East Bradford Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of the Star Tavern

Circa 1784

— Drover's Tavern & Lumberyard —

Site of the Star Tavern Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith S Smith, May 17, 2016

1. Site of the Star Tavern Marker

Inscription. Site of the Star Tavern
Circa 1784

1784-1839
Traveller’s Rest
Drover’s Tavern & Lumberyard
Imla Bennett Owner

1839-1844
William Mercer Operated Tavern,
Possible Underground Railroad Stop

1844 Tavern Closes

1906 Burned, Rebuilt by George Veit
With slaughter house on site

1939 Private Home

1997 Demolished

Erected 2013 by East Bradford Township Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1784.

Location. 39° 57.558′ N, 75° 37.117′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in East Bradford Township. It is at the intersection of West Strasburg Road and Bradford Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Strasburg Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 615 W Strasburg Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Horace Pippin (approx. half a mile away); Everhart Grove (approx. half a mile away); West Chester Academy (approx. half a mile away); Joseph T. Rothrock

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Barclay Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); Thomas S. Butler House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Woman's Rights Convention of 1852 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Warner Theater (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.

Star Tavern Marker Roadside image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith S Smith, January 7, 2014

2. Star Tavern Marker Roadside

Site of the Star Tavern Home Aprox 1949 image. Click for full size.

circa 1949

3. Site of the Star Tavern Home Aprox 1949

Home of Chytla Families from 1949 to approx 1988

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,847 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on December 16, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on July 12, 2016, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on January 7, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on July 2, 2024, by Sharon King of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.