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

Osborne Hill

 
 
Osborne Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Parker Leake, September 12, 2014
1. Osborne Hill Marker
Inscription.
Est 1740
General Howe
Command Post
September 11, 1777

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 1777.
 
Location. 39° 55.36′ N, 75° 36.526′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Birmingham Township. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Birmingham Road and Country Club Road. The gate post is on private property. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 Birmingham Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Osborne's Hill (a few steps from this marker); Birthplace of Isaac Sharpless (approx. 0.3 miles away); Battle of Brandywine (approx. one mile away); Jean Kane Foulke (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sconnelltown. (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Peace Garden at Birmingham (approx. 1.4 miles away); General Stephen's Stand Sept. 11, 1777 (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.
 
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Marker is on the gate post in the background. image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Keith S Smith
2. Marker is on the gate post in the background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 610 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on January 26, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1. submitted on September 15, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.   2. submitted on December 16, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

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