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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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The slave boy who helped Booth escape the night of Lincoln’s assassination, but told the Union soldiers the next day the direction Booth took, thus aiding in his capture. — — Map (db m62054) HM |
| | Site of
Mason & Dixon’s
“Stargazing” Observatory
1764
In the roadbed near this stone, a square iron spike marks the original location of the astronomical observatory used by surveyor-astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah . . . — — Map (db m134164) HM |
| | The Home and Arboretum of Humphry Marshall Early American Botanist 1722 – 1801 marked by Chester County Historical Society 1913 — — Map (db m62392) HM |
| | The
Village
of
Marshalton
~Circa~
1764
National Register
Historic District — — Map (db m62055) HM |
| | The Star-Gazers’ Stone Erected in 1764 by Mason and Dixon in locating the Pennsylvania-Maryland Boundary Line Being 15 miles North thereof and 31 miles due West of Philadelphia. Here they also measured a degree of Latitude on the Earth’s surface . . . — — Map (db m159604) HM |
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September 11, 1777, while on the march
to the Battlefield of Brandywine,
the British Army under Howe
and Cornwallis crossed the
Brandywine at the ford just
south of this point.
__________
Erected by
The Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m50825) HM |
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Trimbleville, circa 1740, was named after Irish immigrant James Trimble. Located along the 1728 Great Valley Road, the hamlet grew up around one of Chester County’s earliest grist mills, powered by the Broad Run. Due East, on the Brandywine Creek, . . . — — Map (db m97793) HM |
| | The signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Governor, from 1799 to 1808, was born on this farm on March 19, 1734. Also active in the politics of Delaware, he encouraged Caesar Rodney to cast the deciding vote for . . . — — Map (db m39128) HM |
| | Emboldened by the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Maryland slave catchers kidnapped Rachel and Elizabeth Parker from the Nottingham area in 1851. Rachel’s employer Joseph Miller was murdered in a failed attempt to rescue her from Baltimore. Public outrage . . . — — Map (db m145796) HM |
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National Register of Historic Places
Oxford Historic District
1893 — — Map (db m145875) HM |
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National Register of Historic Places
Oxford Historic District
1860 — — Map (db m145876) HM |
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National Register of Historic Places
Oxford Historic District
1880 — — Map (db m145877) HM |
| | This bell tower was constructed from components saved from the demolition of what was last known as the Hopewell Elementary School and was previously the Oxford High School. The building was designed by W.L. Plack of Philadelphia and constructed in . . . — — Map (db m8130) HM |
| | A borough from 1853 to 1914, Hopewell was a laboratory for progressive farming, milling, and educational practices. Samuel Dickey (1769-1835) was an agricultural innovator, and the Dickeys pioneered in establishing area schools. The family, spurred . . . — — Map (db m8131) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m136658) WM |
| | One of five one room schools of Upper Oxford Township. Only one with original brick construction. Upper Oxford Township Municipal Building since 1964.
Dedicated by the Township 2016 — — Map (db m158817) HM |
| | Erected by friends of Carl R. Fretz (1930-2015) to commemorate all those who like Carl, have embodied the very best in serving Oxford, by contributing their time, vision and resources to support the needs, aspirations and dreams of the people of . . . — — Map (db m136660) HM |
| | The house in which the Revolutionary leader and Indian fighter was born, Jan. 1, 1745, stands about a mile away. Died at Erie, Dec. 15, 1796; now buried at St. David’s Church, four and a half miles away. — — Map (db m13370) HM |
| | Historic Waynesborough
Birthplace and Ancestral Home of Major General Anthony Wayne 1745-1796 — — Map (db m118666) HM |
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This Monument Was Erected As A Memorial
To The One Hundred Parkesburg Area Soldiers
Who Gallantly Served Their Country
In World War I From 1914 -1918
Built Through Contributions Of Haubert Paul
American Legion Post #431 And The . . . — — Map (db m159863) WM |
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This tree is dedicated
as a memorial to our comrades
Phoenixville Post 482
American Legion
