Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. It is in the Philadelphia Metro Area. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census. As noted by Forbes, Phoenixville is a former beaten-down mill town with a recent downtown revitalization plan that led to 10 craft breweries, a distillery, and winery tasting rooms.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Sugartown is an unincorporated settlement in central Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the intersection of Sugartown and Boot Roads. It is located 18 miles west of Philadelphia.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
There are 320 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located in Chester Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 101 contributing buildings, which were designed in the vernacular camp meeting style of architecture; additional notable examples of the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles also are present here. Public buildings include the contributing Tabernacle (1878), Dining Hall (1900), Youth Tabernacle (1909, and dormitory. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, which were built roughly between 1876 and 1920.
Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough. The district includes a number of small scale farm and industrial workers' housing, estate houses, mill-owners' dwellings, and farm buildings. Notable buildings include the Shawmont Railroad Station (1834), Miquon Station designed by Frank Furness (1910), Riverside Paper Mills, Hagy's Mill ruin, St. Mary's Church, and "Fairview" and other buildings on the grounds of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. The Roxborough Pumping Station was also part of the district, but it was demolished in 2011 after sitting abandoned for over fifty years.
Gay Street School is a historic school building located in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It has two sections. The older section, the west wing, was built in 1874, and is a two-story, brick structure. The two-story east wing and three-story central section were added in 1883. The building features a clock and bell tower.
Moore Hall, also known as the William Moore House, is a historic home located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house dates back to about 1722, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by three-bay, fieldstone dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof, two-story rear kitchen wing and sun porch. It was restored in the late-1930s. During the American Revolution the house served as headquarters for Col. Clement Biddle in late-1777 and early-1778, during the encampment at Valley Forge. At that time, a committee of congress met at Moore Hall for three months and there decided that Gen. George Washington should serve as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. At the turn of the 20th century, the house was the summer home for Pennsylvania Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker.
Charlestown Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the Middle Pickering Rural Historic District. It encompasses 21 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure on 7 properties in the crossroads village of Charlestown. They date between about 1740 and 1870, and are reflective of a number of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate. The oldest is the Job Harvey House, built about 1740. Also included is the Charlestown Woolen Mill (1862-1865), William Nixon House, Charlestown Methodist Episcopal Church, Moses King House, William Howard house and wheelwright shop, and the "Town Hall."
Middle Pickering Rural Historic District also known as the Pickering & Pigeon Run Rural Historic District, is a national historic district located in Charlestown Township, East Pikeland Township, and West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the Charlestown Village Historic District. It encompasses 76 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 15 contributing structures in rural northern Chester County. Included are 15 farmsteads dated to the 18th or 19th century, two Lutheran churches and cemeteries, the sites of two small industrial complexes, and the tiny village of Merlin. Located in the district and listed separately is the Oskar G. Stonorov House.
West Chester Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 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, Denney-Reyburn factory, Caleb Taylor Store, Federal Ehne's Bakery, Kofke's Store, and Woolworth (1928). Also listed and located in the district are the Bank of Chester County, Buckwalter Building, Chester County Courthouse, Farmers and Mechanics Building, and Warner Theater.
The Hopewell Farm, also known as Lower Farm and Hopedell Farm, is a historic home and farm located at 1751 Valley Road in Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 500-acre farm complex has six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and six contributing structures. The buildings and property were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Birchrunville Historic District is a national historic district located in West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 53 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the crossroads hamlet of Birchrunville. The district is primarily residential, with those buildings largely constructed between 1840 and 1880. Some dwellings date to the early-19th century and are reflective of the Georgian style. The district also includes the separately listed Birchrunville General Store.
Chester Springs Historic District, also known as The Old Art School, Orphan's School, Yellow Springs Spa, and Good News Buildings, is a national historic district located in West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 7 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the spa community of Chester Springs. The district includes the old hotel and inn, two large residences, a bath house at one end of the springs, and a studio. It also includes a wooden summer house that enclosed the iron springs. The property was the site of a hospital commissioned by the Continental Congress and built in 1777. The three-story, 106 feet by 36 feet wide building burned in 1902, was reconstructed, then burned again in the 1960s. The Yellow Springs resort operated in the early-mid 19th century and many of the buildings date from that period.
Hatfield–Hibernia Historic District is a national historic district located in West Brandywine Township and West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 19 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a rural area of western Chester County. The district includes lands one associated with the Hatfield Mansion and Estate. Notable buildings include a number of early 19th-century worker's houses, a number of cottages associated with the Hibernia House, and Hibernia Methodist Church (1841). The contributing site is the ruins of a grist mill. The district includes the separately listed Hibernia House.
Lionville Historic District is a national historic district located in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district includes 39 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Lionville. The buildings date to the 18th and 19th century and include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings and outbuildings. Notable buildings include the Cadwalader House, Vaughan House, Red Lion Tavern, Uwchlan Meeting House (1756), Wagonseller House, John Biedler Jr. Farmhouse (1811-1813), St. Paul's Parsonage (1813), Lionville Fire Company (1911), Joel Hawley Store (1834), Edith P. Moore School House and former St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Byers Station Historic District is a national historic district located in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 26 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Byers Station. The buildings date to the 19th century and include a number of notable Italianate style buildings. Notable buildings include a variety of residences, a factory, a Masonic lodge (1894), and the former Byers Hotel. The community grew around the Byers railroad station, after its opening in 1871, and continued after plumbago (graphite) was discovered in the area in 1875.
West Vincent Highlands Historic District is a national historic district located in Upper Uwchlan Township and West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 147 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures in a rural area of Chester County. It includes a variety of early- to mid-19th century vernacular farmhouses and related outbuildings. Other buildings include a stone grist mill (1808) and woolen mill (1813).
Coatesville Historic District is a national historic district located in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 457 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the city of Coatesville. The buildings date from the mid-18th century to 1937, with most built between 1850 and 1924. They are mostly two- and three-story commercial buildings constructed of brick. They include notable examples of the Gothic and Italianate styles. Notable buildings include the Fleming House, Brandywine Mansion, National Bank of Chester Valley (1917), St. Cecelia's Church (1870), Beth Israel Synagogue (1925), and Coatesville High School (1915). The district includes the separately listed Lukens Main Office Building, and "Terracina."
