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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ56_fanny-m-jackson-coppin_West-Chester-PA.html
Educator, writer, humanist, missionary. A former slave, she graduated from Oberlin College in 1865. Principal, Institute for Colored Youth, 1869-1902 (I.C.Y. became Cheyney University, 1983). Coppin pioneered industrial arts and teacher education.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ55_jimmy-carter_West-Chester-PA.html
This Plaque ErectedIn Honor of
JIMMY CARTER
38th Presidentof the U.S.A.Commencement Speaker"On the Quad"May 20, 1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYYI_leiper-railway_Nether-Providence-Township-PA.html
Built, 1809-10, by Thomas Leiper; surveyed by John Thompson. It was the first railway in Pennsylvania, and the first in America to be surveyed. The railway was used to transport stone from quarries on Crum Creek to the landing on Ridley Creek, a d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRC_culbertson-house_Broomall-PA.html
Built by noted Quaker, Jonathan Maris, c. 1750, this fieldstone farmhouse retains many early features such as a walk-in cooking fireplace and six corner fireplaces. The property was purchased by Robert Culbertson after the civil war and remained i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXVQ_pennsylvania_Glen-Mills-PA.html
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.Birthplace ofThe Declaration of IndependenceandThe Constitution ofThe United States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXTX_john-chads-house_Chadds-Ford-PA.html
JOHN CHAD'S HOUSE
Proctor's American ArtilleryOccupied Several Redoubts NearThis House at the Battle ofBrandywine, September 11, 1777
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSZ_1704-house_Chadds-Ford-PA.html
1704 House
Has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmark
Under the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe History of the United States
U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWG6_glen-mills_Glen-Mills-PA.html
An early industrial village. John Taylor built Thornbury (later Sarum) Forge here ca. 1740. He erected Pennsylvania's first iron-slitting mill here in 1746: this was acquired in 1836 by the Wilcox family for its Glen Mills paper operations. Until …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMN_yellow-house_Thornton-PA.html
This Building has served from its beginning in the early 1700's as a Country Inn, General Store, Field Hospital for the Revolutionary soldiers in the Battle of the Brandywine Sept. 1777, oldest U.S. Post office in continuous operation since its fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUML_the-historic-village-of-thornton_Glen-Mills-PA.html
A crossroads village. Thornton served as a rest stop for travelers between York and Philadelphia, providing livery, blacksmith, and wheelwright services as well as Inn accommodations at the Historic "Yellow House" built by George Gray, circa 1750.…