West Chester Downtown Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located in
West Chester,
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the De ...
. It encompasses 3,137 contributing buildings in West Chester. It includes residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings built between 1789 and the 1930s. Notable buildings include the U.S. Post Office, Green Tree Building (1933), St. Agnes Church (1851), Biddle Street School (1917), Major Groff Memorial Armory,
Horticulture Building (1848) designed by
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was an American architect of German descent, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was ...
, Denney-Reyburn factory, Caleb Taylor Store (c. 1818), Federal Ehne's Bakery (c. 1816), Kofke's Store (c. 1816), and
Woolworth (1928). Also listed and located in the district are the
Bank of Chester County
Bank of Chester County (also known as the National Bank of Chester County, National Bank of Chester County and Trust Company, and Fidelity Bank) is a historic two-story bank building located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the firs ...
,
Buckwalter Building,
Chester County Courthouse,
Farmers and Mechanics Building, and
Warner Theater.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1985.
The boundary was increased on February 27, 2005.
References
External links
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Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA 8 photos and 13 data pages at
Historic American Buildings Survey
Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...
Chester County Hotel, 36 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA 4 photos, 5 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA 19 photos and 19 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
Baptist Church of West Chester, 221 South High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA 2 photos, 11 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic districts in Chester County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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