West Chester Downtown Historic District

	West Chester Downtown Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	West Chester Downtown Historic District, January 2006
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Location	Roughly bounded by West Chester's northern boundary, Poplar Street, East Rosedale Avenue, and South Bradford Avenue ; West Chester, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′37″N 75°36′20″W / 39.96028°N 75.60556°WCoordinates: 39°57′37″N 75°36′20″W / 39.96028°N 75.60556°W
Area	521.4 acres (211.0 ha)
Architect	Walter, Thomas U.; Multiple
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	85001447 (original); 05000096 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1985
Boundary increase	February 27, 2005

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 (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, Buckwalter Building, Chester County Courthouse, Farmers and Mechanics Building, and Warner Theater.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1] The boundary was increased on February 27, 2005.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Ray H. Ott, Jr. (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.
^ "NRHP Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic District (Boundary increase)" (PDF). National Park Service – via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)

External links[]

Media related to West Chester Downtown Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA: 8 photos and 13 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Ray H. Ott, Jr. (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.

[nrhpdoc2-3] "NRHP Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic District (Boundary increase)" (PDF). National Park Service – via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)

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v t West Chester, Pennsylvania
Areas	West Chester Downtown Historic District
Education	West Chester Area SD Henderson HS West Chester University
Landmarks	Bank of Chester County Buckwalter Building Chester County Courthouse Chester County Historical Society Farmers and Mechanics Building Warner Theater
Transportation	West Chester Railroad West Chester Transportation Center
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