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The Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School (DIAS) was a school for African American students located in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1905 until 1993. [3] Its motto was "self help through self work". [4] It was located in what is now East Brandywine Township. [5] [6]
Downingtown is the location of some large regional and national businesses, including First National Bank of Chester County, and Victory Brewing Company, and formerly DNB First (acquired by S&T Bank in 2019). [10] General Washington Inn. President Lincoln's funeral train passed through Downingtown. The famous Irish patriot and martyr Theobald ...
Wagontown Road over Brandywine Creek, near Rock Run 39°59′29″N 75°49′52″W / 39.991389°N 75.831111°W / 39.991389; -75.831111 ( County Bridge Valley Township
The Brandywine Center campus is located on Boot Road in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Opened in fall 2012, the 175,000 sq ft (16,300 m 2) building sits on 8.7 acres (0.035 km 2). The campus partners with the CCIU to offer career and technical education programs as well as college credit courses to students of Technical College High School Brandywine.
It consists of 1,050 acres (4.2 km 2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in the Brandywine Creek Valley and is one of the premier botanical gardens in the United States. The property that is now Longwood Gardens was originally purchased from William Penn in 1700 by a fellow Quaker named George Peirce.
As of 2020, there were 59.05 miles (95.03 km) of public roads in East Brandywine Township, of which 22.24 miles (35.79 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 36.81 miles (59.24 km) were maintained by the township.
The west branch of the Brandywine River passes through West Bradford. General Cornwallis of the British Army crossed the river at Trimble's Ford en route to the Battle of Brandywine. Broad Run Golfer's Club, a golf course designed by Rees Jones; Humphry Marshall House, residence of botanist Humphry Marshall located in the village of Marshallton
The creek starts in Suplee near Honey Brook, and joins the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Lenape. From its source, the creek flows east, then southeast, passing through the borough of Downingtown. The creek starts at an elevation of 660 feet (200 m) above sea level drops to an elevation of 174 feet (53 m) at its confluence with the West Branch ...