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Chester County History Center (CCHC), formerly the Chester County Historical Society, [3] is a nonprofit historical society, founded in 1893, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. The History Center is located at 225 North High Street in downtown West Chester.
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In the 1940s, the library on Ninth Street closed. [5] The Deshong Art Museum in Deshong Park was used as the library from 1961 to 1978. [7] In 1976, the current library was built at 620 Engle Street as a branch to serve the Southern and Western parts of Chester. In 1978, the main library was moved from the Deshong Art Museum to 620 Engle Street ...
Tufts' library was established in 1850 with a gift of seven volumes, three years before classes began. The collection moved from building to building on the academic quad until in 1908, Tufts' first library building, Eaton Memorial Library (now Eaton Hall), was made possible with a donation from Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie's wife requested that ...
website, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; Museum site consists of two historic homes, the R.S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabeth Battles Memorial Museum, on 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of farm land and 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of woods and hiking trails
West Chester Univ. campus, between Library and Main Hall, facing High St. 39°57′08″N 75°35′50″W / 39.95235°N 75.59732°W / 39.95235; -75.59732 ( Frederick Roadside
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The donation of his property, mansion and art collection would be valued at over $24 million today. The park contained the Deshong Art Museum and the Deshong mansion. The museum building hosted the art collection and was used as a library from 1961 to 1978. However it fell into disrepair and suffered theft of the art collection.