This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Chester County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Chester County, Pennsylvania, by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are provided below when available. There are 78 historical markers located in Chester County. [1]
| Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Light Infantry (The) |  | September 11, 1915 | US 1 (N side), 1 mile W of Chadds Ford Coordinates not available | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Ann Preston, M.D. (1813-1872) |  | March 22, 2008 | 225 State Rd., West Grove 39°49′13″N75°48′46″W / 39.8204°N 75.8127°W | Roadside | African American, Medicine & Science, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women |
| Baptist Church in the Great Valley |  | April 21, 1951 | N Valley Forge Rd., just S of Old Forge Crossing, Tredyffrin Twp., Tredyffrin Township 40°03′57″N75°25′58″W / 40.0657909°N 75.4328880°W | Roadside | Religion |
| Battle of Brandywine |  | March 18, 1952 | Pa. 842 at intersection SR 3061 SW of West Chester | Roadside | American Revolution, Military |
| Battle of Brandywine | | March 18, 1952 | U.S. 1, 1 mile E of Kennett Square 39°51′30″N75°41′23″W / 39.8582°N 75.68982°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military |
| Battle of Brandywine | | March 18, 1952 | U.S. 1, 1 mile E of Kennett Square | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military |
| Battle of Brandywine | | March 18, 1952 | Pa. 926 at intersection SR 1001 (Birmingham Rd.) W of Darlington Corners, West Chester | Roadside | American Revolution, Military |
| Battle of the Clouds |  | September 13, 2014 | 606 Swedesford Rd., Frazer 40°02′32″N75°34′39″W / 40.04216°N 75.57756°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Military |
| Bayard Rustin |  | February 16, 1995 | At the school, Lincoln & Montgomery Aves., West Chester | City | African American, Civil Rights, Education |
| Berwyn School Fight |  | November 21, 2020 | At Mt. Zion AME Church, 380 N Fairfield Rd., Devon 40°03′23″N75°26′04″W / 40.05643°N 75.43434°W | Roadside | African American, Education, Government & Politics 20th Century, Religion |
| Birmingham Friends Meeting House |  | September 1915 | Wall of Meetinghouse, SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.), .5 mile SE of PA 926, West Chester 39°54′21″N75°35′39″W / 39.9057°N 75.59425°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Buildings & Architecture, Military, Religion, Science & Medicine |
| Brandywine Mansion |  | July 25, 1985 | 102 S. 1st Ave., Coatesville 39°58′50″N75°49′18″W / 39.98052°N 75.82168°W | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Iron, Mansions & Manors |
| The British Attack - PLAQUE |  | September 1915 | PA 926 at intersection SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.), West Chester 39°54′37″N75°35′53″W / 39.91029°N 75.59811°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Camp Elder Civil War Paroled P.O.W. Camp |  | September 7, 2013 | Oakbourne Rd. & Trellis Ln., Westtown Twp. in Westtown Township 39°56′32″N75°34′18″W / 39.94231°N 75.57165°W | Roadside | Civil War, Military |
| Chester County |  | October 26, 1982 | County Courthouse, N. High St., West Chester 39°57′36″N75°36′17″W / 39.95997°N 75.60482°W | City | American Revolution, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Military, William Penn |
| Chester Springs |  | May 13, 1948 | Pa. 113 at Chester Springs 40°05′43″N75°37′03″W / 40.0953°N 75.61762°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Medicine & Science, Military, Sports |
| Dilworthtown - PLAQUE | | September 1915 | SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.) & Old Wilmington Pike, Dilworthtown 39°53′59″N75°34′02″W / 39.8996°N 75.5671°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898-1990) |  | September 24, 2005 | 640 Buck Run Rd., East Fallowfield Township 39°56′43″N75°50′26″W / 39.94538°N 75.84061°W | Roadside | Medicine & Science, Religion, Women |
| Devon Horse Show |  | October 27, 2015 | 105 E Lancaster Ave., Devon 40°02′51″N75°25′11″W / 40.04745°N 75.41964°W | Roadside | Sports & Recreation |
