Byers Station Historic District

Byers Station

Former Reading Railroad station

Former U.S. Graphite Byers Plant, Byers Station Historic District, September 2010

Location

Jct. of Byers and Eagle Farm Rds., Upper Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania

Construction

Disabled access

Electrified

Services

No services

Preceding station		Reading Railroad		Following station
	Former services
Lionville toward Phoenixville		Pickering Valley Railroad		Terminus

Byers Station Historic District

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Coordinates

40°04′48″N 75°40′30″W / 40.08000°N 75.67500°WCoordinates: 40°04′48″N 75°40′30″W / 40.08000°N 75.67500°W

Area

35 acres (14 ha)

Built

1871

Built by

Downing, B.H.

Architectural style

Italianate, Greek Revival

NRHP Reference #

02000062^[1]

Added to NRHP

February 20, 2002

Byers Station Historic District is a national historic district located in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 26 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Byers Station. The buildings date to the 19th century and include a number of notable Italianate style buildings. Notable buildings include a variety of residences, a factory, a Masonic lodge (1894), and the former Byers Hotel (c. 1874). The community grew around the Byers Station railroad station, after its opening in 1871, and continued after plumbago (graphite) was discovered in the area in 1875.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

Byers Station community where the historic district is located

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Robert J. Wise, Jr. (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Byers Station Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-07.

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Chester Springs Area in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Neighborhoods	Eagle Upper Uwchlan West Pikeland East Nantmeal Milford Mills Wallace Township West Vincent Weatherstone Yellow Springs

Attractions	Marsh Creek State Park Eagle Tavern Larkin Covered Bridge Byers Station Historic District

Municipalities and communities of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: West Chester

City	Coatesville

Boroughs	Atglen Avondale Downingtown Elverson Honey Brook Kennett Square Malvern Modena Oxford Parkesburg Phoenixville South Coatesville Spring City West Chester West Grove

Townships	Birmingham Caln Charlestown East Bradford East Brandywine East Caln East Coventry East Fallowfield East Goshen East Marlborough East Nantmeal East Nottingham East Pikeland East Vincent East Whiteland Easttown Elk Franklin Highland Honey Brook Kennett London Britain London Grove Londonderry Lower Oxford New Garden New London Newlin North Coventry Penn Pennsbury Pocopson Sadsbury Schuylkill South Coventry Thornbury Tredyffrin Upper Oxford Upper Uwchlan Uwchlan Valley Wallace Warwick West Bradford West Brandywine West Caln West Fallowfield West Goshen West Marlborough West Nantmeal West Nottingham West Pikeland West Sadsbury West Vincent West Whiteland Westtown Willistown

CDPs	Berwyn Caln Chesterbrook Cheyney University‡ Cochranville Devon Eagleview Exton Kenilworth Lincoln University Lionville Paoli Pomeroy South Pottstown Thorndale Toughkenamon Westwood

Unincorporated communities	Birchrunville Black Horse Brandamore Bucktown Byers Station Chatham Chester Springs Chesterville Compass Coventryville Cromby Daylesford Devault Doe Run Dorlan Eagle Embreeville Ercildoun Faggs Manor Frazer Glenloch Glenmoore Goshenville Hallman Harmony Hill Harmonyville Hayesville Hayti Hephzibah Hershey Mill Hickory Hill Hiestand Homeville Hopewell Howellville Humphreyville Icedale Ironsides Isabella Jennersville Kaolin Kelton Kemblesville Kimberton Knauertown Landenberg Lenape Lewisville Longwood Lower Hopewell Ludwigs Corner Lyndell Marshallton Mendenhall Milford Mills Mortonville Morstein Nantmeal Village Nottingham Parker Ford Pocopson Pughtown Russellville Sadsburyville St. Peters Siousca Springdell Strafford‡ Strickersville Sugartown Suplee Unionville Valley Forge Wagontown Warwick Wayne‡ Weatherstone West Goshen Whitford Willowdale Yellow Springs

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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