Walter Caffrey • Alfred I. Campbell
William E. Carr • Joseph C. Chrisman
Ralph H. Cowell • William Cox
Louis H. Ennis • George W. Erb . . . — — Map (db m25119) WM |
| | This Coffee Bean Tree a Scion
of a Tree planted at Mount Vernon by
George Washington
A Tree which he raised from
Seed Brought Back by Him from the
Ohio Valley in 1784
Replanted Here – 1954 — — Map (db m51756) HM |
| | An early female scientist considered one of the best educated female naturalists of her day, Lewis dedicated her life to the study of botany and zoology. She exhibited her Chart of the Animal Kingdom at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, and won . . . — — Map (db m84957) HM |
| | Honor Court to
Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh
A General charged with the Safety of
George Washington,
the Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army at Valley Forge 1777-78
A Native of Georgia in Command of the
“Life . . . — — Map (db m51742) HM |
| | Start of the Horse-Shoe Trail in Penna. Valley Forge to Appalachian Trail on Stony Mt. 121 miles – through Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin counties. This marker erected 1972 by the Horse-Shoe Trail Club, Inc. 1935 in memory . . . — — Map (db m45264) HM |
| | ASM International
The Materials Information Society
has designated
Phoenix Iron & Steel Company
A Historic Landmark
“Established in 1783, from a modified grist mill, the Phoenix Iron & Steel Works was the site of many metalworking . . . — — Map (db m23710) HM |
| | Established in 1783 and incorporated in 1855, the Phoenix “works” produced nails, rail, Civil War cannons, weaponry for 20th century wars, and structural steel. Among its well known products were the Griffen Gun, 1861, and the Phoenix . . . — — Map (db m23707) HM |
| | We salute our Phoenixville men
who served with honor, distinction,
valor and pride in the
Vietnam War...
These men made the ultimate
sacrifice and will never return.
PFC. Thomas J. Vontor July 9, 1966
Lt.(JG) James Kelly Oct. 26, . . . — — Map (db m23737) WM |
| | This plaque is dedicated
to those who gallantly
served during World War I
This plaque is dedicated
to those who gallantly
served during World War II
This plaque is dedicated
to those who gallantly
served during Korean War
This . . . — — Map (db m23738) WM |
| | The wrought iron Phoenix Columns here in the Symbols of Steel Sculpture Garden once supported the floors of the Stegmaier Brewery, a Wilkes-Barre, PA, landmark. The Romanesque style brewery building was constructed in the late 19th century and . . . — — Map (db m23715) HM |
| | The Griffen Cannon
One of 1400 guns made at Phoenix Iron
Company Shops between 1860 and 1865.
Invented by John Griffen
These 3 inch wrought iron rifled field
pieces served the Union forces with great
merit during the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m23716) HM |
| | [In Circle]
To Honor the Maker of First American Flag
Erected
1923
Elizabeth Griscom
ROSS
Ashbourne
Claypoole
1752
1836
BETSY ROSS — — Map (db m51739) HM |
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To Marylanders Who Served Here
Col. Tench Tilghman, Confidential Aide to Washington, who wrote:---
--“formerly of my family - in every action (of) the main army - often refused his pay - left as fair reputation as ever . . . — — Map (db m51458) HM |
| | Opened in 1943, it was among the nation's largest military hospitals by the end of World War II. Able to treat more than 3,000 patients in over 100 buildings, the facility specialized in the pioneering treatment of war-related eye and burn injuries, . . . — — Map (db m71355) HM |
| | Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a part of the original village. — — Map (db m51761) HM |
| | Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a part of the original village. — — Map (db m51762) HM |
| | In Honor of
Residents of South Coventry
who served in World War II
1941 1945
*Michael Kopcho *Carrol E. Moses
John C. Asay • R. Carey Atkinson • Stanley Bealer • Thomas L. Bishop • George D. Bodor • Joseph J. Bodor • J. Penrose Boens . . . — — Map (db m41687) HM |
| | This Property
is Listed in The
NATIONAL REGISTER
of HISTORIC PLACES
By The United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m51486) HM |
| | Between 1908 and 1987, more than 10,500 Pennsylvanians with developmental disabilities lived here. Public controversy over the inhumane treatment of residents and two decades of complex litigation, including three arguments before the US Supreme . . . — — Map (db m32196) HM |
| | who served, suffered and sacrificed during the Valley Forge encampment, 1776-1778
"Throughout these historic and hallowed campsites were courageous Black patriots who participated in the nation's bitter fight for independence."
