Byers Station Historic District

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 railroad station, after its opening in 1871, and continued after plumbago (graphite) was discovered in the area in 1875.[2]

Byers Station
Former Reading Railroad station
Former U.S. Graphite Byers Plant, Byers Station Historic District, September 2010
LocationJct. of Byers and Eagle Farm Rds., Upper Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania
Construction
Disabled accessNo
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Lionville
toward Phoenixville
 Pickering Valley Railroad Terminus
Byers Station Historic District
Coordinates40°04′48″N 75°40′30″W
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1871
Built byDowning, B.H.
Architectural styleItalianate, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.02000062[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 2002

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

References
Byers Station community where the historic district is located
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "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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