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) | US 1 (N side), 1 mile W of Chadds Ford Coordinates not available | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Ann Preston, M.D. (1813–1872) | 225 State Rd., West Grove 39.8204°N -75.8127°W | Roadside | African American, Medicine & Science, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women | ||||||
| Baptist Church in the Great Valley | N Valley Forge Rd., just S of Old Forge Crossing, Tredyffrin Twp., Tredyffrin Township 40.0658°N -75.4329°W | Roadside | Religion | ||||||
| Battle of Brandywine | Pa. 842 at intersection SR 3061 SW of West Chester | Roadside | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Battle of Brandywine | U.S. 1, 1 mile E of Kennett Square 39.8582°N -75.6898°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
| Battle of Brandywine | U.S. 1, 1 mile E of Kennett Square | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
| Battle of Brandywine | Pa. 926 at intersection SR 1001 (Birmingham Rd.) W of Darlington Corners, West Chester | Roadside | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Battle of the Clouds | 606 Swedesford Rd., Frazer 40.0422°N -75.5776°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Bayard Rustin | At the school, Lincoln & Montgomery Aves., West Chester | City | African American, Civil Rights, Education | ||||||
| Berwyn School Fight | At Mt. Zion AME Church, 380 N Fairfield Rd., Devon 40.0564°N -75.4343°W | Roadside | African American, Education, Government & Politics 20th Century, Religion | ||||||
| Wall of Meetinghouse, SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.), .5 mile SE of PA 926, West Chester 39.9057°N -75.5943°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Buildings & Architecture, Military, Religion, Science & Medicine | |||||||
| Brandywine Mansion | 102 S. 1st Ave., Coatesville 39.9805°N -75.8217°W | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Iron, Mansions & Manors | ||||||
| The British Attack - PLAQUE | PA 926 at intersection SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.), West Chester 39.9103°N -75.5981°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Camp Elder Civil War Paroled P.O.W. Camp | Oakbourne Rd. & Trellis Ln., Westtown Twp. in Westtown Township 39.9423°N -75.5717°W | Roadside | Civil War, Military | ||||||
| Chester County | County Courthouse, N. High St., West Chester 39.96°N -75.6048°W | City | American Revolution, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Military, William Penn | ||||||
| Chester Springs | Pa. 113 at Chester Springs 40.0953°N -75.6176°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Medicine & Science, Military, Sports | ||||||
| Dilworthtown - PLAQUE | SR 2001 (Birmingham Rd.) & Old Wilmington Pike, Dilworthtown 39.8996°N -75.5671°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898–1990) | 640 Buck Run Rd., East Fallowfield Township 39.9454°N -75.8406°W | Roadside | Medicine & Science, Religion, Women | ||||||
| Devon Horse Show | 105 E Lancaster Ave., Devon 40.0475°N -75.4196°W | Roadside | Sports & Recreation | ||||||
| Duffy's Cut Mass Grave | King Rd. at Sugartown Rd., Malvern 40.0335°N -75.5296°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration, Labor, Medicine & Science, Railroads | ||||||
| Eusebius Barnard (1802–1865) | 715 S Wawaset Rd., Pocopson Twp., Pocopson Township 39.9019°N -75.6605°W | Roadside | African American, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women | ||||||
| Evan Pugh, Ph.D. | Jordan Bank Elem. School, S. Fifth and Hodgson streets, Oxford 39.7813°N -75.9744°W | City | Agriculture, Education, Environment, Professions & Vocations, Science & Medicine | ||||||
| Frederick Douglass | West Chester Univ. campus, between Library and Main Hall, facing High St. 39.9524°N -75.5973°W | Roadside | African American, Civil Rights, Education, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military, Publishing | ||||||
| G. Raymond Rettew | Walnut & Chestnut Streets, West Chester 39.9618°N -75.6049°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Medicine & Science, Military, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Gen. Anthony Wayne | U.S. 30 at junction Pa. 252 E of Paoli 40.042°N -75.4767°W | Roadside | American Revolution, French & Indian War, Military, Native American | ||||||