Charles L. . . . — — Map (db m6808) HM |
| | Quarters of
Maj. Gen. William Alexander
Lord Sterling
Continental Army
During the Valley Forge
Encampment
December 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778
Maj. James Monroe
Fifth President of the United States
Also quartered here . . . — — Map (db m62396) HM |
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Six hundred yards N.E. of
this stone
were the headquarters of
Anthony Wayne in 1777-78. — — Map (db m28105) HM |
| | In memory of unknown soldiers buried at Valley Forge
1777 - 1778
— — Map (db m55883) WM |
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100 feet west
This marker erected by the
Tredyffrin-Easttown History Club
1939 — — Map (db m136008) HM |
| | (East Side): Erected by the Surviving Members of the Ninety Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Memory of Its Dead. Dedicated October 29, 1887
(North Side): Field and Staff Officers at the organization of the . . . — — Map (db m41062) HM |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m70662) HM |
| | The National Registry of Historic Places
Denney Reyburn Senior Apartments
1841-1887 ~ Barnard Street Public School
First public school in West Chester
1887-1985 ~ Tag factory of S.L. Denney
First automatic tag manufacturing plant . . . — — Map (db m108804) HM |
| | The British attack on the American right wing began here late in the afternoon. After heavy fighting, the defense line which Sullivan formed hastily near Birmingham Meeting House was forced to retreat to Dilworthtown, 2 miles SE. Reinforcements from . . . — — Map (db m39590) HM |
| | The American Right Flank Slows the British Advance General Adam Stephen’s 3rd and 4th Virginia Regiments situated on the far right end of the American line on the crest of the present day Sandy Hollow Heritage Park held their positions until . . . — — Map (db m108364) HM |
| | Born here, the civil rights leader and pacifist organized the 1963 March on Washington. Head of A. Philip Randolph Institute, 1966-1979. Elected to Henderson High School Hall of Fame. — — Map (db m8243) HM |
| | Erected in 1763 Used as a hospital after The Battle of Brandywine September 11, 1777 — — Map (db m41301) HM |
| | The Battle of Brandywine was the largest and longest battle of the American Revolution • At 4 am, September 11, 1777, British troops marched from Kennett Square towards the colonial capital of Philadelphia. • Gen. Washington positioned many of . . . — — Map (db m73804) HM |
| | Birthplace
of
Isaac Sharpless
1848 — 1920
Educator
Quaker Leader
Devoted Citizen
Mathematician-Astronomer-Historian
President of Haverford College
1887 – 1917 — — Map (db m62393) HM |
| | Brandywine Battlefield A Commonwealth Treasure For all to protect and preserve as the site of one of the major battles in the colonists’ fight for independence — — Map (db m41299) HM |
| | In a rude cabin across the vale lived “Indian Hannah” who died 1802 Last of the Lenni-Lenape in Chester County — — Map (db m72946) HM |
| | After the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, over 2,000 Union prisoners were held at a makeshift camp here, awaiting exchange for Confederate prisoners. Retreating armies often issued battlefield paroles to captured enemy soldiers, who were then held . . . — — Map (db m68586) HM |
| | One of Pennsylvania's three original counties, formed 1682 by William Penn. Name derived from Cheshire in England. West Chester, the county seat since 1788, was incorporated in 1799. County was the scene of important military activities in 1777-1778. — — Map (db m50505) HM |
| | The first court house within the limits of the present County of Chester stood at this corner on a plot of ground 115 feet in front by 165 feet in depth
The building, begun in 1784 and completed in 1786, was used until 1846 when the present . . . — — Map (db m50499) HM |
| | Chester County Remembers World War II Veterans
Community Commemorative Committee of Chester County
(1991 – 1995)
November 11, 1995 — — Map (db m49253) HM |
| | Side One:
Columbus P. Evans
A Citizen of Delaware
Born in Pennsylvania
September 6th 1824
Died at West Chester
February 19, 1854
Side Two:
Editor of the
Delaware Republican
1843 – 1854
Mayor of the
City of Wilmington . . . — — Map (db m81744) HM |
| | The Petition of Joseph Martin of the Township of West Bradford in the County of Chester Humbly Showeth
“That there is a necessity for a Publick house for the Entertainment of Travellers in said Township, there being many large roads . . . — — Map (db m134165) |
| | David Townsend House
This Property Devised December 1951 by
Marion Hoopes Stevenson
To the
Chester County Historical Society
As a memorial
To her Great-Grandfather
DAVID TOWNSEND
1787 – 1858
Banker, Botanist,
Civic . . . — — Map (db m50314) HM |
| | Dilworthtown
The Battle of Brandywine,
September 11, 1777, ended a short
distance southeast of this place.
