The William Everhart Buildings, also known as the Everhart-Lincoln Building, is an historic, American commercial building complex that is located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The William Everhart House was listed in 1984.[1]
History and architectural features
Built by Congressman William Everhart (1785-1868) circa 1833, the historic commercial building is a three-story, three-bay, rectangular brick structure that was designed in the Federal style. It measures forty feet long and between twenty and twenty-five feet wide. The front facade features a hipped roof, second-story, wrought iron porch that was added in 1868. The building housed a number of printing concerns, most notably newspapers. It was the printing house where Abraham Lincoln's first biography was published on February 11, 1860, as an article in the Chester County Times.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The William Everhart House was listed in 1984.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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 David W. Kirby and Jane L.S. Davidson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: William Everhart Buildings" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.
External links
- William Everhart Building, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA: 3 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
