National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Chester County

Chester County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dilworthtown Historic District, Harvard, David, House, Lukens Historic District, Trimble Mill and White Horse Tavern.

Several famous people are associated with these Chester County historic places including Rebecca Webb Penncock Lukens and Col. Richard Thomas.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Chester County places including Cope & Stewardson, Richard Thomas, Clyde Adams, William Burns, George Jones, Christopher Knauer, Col. Nathaniel M. Ellis, Thomas Bull and Frank Furness. Prominent architectural styles found in Chester Country are Federal, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Brinton--King Farmstead (added 2002 - - #02000230)

Also known as Brinton, Joseph, Farmstead

1301 Brinton's Bridge Rd., 162 Baltimore Pike , Pennsbury

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Business, Restaurant

Buckwalter Building (added 1984 - - #84003180)

11-13 S. High St. , West Chester

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burns,William

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Bull, Thomas, House (added 1979 - - #79002198)

Also known as Robert's Plantation;Redding Plantation;Mt. Pleasant

E of Elverson on Bulltown Rd., East Nantmeal Township , Elverson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Bull,Thomas

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Caln Meeting House (added 1984 - - #84003182)

901 Caln Meeting House Rd., Caln Township , Coatesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cheyney, Squire, Farm (added 2010 - - #09001214)

1255 Cheyney Thornton Rd. , Thornbury

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Dilworthtown Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001601)

Jct. of CR 15199 and 15087 , Dilworthtown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Fricks Locks Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001188)

End of Fricks Lock Rd., approx. 1000 ft. E. of Sanatoga Rd. (East Coventry Township) , Pottstown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Gay Street School (added 1983 - - #83004202)

Gay and Morgan Sts. , Phoenixville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Harvard, David, House (added 1972 - - #72001107)

Also known as Former Quarters of Lee and Bradford

S of Valley Forge off U.S. 76 , Valley Forge

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hockley Mill Farm (added 1990 - - #90001921)

Also known as Mt. Pleasant Mills;Knauer,Frank,Mill

Warwick Furnace Rd., SE of Knauertown (Warwick Township) , Glen Moore

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Knauer,Christopher

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Hopewell Farm (added 2010 - - #09001215)

Also known as Lower Farm; Hopedell Farm

1751 Valley Rd. , Valley

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Processing Site, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Processing Site, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

House at Upper Laurel Iron Works (added 1985 - - #85002371)

Also known as Site #49-10

McCorkel's Rock Rd. , Newlin Twp.

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Lukens Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001186)

50, 53, 76, & 102 S. First St. , Coatsville

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Lukens, Rebecca Webb Penncock

Significant Year:

1916, 1890, 1825

Area of Significance:

Social History, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Museum

Oxford Hotel (added 1994 - - #94001055)

Jct. of Market and N. 3rd Sts. , Oxford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones, George

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Parkesburg National Bank (added 1980 - - #80003467)

Gay and Main Sts. , Parkesburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Parkesburg School (added 1995 - - #95000524)

360 Strasburg Ave. , Parkesburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sharples Separator Works (added 1984 - - #84003214)

Also known as Gumas Warehouse;Kauffman Warehouse

N. Franklin and Evans Sts. , West Chester

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Invention, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

Steen, Robert, House (added 1985 - - #85001155)

Fairview Rd., East Fallowfield Township , Coatesville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Thomas Mill and Miller's House (added 1984 - - #84003310)

130 W. Lincoln Hwy. , West Whiteland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Richard

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Trimble Mill (added 1983 - - #83004659)

103 Shoen Rd. , Exton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

West Chester Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2005 - - #05000096)

Roughly bounded by West Chester's northern boundary,Poplar St., East Rosedale Ave., and South Bradford Ave. , West Chester

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Furness, Frank

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Education, Health Care, Landscape, Religion, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Park, Processing, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, School

Current Function:

Education, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Library, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Park, Religious Structure, Religious Structure

White Horse Tavern (added 1978 - - #78002373)

Also known as White Horse Inn;Old Swanenburg Farm

NW of Malvern at 480 Swedesford Rd. , Malvern

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Whitford Hall (added 1984 - - #84003319)

145 W. Lincoln Hwy. , West Whiteland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Richard

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Whitford Lodge (added 1984 - - #84003963)

179 W. Lincoln Hwy. , Exton

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Richard

Architectural Style:

Federal

Historic Person:

Thomas,Col. Richard

Significant Year:

1783, 1782

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use