Pennsylvania - Chester County - Vacant / Not In Use
Chester County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dilworthtown Historic District, Harvard, David, House, Lukens Historic District, Trimble Mill and White Horse Tavern.

Several famous people are associated with these Chester County historic places including Rebecca Webb Penncock Lukens and Col. Richard Thomas.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Chester County places including Cope & Stewardson, Richard Thomas, Clyde Adams, William Burns, George Jones, Christopher Knauer, Col. Nathaniel M. Ellis, Thomas Bull and Frank Furness. Prominent architectural styles found in Chester Country are Federal, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Brinton--King Farmstead (added 2002 - - #02000230)
Also known as Brinton, Joseph, Farmstead
1301 Brinton's Bridge Rd., 162 Baltimore Pike , Pennsbury
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Business, Restaurant
Buckwalter Building (added 1984 - - #84003180)
11-13 S. High St. , West Chester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burns,William
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Bull, Thomas, House (added 1979 - - #79002198)
Also known as Robert's Plantation;Redding Plantation;Mt. Pleasant
E of Elverson on Bulltown Rd., East Nantmeal Township , Elverson
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Bull,Thomas
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Caln Meeting House (added 1984 - - #84003182)
901 Caln Meeting House Rd., Caln Township , Coatesville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cheyney, Squire, Farm (added 2010 - - #09001214)
1255 Cheyney Thornton Rd. , Thornbury
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Dilworthtown Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001601)
Jct. of CR 15199 and 15087 , Dilworthtown
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fricks Locks Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001188)
End of Fricks Lock Rd., approx. 1000 ft. E. of Sanatoga Rd. (East Coventry Township) , Pottstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Gay Street School (added 1983 - - #83004202)
Gay and Morgan Sts. , Phoenixville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Harvard, David, House (added 1972 - - #72001107)
Also known as Former Quarters of Lee and Bradford
S of Valley Forge off U.S. 76 , Valley Forge
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hockley Mill Farm (added 1990 - - #90001921)
Also known as Mt. Pleasant Mills;Knauer,Frank,Mill
Warwick Furnace Rd., SE of Knauertown (Warwick Township) , Glen Moore
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Knauer,Christopher
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Hopewell Farm (added 2010 - - #09001215)
Also known as Lower Farm; Hopedell Farm
1751 Valley Rd. , Valley
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Processing Site, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Processing Site, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
House at Upper Laurel Iron Works (added 1985 - - #85002371)
Also known as Site #49-10
McCorkel's Rock Rd. , Newlin Twp.
Tcolgan001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lukens Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001186)
50, 53, 76, & 102 S. First St. , Coatsville
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Lukens, Rebecca Webb Penncock
Significant Year:
1916, 1890, 1825
Area of Significance:
Social History, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Museum
Oxford Hotel (added 1994 - - #94001055)
Jct. of Market and N. 3rd Sts. , Oxford
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones, George
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Parkesburg National Bank (added 1980 - - #80003467)
Gay and Main Sts. , Parkesburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Parkesburg School (added 1995 - - #95000524)
360 Strasburg Ave. , Parkesburg
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sharples Separator Works (added 1984 - - #84003214)
Also known as Gumas Warehouse;Kauffman Warehouse
N. Franklin and Evans Sts. , West Chester
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Invention, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
Steen, Robert, House (added 1985 - - #85001155)
Fairview Rd., East Fallowfield Township , Coatesville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Thomas Mill and Miller's House (added 1984 - - #84003310)
130 W. Lincoln Hwy. , West Whiteland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thomas,Richard
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Trimble Mill (added 1983 - - #83004659)
103 Shoen Rd. , Exton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
West Chester Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2005 - - #05000096)
Roughly bounded by West Chester's northern boundary,Poplar St., East Rosedale Ave., and South Bradford Ave. , West Chester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Furness, Frank
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Education, Health Care, Landscape, Religion, Social, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Park, Processing, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Education, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Library, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Park, Religious Structure, Religious Structure
White Horse Tavern (added 1978 - - #78002373)
Also known as White Horse Inn;Old Swanenburg Farm
NW of Malvern at 480 Swedesford Rd. , Malvern
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Whitford Hall (added 1984 - - #84003319)
145 W. Lincoln Hwy. , West Whiteland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thomas,Richard
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Whitford Lodge (added 1984 - - #84003963)
179 W. Lincoln Hwy. , Exton
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thomas,Richard
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Thomas,Col. Richard
Significant Year:
1783, 1782
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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