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West Chester Downtown Historic District

The West Chester Downtown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 3,137 contributing buildings in West Chester. It includes residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings that were built between 1789 and the 1930s. Notable buildings include the U.S. Post Office (1907), the Green Tree Building (1933), St. Agnes Church (1851), the Biddle Street School (1917), the Major Groff Memorial Armory, the Horticulture Building (1848) that was designed by Thomas U. Walter, the Denney-Reyburn factory, the Caleb Taylor Store (c. 1818), Federal Ehne's Bakery (c. 1816), Kofke's Store (c. 1816), and the Woolworth building (1928). Also listed and located in the district are the Bank of Chester County, the Buckwalter Building, the Chester County Courthouse, the Farmers and Mechanics Building, and the Warner Theater.

This district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The boundary was increased on February 27, 2005.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved November 2, 2012. Note: This includes Ray H. Ott, Jr. (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "NRHP Nomination Form: West Chester Downtown Historic District (Boundary increase)" (PDF). National Park Service. January 7, 2005. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania.