The stories that abandoned homes tell captivate Robyn and Michael Hodgson. Over the past six years of traveling the northeast and exploring hundreds of abandoned locations, they have learned there is not one reason people vacate their homes. Then, there are the historical properties, mansions from the Colonial Era to the Victorian Era, still rich […]
Join Chester County History Center's curator Ellen Endslow to discuss thought provoking books and connect with others in the community. David Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir to produce a sweeping history—and counter-narrative—of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present. The story of American Indians since the end of the […]
Merry and bright? Goodwill toward men? Not so much. At least that's what research has revealed to author Matt Lake (Weird Pennsylvania, Night of the Krampus, and the forthcoming Christmas Night of the Living Dead). Marvel at the gruesome tales of the saints we celebrate during December, and the monsters that roam the hills and […]
Mark your calendars for the Chester County History Center's Holiday Market and Green Sale with local vendors, live greens, crafts and much more! Join us December 4th, 10a-4p, at CCHC and Evans Alley and explore the incredible artists and greens of Chester County.
The decades following the American Civil War burst with invention―they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the airplane―but no innovation was more welcome than the beverage heralded as the “cocktail.” The Gilded Age, as it came to be known, was the Golden Age of Cocktails, giving birth to the classic […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
Get in a festive mood with this 1.5 hour walking tour, brought to you by the historians and educators at Chester County History Center. Your costumed guides will take you to West Chester's early churches, department stores and cultural sites, learning about what "Christmas" meant to the people of West Chester from the late 1700s […]
The Big Dig! The Library and Photo Archives will be closed to researchers during the month of January 2022. January is the 6th annual Big Dig in the library and photo archives! We focus on behind-the-scenes work to process and rehouse manuscripts and photographs to make more information available to patrons. To accomplish these goals, […]
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