chester County, 17 North High Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival bank was designed by a famous architect, Thomas U. Walter and has an outstanding portico. Survey number: HABS PA-1126 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction... More
Chester County Hotel, 36 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
[Richard Gardner, Jr. (or III?) house at 32 West Chester St., Nantucke...
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXVIII J 29. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in ... 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
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
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
Hickman Fountain, 225 North Matlack Street (moved from Chester County ...
Survey number: HABS PA-247 Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work