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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
West Chester elementary schools were desegregated in 1948, thanks to the efforts of Charles and Unise Porter, the parents of African-American first-grader Gregory Porter. [56] The West Chester Normal School became West Chester State Teachers College in 1926. It again changed its name to West Chester State College in 1960.
Eastern Chester County is defined for this list as being the municipalities south and east of a line extending from Phoenixville to Exton to West Chester. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
In West Chester, PA 3 follows Market Street eastbound and Gay Street westbound. The main north–south road in West Chester is High Street. To the north of town, the road is known as Pottstown Pike, which connects to PA 100 near Exton (PA 100 formerly ran through town). To the south of town, the road is known as Wilmington-West Chester Pike.
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.
West of Media off U.S. Route 1 at Valley Brook Road 39°53′52″N 75°28′47″W / 39.897778°N 75.479722°W / 39.897778; -75.479722 ( Chamberlain-Pennell Chester Heights
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A West Chester chemist, he pioneered the mass production of penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. In 1943, with Wyeth Laboratories, his lab ( a converted auto repair shop here) made & sent more penicillin to the Armed Forces than any other lab in the world, saving countless lives on the battlefields of World War II.