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The Best Attractions In Chester County's Brandywine Valley

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Chester County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 498,886, increasing by 4.1% to a census-estimated 519,293 residents as of 2017. The county seat is West Chester. Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England. Chester County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Eastern Chester County is home to many communities that comprise part of the Main Line western suburbs of Philadelphia, while part of its southernmost portion is considered suburban Wilmington, along wit...
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The Best Attractions In Chester County's Brandywine Valley

  • 1. Longwood Gardens Kennett Square
    Longwood Gardens is an American botanical garden. It consists of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy exotic plants and horticulture , events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops.
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  • 2. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Elverson
    Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith's shop, a company store and several worker's houses. Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird, son of William Bird, who had been one of Pennsylvania's most prominent ironmasters. The site's most prosperous time was during the 1820-1840 period with a brief return to significant production during the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal-fueled furnaces to anthracite-fueled steel mills rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The sit...
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  • 4. American Helicopter Museum and Educational Center West Chester Pennsylvania
    The American Helicopter Museum & Education Center is located at 1220 American Boulevard, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. The transport museum focuses on the history, science and technology of rotary wing aviation. The collection contains over 40 civilian and military autogyros, convertiplanes and helicopters, including some early generation models. The museum also has an extensive research library, the Renzo Pierpaoli Memorial Library, which contains documents, artifacts, films, and memoirs that museum members can use. The museum strives to restore and display historic aircraft and chronicle the origin and development of rotary wing aircraft. The museum's exhibits chronicle the efforts of pioneers like Harold Frederick Pitcairn, Mr. W. Wallace Kellett of Kellett Autogiro, Arthur...
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  • 5. Baldwin's Book Barn West Chester Pennsylvania
    Baldwin's Book Barn is an independent bookstore in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1946 by William and Lilla Baldwin. The store is located in a five-story barn built in 1822.In the November 8, 1998 edition of The Baltimore Sun, Terry Conway described the store as a treasure for passionate book lovers.In 2010 the store was put up for sale.
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  • 6. Chester County Historical Society West Chester Pennsylvania
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles west of Philadelphia. The university's North Campus is partially in West Chester borough and partially in West Goshen Township. The South Campus is partially in West Goshen Township and partially in East Bradford Township.WCU is the largest of the 14 state universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education . West Chester was ranked 61st in the Master's Universities category by U.S. News & World Report for 2017. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools .
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  • 10. Chester Valley Trail Exton
    Chester Valley Rail Trail is a 13-mile rail trail through Chester and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania. The east end is in King of Prussia , while the west end is in Exton, PA . Phase 1 of the trail was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Phase 2 of the trail's construction has begun in an attempt to connect the trail's three sections, adding 7.6 miles .
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  • 15. Jenkins Arboretum and Garden Devon
    Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens is a nonprofit botanical garden located at 631 Berwyn Baptist Road, Devon, Pennsylvania. The grounds are open to the public daily from 8:00 am to sunset with free admission. The Arboretum was established by H. Lawrence Jenkins in 1968 as a living memorial to his wife Elisabeth Phillippe Jenkins. In his will, Jenkins designated that the 20-acre property become a public park, arboretum, and wildlife sanctuary for use by the public and responsible organizations engaged in the study of arboriculture, horticulture, and wildlife for educational and scientific purposes. In 1972 Louisa P. Browning donated 26 acres of adjoining property to the Arboretum, more than doubling its size. Early surveys of the property determined that the best plants to grow in the rocky, acidi...
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