__________
Erected by
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission
and the Chester and Delaware
County Historical Societies . . . — — Map (db m67281) HM |
| | To honor all disabled veterans of Chester County who served their country and were wounded or injured in the line of duty
DAV 90 — — Map (db m49144) WM |
| | Even small creeks are part of huge interconnected watersheds. Water from the East Branch Brandywine Creek, which meanders through Stroud Preserve, flows into the Christina River on its way to the Delaware Bay. The Brandywine-Christina water shed . . . — — Map (db m84973) HM |
| | Born a Quaker, Barnard became a member of the Progressive Friends movement and upheld its active affirmation of the ideals of temperance, equality of women, and abolition of slavery. His farm became a station on the Underground Railroad. He and his . . . — — Map (db m42520) HM |
| | EVERHART GROVE
Donated to the Borough of
West Chester
By
Dr. Isaiah Everhart
In the year 1905
Erected 1920 — — Map (db m72833) |
| | To mark the site of the first line of defense of the American Army at the Battle of the Brandywine 11 September 1777 — — Map (db m41300) HM |
| | Champion of human freedom, African American abolitionist, newspaper editor, U.S. Colored Troops recruiter, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, and orator, Frederick Douglass gave his last public address "Against Lynch Law" here on February 1, 1895. A frequent . . . — — Map (db m8135) HM |
| | A West Chester chemist, he pioneered the mass production of penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. In 1943, with Wyeth Laboratories, his lab (a converted auto repair shop here) made & sent more penicillin to the Armed Forces than any other lab in . . . — — Map (db m8153) HM |
| | “We, A group of Veterans, their family and friends, have erected this memorial to Honor our Country’s Veterans, living and deceased, from the Greater West Chester area.” — — Map (db m49719) WM |
| | After visiting the Brandywine Battlefield on July 26, 1825, General Lafayette came to West Chester. From a point half a block west from here, he reviewed troops parading in his honor. — — Map (db m50265) HM |
| | Should days of brisk be forgot,
Although these days have fled.
Can we neglect the sacred spot,
Where Patriot Heroes bled?
An not those days of "old lang syne,"
We never can forget.
When with our sires to Brandywine,
Come gallant . . . — — Map (db m73844) WM |
| | Gilbert Cope, eminent genealogist and historian, was born in the house on this property. Author of a number of genealogies of Chester County families, he was dedicated to the preservation of Quaker records and of the archives of Chester County. He . . . — — Map (db m42519) HM |
| | Former Site of
Goshen Baptist Church
Meeting House
Erected 1809 – Chartered 1827
Relocated 1970 — — Map (db m50475) HM |
| | The Goshenville Blacksmith Shop is in its original location and was the center of village life for nearly 200 years. It has a working forge and a display of an early l800's Conestoga farm Wagon along with a collection of historic tools. The . . . — — Map (db m77078) HM |
| | An important Indian trail, key to Pennsylvania's fur trade in the 17th century, crossed the present highway near here. It linked trading posts on the lower Schuylkill and Indian towns to the west. The Dutch, Swedes, and English fought one another . . . — — Map (db m40994) HM |
| | This Property has been
placed on the
NATIONAL REGISTER
of HISTORIC PLACES
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m92812) HM |
| | Born in West Chester in 1888. Pippin occupied this house from 1920 until his death in 1946. A self-taught black artist, he painted while living here such notable works as "Domino Players," "John Brown Going to His Hanging," and the "Holy Mountain" . . . — — Map (db m8156) HM |
| | Marshalton was named in honor of Humphry Marshall, noted 18th century scientist and stone mason, whose botanical garden and home are adjacent to the Center House property. Humphrey’s name appears on many of the tavern license petitions, and he may . . . — — Map (db m66901) |
| | In memory of those who fell in the Battle of Brandywine Sept 11, 1777. Back of this in a common grave lay those who fell in this vicinity.
Marked by
The Brandywine Valley Farmers Club
1920 — — Map (db m73830) HM WM |
| | Side One:
Major Isaac Barnard
Born March 22, 1791
Died February 18, 1834
Side Two:
Senator of Pennsylvania, 1820:
Sec’y of The Commonwealth, 1826:
Senator of The U. States, 1827.
