Repository: Downingtown Area Historical Society / Subject: Schools / Place: Chester County (Pa.) / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1904">1904</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Downingtown Area Historical Society Subject Schools Place Chester County (Pa.) Year 1900 to 1904

Extent:: 10.0 linear feet
Abstract:: A number of small, mostly one-room schoolhouses already existed in the area of Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania when the first high school was constructed there in 1874. In 1958, the nearby townships of East Caln, Uwchlan, West Bradford, East Brandywine, and Wallace united with Downingtown Borough to form a school district system; West Pikeland and Upper Uwchlan townships joined the district in 1961. The Downingtown Area Historical Society collection on schools, 1890-2013, consists of yearbooks, photographs, programs/invitations, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to Downingtown area schools, especially Downingtown High School. Because the Chester County Farm Show was held at Downingtown High School for many years, scrapbooks, slides, and photographs from the farm show, 1944-1963, also form part of this collection.

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