East Goshen Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Goshenville
~c. 1704~
— National Register of Historic Places - 2000 —
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
1. Goshenville Marker
Goshenville
~c. 1704~
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Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Erected 2000 by East Goshen Historic Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 39° 59.539′ N, 75° 32.537′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in East Goshen Township. Marker is at the intersection of Boot Road and North Chester Road (Pennsylvania Route 352), on the left when traveling west on Boot Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1605 Boot Rd, West Chester PA 19380, 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. Milltown/Hickman Plank House (within shouting distance of this marker); Goshenville Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shops (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); John H. Ware 3rd, Commerce Center (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rocky Hill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Goshen Baptist Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Historic Sugartown (approx. 1.9 miles away); Milltown Springhouse
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Also see . . . Goshenville - Living Places. (Submitted on December 22, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)
Additional commentary.
1. Generals Howe, Cornwallis, and Grant camped here after victory at the Battle of Brandywine:
The Village of Goshenville, played a role in the Revolutionary War. On the 16th and 17th of September 1777, the Supreme Commander of all British Forces in North America, General William Howe with Generals Lord Cornwallis and James Grant, having defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine, did march with a force of 13,000 soldiers north up Goshen Road (Rte. 352) to the Goshen Friends Meeting. General Cornwallis and his troops encamped in Goshenville, just north of the schoolhouse. While encamped a skirmish ensued between the British and Continentals at what is now the southern end of the Hersheys Mill development. This skirmish, which resulted in twelve Americans killed along with two Hessian soldiers and at least one British soldier, became one of the three skirmishes fought that day prior to the torrential
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
2. Goshenville Marker looking West on East Boot Road
— Submitted December 22, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
3. Goshenville Historic Area
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
4. East Goshen's - Hickman/Plank House, circa 1808
This building was disassembled in Milltown, East Goshen Township, the pieces were marked, numbered, and catalogued. They were stored for a time, and then re-assembled on this site in the 1980’s.
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
5. Blacksmith Shop, circa 1750, restored 1982
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
6. Goshenville General Store - Post Office
This building is now a private residence, and a Bed & Breakfast. In Goshenville is was both the Post office, and a marketplace for the surrounding farm community, in "the wilderness of Chester County" North of the city of Chester, PA.
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
7. Goshenville Blacksmith Shop - Plank House
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
8. Front of Blacksmith Shop
Note the shadow of the hanging Anvil sign elongated on the stone front of the building
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
9. Hickman / Plank House from the street
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 19, 2011
10. When to visit The Hickman / Plank House
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 22, 2011
11. Goshen Grange Hall
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 22, 2011
12. Goshen Grange Front Entry
Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 22, 2011
13. Goshen Friends Meeting House & School
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 22, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 968 times since then and 45 times this year. Last updated on March 8, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on December 22, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
