Near South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade . . . — — Map (db m205651) HM
On South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Displayed here, you see a portion of a World Trade Center base column structure. Nicknamed "trees" or "forks," these formed the lower stories' backbone around the circumference of each Tower. A portion of these columns were the only structures . . . — — Map (db m205643) HM WM
Near South 1st Street at West Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Issac Pennock, properly considered the founder of the business which became the Lukens Steel Company, began his career in the manufacture of iron in the early 1790s when he erected a mill at a place called Rokeby on the Buck Run in Chester . . . — — Map (db m236591) HM
On S. 1st Street at Maple Ave., on the right when traveling south on S. 1st Street.
Historic Fleming house, purchased by Moses Coates in 1787. Acquired in 1810 by Jesse Kersey and Isaac Pennock, founders of the Brandywine Iron Works. Occupied 1816-1825 by Pennock's son-in-law, Dr. Charles Lukens, whose widow Rebecca continued and . . . — — Map (db m48493) HM
On South 1st Avenue at West Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on South 1st Avenue.
The small house known as Brandywine Mansion is the oldest structure in the Lukens National Historic District. The original east section, closer to the road, dates back to the mid 1700s and the larger west section was added around 1788, shortly after . . . — — Map (db m236589) HM
On South First Avenue, 0.1 miles south of East Harmony Street/Harmony Street, on the right when traveling south.
Following his marriage in 1895 to Annie MacGregor Stewart of Savannah, Georgia, Charles Lukens Huston
had this home built in 1896. The house was designed by Cope & Stewardson, Philadelphia architects who
were responsible as well for his . . . — — Map (db m237697) HM
On South First Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Graystone Mansion is Coatesville's most architecturally significant residence and
was the home of Abram Francis Huston who succeeded his father, Dr. Charles
Huston as president of the Lukens Iron & Steel Company in 1897. A grandson . . . — — Map (db m65939) HM
On 50 South 1st Avenue, 0.1 miles south of The Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 82), on the right when traveling south.
Addressing the needs of a growing business, a new office building was constructed on South First Avenue. Groundbreaking took place in 1902 and Lukens Main Office was completed in the fall of 1903. The building proved to be an aesthetic enhancement . . . — — Map (db m237696) HM
On West Chester Road at Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on West Chester Road.
Famed Indian trader and interpreter bought a tract of 500 acres in this area in 1736. This site is a part of the tract. He died in 1742. Bezellon and his wife, Martha, lie buried in St. John's churchyard at Compass, Penna. — — Map (db m8259) HM
On 1st Avenue just west of South 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The successful growth of the Brandywine mill is reflected in Terracina, which was built in 1850-1851 by Rebecca Lukens for her daughter, Isabella Lukens Huston, and Isabella's husband, Dr. Charles Huston. Constructed in the Country Gothic style made . . . — — Map (db m236590) HM
Near South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
It is appropriate that these artifacts have come home to Coatesville where they were made. As a community with a long history of steelmaking, it is especially poignant to remember the Lukens steelworkers who made and fashioned the trees.
The . . . — — Map (db m205644) HM WM
Near S. 1st Street, 0.1 miles south of Harmony Street.
In 1891 Lukens installed its first two open hearth furnaces which were then quickly upgraded and complemented by four new 35-tons for a total of six. Lukens poured its first heat of steel on February 25, 1892. In 1899 a 48" Universal mill was added. . . . — — Map (db m50752) HM
A new rolling mill was constructed in 1870 powered by a steam boiler to drive the larger rolls, which were 25" in diameter and 84" in length. The old mill was then converted to Pudding Mill to prepare stock for the new mill.
In 1890, the firm . . . — — Map (db m236592) HM
Near South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
The project to make and roll the steel that went into the World Trade Center began in 1967. The steel for the bases of Towers 1 and 2 had to be able to support incredible loads, Lukens was chosen due to their expertise in the production of . . . — — Map (db m205652) HM
On 50 South 1st Avenue, 0.1 miles south of The Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 82), on the right when traveling south.