| General Lafayette | NW corner, N. Church & W. Lafayette Sts., West Chester 39.9652°N -75.61°W | City | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| General Sir William Howe | U.S. 202, 2.9 miles NE of Paoli (Missing) Coordinates not available | Roadside | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| George Alexander Spratt | 800 Reeceville Rd., West Brandywine 40.0259°N -75.7984°W | Roadside | Invention | ||||||
| Graceanna Lewis (1821–1912) | 2123 Kimberton Rd., Phoenixville (E Pikeland Twp.) 40.1308°N -75.5742°W | Roadside | African American, Education, Religion, Science & Medicine, Women | ||||||
| Great Minquas Path | Business U.S. 322, 1 mile SE of West Chester 39.9483°N -75.5938°W | Roadside | Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation | ||||||
| Great Minquas Path | US 202 & 322, at Church Ave., 1/2 mile S of West Chester 39.9483°N -75.5938°W | Plaque | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Native American, Paths & Trails | ||||||
| Great Valley Mill | U.S. 202, 1.5 miles NE of Paoli (Missing) Coordinates not available | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Mills | ||||||
| Hannah Freeman | PA 52 (E side), .2 mile N of junction US 1, Kennett Square 39.8724°N -75.6687°W | Plaque | Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, Religion, Women | ||||||
| Hopewell Historic District | Intersection of Hopewell & Lower Hopewell Roads, Lower Oxford & E. Nottingham Twps. 39.7796°N -76.017°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Education | ||||||
| Hopewell Village | Pa. 345 at Warwick, just N of junction Pa. 23 40.1614°N -75.79°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Horace Pippin | 327 Gay St., West Chester 39.9583°N -75.6104°W | City | African American, Artists | ||||||
| Hosanna Meeting House | Old U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) N of Lincoln University campus, Lower Oxford Twp. 39.8115°N -75.9253°W | Roadside | African American, Houses & Homesteads, Religion, Underground Railroad | ||||||
| Humphry Marshall (1722–1801) | 1407 W Strasburg Rd., West Chester 39.95°N -75.6807°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Environment, Professions & Vocations, Science & Medicine, Writers | ||||||
| Ida Ella Ruth Jones | Pa. 82 (Doe Run Rd.) at Rokeby Rd., East Fallowfield 39.9398°N -75.8328°W | Roadside | African American, Artists, Women | ||||||
| Isaac & Dinah Mendenhall (1806-82 / 1807–89) | 301 Kennett Pike (PA 52), at Hillendale Rd., Kennett Twp., Kennett Square 39.8593°N -75.6454°W | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, African American, Religion, Underground Railroad, Women | ||||||
| James Joseph "Jim" Croce (1943–1973) | Highspire and Creek Rds., Lyndell, in East Brandywine Township 40.0598°N -75.745°W | Roadside | Music & Theater | ||||||
| John Beale Bordley | SR 3062 (Strasburg Rd.) just off Pa. 162, 1.6 miles W of Marshalltown | Roadside | Agriculture, Environment, Invention, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| John F. Fritz | Pa. 41, 2.8 miles SE of Cochranville (Missing) 39.8719°N -75.877°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Iron & Steel, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| John G. Parke | Business US 30 at Veterans Hospital, near N Caln Rd., E of Coatesville 39.9885°N -75.7935°W | Roadside | Civil War, Environment, Government & Politics, Military, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Joseph T. Rothrock | NW corner, N. Church St. & W. Lafayette St., West Chester 39.9635°N -75.6092°W | City | Environment, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Lightfoot Mill (Mill at Anselma) | 1730 Conestoga Rd. (W side of state hwy. 401), Chester Spgs. 40.0826°N -75.6426°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Mills | ||||||
| Lincoln Biography | 28 W. Market St., West Chester 39.9593°N -75.6052°W | City | Abraham Lincoln, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Publishing | ||||||
| Lincoln University | SR 3026 (old U.S. 1), 2 miles NE of Oxford 39.8106°N -75.9281°W | Roadside | African American, Education | ||||||
| Lynching of Zachariah Walker | Rt. 82 south, approx. 1/4 mile from Coatesville city limits | Roadside | African American, Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century | ||||||