| Duffy's Cut Mass Grave |  | June 18, 2004 | King Rd. at Sugartown Rd., Malvern 40°02′01″N75°31′47″W / 40.0335°N 75.5296°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration, Labor, Medicine & Science, Railroads |
| Eusebius Barnard (1802-1865) |  | April 30, 2011 | 715 S Wawaset Rd., Pocopson Twp., Pocopson Township 39°54′07″N75°39′38″W / 39.9019°N 75.6605°W | Roadside | African American, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women |
| Evan Pugh, Ph.D. |  | September 26, 1964 | Jordan Bank Elem. School, S. Fifth and Hodgson streets, Oxford 39°46′53″N75°58′28″W / 39.781315°N 75.974408°W | City | Agriculture, Education, Environment, Professions & Vocations, Science & Medicine |
| Frederick Douglass |  | February 1, 2006 | West Chester Univ. campus, between Library and Main Hall, facing High St. 39°57′08″N75°35′50″W / 39.95235°N 75.59732°W | Roadside | African American, Civil Rights, Education, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military, Publishing |
| G. Raymond Rettew |  | September 17, 2002 | Walnut & Chestnut Streets, West Chester 39°57′43″N75°36′17″W / 39.96182°N 75.60485°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Medicine & Science, Military, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations |
| Gen. Anthony Wayne |  | April 13, 1949 | U.S. 30 at junction Pa. 252 E of Paoli 40°02′31″N75°28′36″W / 40.042°N 75.4767°W | Roadside | American Revolution, French & Indian War, Military, Native American |
| General Lafayette |  | June 9, 1951 | NW corner, N. Church & W. Lafayette Sts., West Chester 39°57′55″N75°36′36″W / 39.96523°N 75.61°W | City | American Revolution, Military |
| General Sir William Howe |  | August 19, 1947 | U.S. 202, 2.9 miles NE of Paoli (Missing) Coordinates not available | Roadside | American Revolution, Military |
| George Alexander Spratt |  | October 16, 2021 | 800 Reeceville Rd., West Brandywine 40°01′33″N75°47′54″W / 40.025935°N 75.798393°W | Roadside | Invention |
| Graceanna Lewis (1821-1912) |  | April 5, 2014 | 2123 Kimberton Rd., Phoenixville (E Pikeland Twp.) 40°07′51″N75°34′27″W / 40.13076°N 75.57421°W | Roadside | African American, Education, Religion, Science & Medicine, Women |
| Great Minquas Path |  | June 26, 1951 | Business U.S. 322, 1 mile SE of West Chester 39°56′54″N75°35′38″W / 39.9483°N 75.5938°W | Roadside | Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation |
| Great Minquas Path | | November 14, 1925 | US 202 & 322, at Church Ave., 1/2 mile S of West Chester 39°56′54″N75°35′38″W / 39.9483°N 75.5938°W | Plaque | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Native American, Paths & Trails |
| Great Valley Mill |  | August 19, 1947 | U.S. 202, 1.5 miles NE of Paoli (Missing) Coordinates not available | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Mills |
| Hannah Freeman |  | September 1925 | PA 52 (E side), .2 mile N of junction US 1, Kennett Square 39°52′21″N75°40′07″W / 39.8724°N 75.6687°W | Plaque | Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, Religion, Women |
| Hopewell Historic District |  | November 10, 1996 | Intersection of Hopewell & Lower Hopewell Roads, Lower Oxford & E. Nottingham Twps. 39°46′46″N76°01′01″W / 39.77955°N 76.01703°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Education |
| Hopewell Village |  | August 5, 1948 | Pa. 345 at Warwick, just N of junction Pa. 23 40°09′41″N75°47′24″W / 40.16142°N 75.78995°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Horace Pippin |  | June 9, 1979 | 327 Gay St., West Chester 39°57′30″N75°36′37″W / 39.9583°N 75.61037°W | City | African American, Artists |
| Hosanna Meeting House | | May 9, 1992 | Old U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) N of Lincoln University campus, Lower Oxford Twp. 39°48′41″N75°55′31″W / 39.8115°N 75.9253°W | Roadside | African American, Houses & Homesteads, Religion, Underground Railroad |
| Humphry Marshall (1722-1801) |  | October 18, 2014 | 1407 W Strasburg Rd., West Chester 39°57′00″N75°40′51″W / 39.95002°N 75.68072°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Environment, Professions & Vocations, Science & Medicine, Writers |