In 1927 a new 84" mill was installed, replacing the old 84" mill of the 1870s. It could produce plates as thin as 1/8" and up to 72" wide. Also in 1927, Lukens formed the By-Products Steel Company, a subsidiary established to provide partial . . . — — Map (db m237695) HM
Near South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
On Wednesday, the drivers were ready to go at 4:00 am. At dawn, the convoy of 28 trucks crossed the George Washington Bridge. Their route took them across New Jersey and the Delaware River at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. They came down Route 100 to . . . — — Map (db m205646) HM
Near South 1st Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Not long after the tragedy, the Graystone Society was active in obtaining the Trees. Scott G. Huston, President, and Eugene L. DiOrio, Vice President, became aware that some of the trees had been salvaged and were in storage in a hanger at JFK . . . — — Map (db m205648) HM
On Cannery Road, on the left when traveling north.
Welcome to the 1,282-acre ChesLen
Preserve, one of the region's largest
private nature preserves. ChesLen was
the vision of philanthropist H.F. "Gerry"
Lenfest, whose donation of 568 acres to
Natural Lands inspired Chester County
to transfer . . . — — Map (db m225915) HM
On E. Chestnut Street near N. 8th Ave., on the right when traveling east.
Founded Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital here, 1936, offering quality health care to all despite inability to pay. First African American president of Chester County Medical Society; Pa. Practitioner of the year, 1960. A 1924 graduate of Howard . . . — — Map (db m8260) HM
On Lincoln Highway East at Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway East.
Born in this vicinity on Sept. 22, 1827, the noted Army Engineer is remembered chiefly for having set the exact boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada. His survey, begun in 1857, was halted by service in the Civil War and was not completed . . . — — Map (db m8261) HM
On Lincoln Highway East at Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway East.
This was the nations first major toll road, built by a private company incorporated 1792 by the state legislature. Completed two years later and praised as the finest highway of its day, the stone-and-gravel turnpike stretched 62 miles. The 35th . . . — — Map (db m8262) HM
On Buck Run Road, on the right when traveling south.
Prominent authority on astronomy and author of more than one hundred books and articles. Sitterly was a career physicist with the Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce. She received the American Astronomical Society award in 1937 and was . . . — — Map (db m51270) HM
On Doe Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 82) 0.2 miles south of the Coatesville city limits, on the left when traveling south.
An African American steelworker, Walker was burned to death by a mob near here on August 13, 1911. He was accused of killing Edgar Rice, a white security guard and a former borough policeman. Fifteen local men and teenage boys were indicted for . . . — — Map (db m14833) HM
Near Conley Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Here Rests
Indian Hannah
The Last of the Lenni-Lenape
Indians in Chester County
who died in 1802
—
Marked by
Chester County Historical Society
1909 — — Map (db m82070) HM
Natural Lands
This cemetery-known as a "potter's field"-is a remnant of the
Chester County Poorhouse, once located nearby. It contains several
hundred graves where early residents of the poorhouse are buried.
Built in 1798, the . . . — — Map (db m226090) HM
On Stargazer Road at Embreeville Road (Pennsylvania Route 162), on the left when traveling south on Stargazer Road.
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 Dixon in the . . . — — Map (db m193204) HM
On Stargazer Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Embreeville Road (Pennsylvania Route 162) just east of Stargazers Road.
Welcome to the 1,282-acre ChesLen
Preserve, one of the region's largest
private nature preserves. ChesLen was
the vision of philanthropist H.F. "Gerry"
Lenfest, whose donation of 568 acres to
Natural Lands inspired Chester County
to transfer . . . — — Map (db m226091) HM
On Cannery Road, 1.1 miles south of Lost Trail road, on the right when traveling north.
Welcome to the 1,282-acre ChesLen Preserve, one of the region's largest private nature preserves. ChesLen was the vision of philanthropist H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, whose donation of 568 acres to Natural Lands inspired Chester County to transfer 500 . . . — — Map (db m226092) HM
On Embreeville Road (Pennsylvania Route 162) 0.2 miles east of Stargazers Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1763, nearly 240 years before the widespread
use of GPS, surveyors and astronomers Charles
Mason and Jeremiah Dixon came to the New
World to end a bloody, 80-year boundary dispute
between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Their survey,
which . . . — — Map (db m192485) HM
On Reeceville Road, on the left when traveling north.
Here on his farm, Spratt performed aeronautical experiments that aided Wilbur and Orville Wright in achieving the first successful airplane flight. Among the first to use a wind tunnel, he helped the Wright brothers diagnose flaws with their 1901 . . . — — Map (db m187197) HM
