National Register of Historic Places
St. Peters Village Historic District
St Peters vicinity, Chester County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- November 21, 2003
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- E. & W. sides of St. Peters Rd. between School Rd. and Rock Run Rd. (Warwick Township), St Peters vicinity
- County
- Chester
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1825 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 30 buildings, 6 structures, 3 sites
- Coordinates
- 40.18062, -75.72950
- Reference number
- 03001189
The story
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St. Peters Village Historic District is a historic district near St Peters in Chester County, listed in the National Register in 2003. Its buildings date from 1845 to 1928 in the Late Victorian style, with Davis Knauer serving as architect and builder.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with state-level significance in industry and architecture. Its significance runs from 1845 to 1953, reflecting iron mining that ran from 1845 until French Creek Mines closed in 1928.
Physical character
Foundations are granite and walls are stucco or wood, under wood shingle or tin roofs, with some buildings showing mansard or gambrel roofs and German siding. The district also retains a railroad trestle bridge, a concrete stream dam, an industrial chimney and granite outdoor stairways. A mule house became a Chandler automobile showroom in 1916, coal bins were converted into two shops in 1969, and a pavilion was enclosed in 1928.
Historical context
Iron mining began in the district in 1845, and three deep shaft mines opened in 1860; the Brooke Iron Company merged with the Phoenix Iron Company in 1866. Knauer opened the St. Peters quarry in 1880; it operated until 1970 and supplied granite for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Library in 1939. Rehabilitation and conversion for tourism ran from 1972 to 1978, and by 1978 the village was put up for sale and sold as a unit.