Side Three:
This Memorial in . . . — — Map (db m49594) HM |
| | Jefferis Ford
Cornwallis crossed here
between 1 and 2 o’clock
September 11, 1777 — — Map (db m74475) HM |
| | The noted agriculturist purchased land just north of here in 1792 and named it "Como Farm". Here he conducted numerous experiments on crop rotation and maintenance of soil fertility. Bordley planned new devices for seeding and reaping wheat. His . . . — — Map (db m51473) HM |
| | Conservationist, father of the State Forest idea in Pennsylvania, lived in this house from 1876 until his death in 1922. He pioneered in the development of forest fire control, reforestation, and scientific forestry. — — Map (db m8240) HM |
| | In the wooded knoll above sleeping their last sleep rest the Indian owners of these lands before the white man came. — — Map (db m110303) HM |
| | The first published biography of Abraham Lincoln was printed in this building on Feb. 11, 1860. It was prepared from Lincoln's own notes, and served to introduce him to the public as a potential presidential candidate. — — Map (db m62395) HM |
| | From this spot July 26, 1826
Marquis De Lafayette
Viewed the troops escorting him
from a visit to the
Brandywine Battle-Field — — Map (db m76870) HM |
| | West Chester’s first public square, dedicated in 1848. Recognized in the late 19th century for having one of the best collections of trees and shrubs with 160 distinct species. Named in honor of Humphry Marshall (1722 – 1801), a world-renowned . . . — — Map (db m89945) HM |
| | Major General John Sullivan sent a message to George Washington, stating that reports of a British attempt to cross the Brandywine north of the Continental Army were false. Sullivan met “Major Joseph Spear of the Militia who came (last . . . — — Map (db m66894) |
| | For over 250 years, a building has stood on this site. First a house, probably built in 1750 for William and Abigail Clayton. In 1764, Joseph Martin built an addition and opened the Center House, or Martin's Tavern. For 200 years it functioned as a . . . — — Map (db m66810) |
| | This “Hall and Parlor” style house has a kitchen (Hall) and a living room (Parlor) on the first floor and two bedrooms upstairs. There are two angled fireplaces in the center-of the front wall similar to “Penn Plan” houses. . . . — — Map (db m77079) HM |
| | Okehocking Indian Town
The Chiefs
Pokhais, Sepopawny, and Muttagooppa
With their people of the Unami Group
* Their Totem * The Tortoise *
Of the Lenni – Lenape or Delawares
were moved from lower Ridley and Crum Creeks
by . . . — — Map (db m159371) HM |
| | [Left Plaque]
Erected by The County of Chester
In grateful commemoration of the heroism, sacrifices, and patriotism of her soldiers, sailors, and marines displayed during the late war of the rebellion for the preservation of the Union and . . . — — Map (db m48892) HM |
| | Old Main Building, constructed in 1871, served as the principal dormitory and classroom facility for the West Chester Teacher's Normal School. In 1971, faced with prohibitive costs of a facility upgrade, Old Main was torn down by the PA Dept of . . . — — Map (db m8136) HM |
| | On this native stone rested one corner of the first Meeting House at Birmingham built cedar logs with a flintstone in center of it upon which they burnt charcoal to heat the meeting, erected 1721. — — Map (db m73829) HM |
| |
Est 1740
General Howe
Command Post
September 11, 1777 — — Map (db m77129) HM |
| | Osborne's Hill
From this ridge General Howe directed
the movements of the British Army
during the Battle of Brandywine,
September 11, 1777.
__________
Erected by
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission
and the Chester and . . . — — Map (db m51472) HM |
| | Boyhood home of this composer of orchestral and vocal works, including the "Adagio for Strings" and Knoxville; Summer of 1915." Won Pulitzer Prizes in music, 1958 & 1963. Graduate, Curtis Institute. He wrote West Chester High's Alma Mater song. — — Map (db m8157) HM |
| | The Battle of Brandywine involved 28,000 soldiers in combat and was the largest and longest battle of the American Revolution • After marching 17 miles in 9 hours from Kennett Square, Gen. Howe’s army took a break for tea, to rest and refresh in . . . — — Map (db m73808) HM |
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