| Ida Ella Ruth Jones | | October 23, 2004 | Pa. 82 (Doe Run Rd.) at Rokeby Rd., East Fallowfield 39°56′23″N75°49′58″W / 39.93978°N 75.83278°W | Roadside | African American, Artists, Women |
| Isaac & Dinah Mendenhall (1806-82 / 1807-89) |  | November 10, 2018 | 301 Kennett Pike (PA 52), at Hillendale Rd., Kennett Twp., Kennett Square 39°51′34″N75°38′44″W / 39.85934°N 75.64543°W | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, African American, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women |
| James Joseph "Jim" Croce (1943-1973) |  | April 9, 2022 | Highspire and Creek Rds., Lyndell, in East Brandywine Township 40°03′35″N75°44′42″W / 40.059845°N 75.745034°W | Roadside | Music & Theater |
| John Beale Bordley |  | February 25, 1953 | SR 3062 (Strasburg Rd.) just off Pa. 162, 1.6 miles W of Marshalltown | Roadside | Agriculture, Environment, Invention, Professions & Vocations |
| John F. Fritz |  | August 16, 1954 | Pa. 41, 2.8 miles SE of Cochranville (Missing) 39°52′19″N75°52′37″W / 39.87188°N 75.87703°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Iron & Steel, Professions & Vocations |
| John G. Parke |  | July 22, 1968 | Business US 30 at Veterans Hospital, near N Caln Rd., E of Coatesville 39°59′19″N75°47′36″W / 39.98853°N 75.79345°W | Roadside | Civil War, Environment, Government & Politics, Military, Professions & Vocations |
| Joseph T. Rothrock |  | June 9, 1952 | NW corner, N. Church St. & W. Lafayette St., West Chester 39°57′49″N75°36′33″W / 39.9635°N 75.60922°W | City | Environment, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations |
| Lightfoot Mill (Mill at Anselma) |  | October 13, 2007 | 1730 Conestoga Rd. (W side of state hwy. 401), Chester Spgs. 40°04′57″N75°38′34″W / 40.08263°N 75.642647°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Mills |
| Lincoln Biography |  | September 17, 1952 | 28 W. Market St., West Chester 39°57′33″N75°36′19″W / 39.95928°N 75.60515°W | City | Abraham Lincoln, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Publishing |
| Lincoln University |  | January 25, 1967 | SR 3026 (old U.S. 1), 2 miles NE of Oxford 39°48′38″N75°55′41″W / 39.8106°N 75.9281°W | Roadside | African American, Education |
| Lynching of Zachariah Walker |  | December 9, 2006 | Rt. 82 south, approx. 1/4 mile from Coatesville city limits | Roadside | African American, Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century |
| Minguannan Indian Town - PLAQUE | | October 1924 | Intersection SR 3006 (Yeatman Station Rd.) & SR 3034 (London Tract Rd.), 1.5 miles NE of Strickersville 39°44′47″N75°46′31″W / 39.74627°N 75.77517°W | Plaque | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics 17th Century, Native American, William Penn |
| Okehocking Indian Town - PLAQUE |  | June 1924 | PA 3 (West Chester Pike), .5 mile E of PA 926 & 4 miles W of Newtown Square 39°58′03″N75°28′53″W / 39.96738°N 75.48132°W | Plaque | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Native American, William Penn |
| Osborne's Hill - PLAQUE | | September 1915 | Sr 2001 (Birmingham Rd.) at driveway to Osborne Hill, 1 mile S of Strodes Mill 39°55′22″N75°36′32″W / 39.92272°N 75.60885°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Parker Kidnapping & Rescue | | September 17, 2011 | At Fremont Cemetery & Union Methodist Church, 321 Fremont Rd., West Nottingham Township 39°44′29″N76°03′56″W / 39.74127°N 76.06548°W | Roadside | African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Women |
| Pennhurst State School & Hospital |  | April 10, 2010 | Schuylkill Rd. (PA 174) near Bridge St., Spring City | Roadside | Civil Rights, Education, Government & Politics 20th Century |
| Pennsylvania |  | December 12, 1948 | U.S. 1, approx. .6 miles from state line | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn |
| Pennsylvania | | December 12, 1948 | Pa. 41, approx. .7 miles from state line | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn |
| Peter Bezellon |  | October 14, 1954 | SR 3064 (West Chester Rd.) at Oak St., S end Coatesville 39°58′55″N75°48′17″W / 39.98185°N 75.8048°W | City | Early Settlement, Native American, Professions & Vocations |
| Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike |  | November 20, 1999 | E Lincoln Hwy. (Bus. Rt. 30), near Veterans Dr., Caln Twp., just E of Coatesville 39°59′19″N75°47′31″W / 39.98848°N 75.79208°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Roads, Transportation |
| Phoenix Iron Company |  | October 29, 2005 | Main St., Phoenixville, near municipal parking lot and P.I.C. site | City | Business & Industry, Civil War, Iron, Military |
| Queonemysing Indian Town (PLAQUE) | | October 4, 1924 | PA 100, ~.1 mile N of state line, and at Delaware County line (MISSING) | Plaque | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Native American, William Penn |
| Samuel Barber |  | March 9, 1996 | 107 S. Church St., West Chester 39°34′42″N75°36′16″W / 39.57833°N 75.6045°W | City | Music & Theater |
| Reading Furnace Historic District |  | May 12, 1948 | Pa. 23 between Warwick & Knauertown | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Sconnelltown - PLAQUE | | September 1, 1915 | Near junction SR 3061 & 2001, just off PA 842 SW of West Chester 39°56′08″N75°37′30″W / 39.93555°N 75.62505°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Springton Manor Farm |  | October 5, 1984 | SR 4023 (Springton Rd.) & Highspire Rd., 1 mile N of U.S. 322, Wallace Twp. | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Mansions & Manors, William Penn |
| Star of the West, Tent No. Six |  | May 15, 1995 | 113 S Adams St., West Chester 39°57′41″N75°35′51″W / 39.96137°N 75.59757°W | City | African American, Women |
| Steyning Manor - PLAQUE | | October 1, 1926 | SR 3048 (old US 1) southbound, .5 mile W of Kennett Square 39°50′41″N75°43′38″W / 39.84464°N 75.7271°W | Plaque | Government & Politics, Mansions & Manors, Native American, William Penn |
| Sunset Park | | August 12, 2018 | S Jennersville Rd. (PA 796) at Waltman Ln., West Grove 39°49′18″N75°52′16″W / 39.8216°N 75.87124°W | Roadside | Music & Theater, Performers |
| Thomas B. Read |  | May 12, 1948 | US 322 at Corner Ketch Lyndell Rd.(SR 4037), NW of Downingtown | Roadside | Artists, Writers |
| Thomas McKean |  | October 26, 1974 | Pa. 896 NW of Pa. 841, Franklin | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Governors |
| Trimble's Ford - PLAQUE |  | September 1, 1915 | SR 3023 (Camp Linden Rd.), .2 mile E of SR 3058, Marshallton 39°56′03″N75°40′50″W / 39.9341°N 75.68042°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military |
| Village of Valley Forge |  | September 17, 1960 | Valley Forge Rd. (PA 23) near Owen Dr., at E end of village and Montgomery Co. line | Roadside | Early Settlement, George Washington, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Iron |
| Village of Valley Forge | | September 17, 1960 | Valley Forge Rd. (PA 23) near Valley Park Rd., W end of village 40°06′05″N75°28′28″W / 40.10125°N 75.47447°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, George Washington, Iron, Military |
| Valley Forge General Hospital |  | October 27, 2012 | near 1401 Charlestown Rd., Phoenixville in Schuylkill Township 40°07′03″N75°32′39″W / 40.11742°N 75.54403°W | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War, Science & Medicine |
| Warwick Furnace |  | May 12, 1948 | Pa. 23 between Warwick & Knauertown | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Wharton Esherick (1887-1970) |  | September 9, 2018 | Horseshoe Trial & Country Club Rd., Phoenixville in Tredyffrin Township 40°05′01″N75°29′43″W / 40.08374°N 75.4952°W | Roadside | Artists, Professions & Vocations |
| Whittier C. Atkinson |  | April 14, 2007 | 824 E Chestnut St., Coatesville | City | African American, Medicine & Science |
| William Darlington |  | April 11, 1952 | 13 N. High St. between Market & Gay Sts., West Chester 39°57′36″N75°36′17″W / 39.96013°N 75.60477°W | City | Environment, Government & Politics 19th Century, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations |
| Woman's Rights Convention of 1852 |  | October 13, 2003 | 225 N. High St., West Chester 39°57′43″N75°36′24″W / 39.96203°N 75.6066°W | City | Civil Rights, Education, Professions & Vocations, Women |