| Minguannan Indian Town - PLAQUE | Intersection SR 3006 (Yeatman Station Rd.) & SR 3034 (London Tract Rd.), 1.5 miles NE of Strickersville 39.7463°N -75.7752°W | Plaque | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics 17th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
| Okehocking Indian Town - PLAQUE | PA 3 (West Chester Pike), .5 mile E of PA 926 & 4 miles W of Newtown Square 39.9674°N -75.4813°W | Plaque | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
| Osborne's Hill - PLAQUE | Sr 2001 (Birmingham Rd.) at driveway to Osborne Hill, 1 mile S of Strodes Mill 39.9227°N -75.6089°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Parker Kidnapping & Rescue | At Fremont Cemetery & Union Methodist Church, 321 Fremont Rd., West Nottingham Township 39.7413°N -76.0655°W | Roadside | African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Women | ||||||
| Pennhurst State School & Hospital | Schuylkill Rd. (PA 174) near Bridge St., Spring City | Roadside | Civil Rights, Education, Government & Politics 20th Century | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | U.S. 1, approx. .6 miles from state line | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Pa. 41, approx. .7 miles from state line | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
| Peter Bezellon | SR 3064 (West Chester Rd.) at Oak St., S end Coatesville 39.9819°N -75.8048°W | City | Early Settlement, Native American, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike | E Lincoln Hwy. (Bus. Rt. 30), near Veterans Dr., Caln Twp., just E of Coatesville 39.9885°N -75.7921°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Roads, Transportation | ||||||
| Phoenix Iron Company | Main St., Phoenixville, near municipal parking lot and P.I.C. site | City | Business & Industry, Civil War, Iron, Military | ||||||
| Queonemysing Indian Town (PLAQUE) | 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 | 107 S. Church St., West Chester 39.5783°N -75.6045°W | City | Music & Theater | ||||||
| Reading Furnace Historic District | Pa. 23 between Warwick & Knauertown | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Sconnelltown - PLAQUE | Near junction SR 3061 & 2001, just off PA 842 SW of West Chester 39.9356°N -75.6251°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Springton Manor Farm | 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 | 113 S Adams St., West Chester 39.9614°N -75.5976°W | City | African American, Women | ||||||
| Steyning Manor - PLAQUE | SR 3048 (old US 1) southbound, .5 mile W of Kennett Square 39.8446°N -75.7271°W | Plaque | Government & Politics, Mansions & Manors, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
| Sunset Park | S Jennersville Rd. (PA 796) at Waltman Ln., West Grove 39.8216°N -75.8712°W | Roadside | Music & Theater, Performers | ||||||
| Thomas B. Read | US 322 at Corner Ketch Lyndell Rd.(SR 4037), NW of Downingtown | Roadside | Artists, Writers | ||||||
| Thomas McKean | Pa. 896 NW of Pa. 841, Franklin | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Governors | ||||||
| Trimble's Ford - PLAQUE | SR 3023 (Camp Linden Rd.), .2 mile E of SR 3058, Marshallton 39.9341°N -75.6804°W | Plaque | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Village of Valley Forge | 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 | Valley Forge Rd. (PA 23) near Valley Park Rd., W end of village 40.1013°N -75.4745°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, George Washington, Iron, Military | ||||||
| Valley Forge General Hospital | near 1401 Charlestown Rd., Phoenixville in Schuylkill Township 40.1174°N -75.544°W | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War, Science & Medicine | ||||||
| Warwick Furnace | Pa. 23 between Warwick & Knauertown | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Wharton Esherick (1887–1970) | Horseshoe Trial & Country Club Rd., Phoenixville in Tredyffrin Township 40.0837°N -75.4952°W | Roadside | Artists, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Whittier C. Atkinson | 824 E Chestnut St., Coatesville | City | African American, Medicine & Science | ||||||
| William Darlington | 13 N. High St. between Market & Gay Sts., West Chester 39.9601°N -75.6048°W | City | Environment, Government & Politics 19th Century, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Woman's Rights Convention of 1852 | 225 N. High St., West Chester 39.962°N -75.6066°W | City | Civil Rights, Education, Professions & Vocations, Women |