historical commission
Appointed by the Supervisors, the Historical Commission meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Committee Room of the Township Building to collect, study and disseminate the history of the township.
award
The Kennett Township Historical Commission has been presented with an achievement award by the Chester County Historical Preservation Network for its efforts in completing the 2011 Historical Resource Atlas Project. KTHC member David Shepherd was Project Director.
hamorton historic district
Secured the listing of the Hamorton Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Kennett Township Historical Commission and Chair Sara Meadows facilitated new PennDOT signs for Hamorton Historic District , summer 2012, along Rts. 1 and 52. The widening of these routes provided the opportunity to replace the deteriorating original signs. Click on Photos by Phil Fling:
survey
A survey of historic sites and buildings in the township was completed in 2009, in an effort to identify and protect locations of historic significance.
programs
2013 Barns of Kennett Township
2012 The British Are Coming: Are They Marching Through Your Backyard?
2010 The Civil War and "The Kennett Bucktails"
activities
history resource room
Do you have historical items belonging to anyone born in Kennett Township? The Historical Commission welcomes contributions of books, pamphlets, letters, photos, and other memorabilia for the History Resource Room. Visitors are encouraged to view the collection by calling Cathy Rowe at 610.388.1300 to make an appointment.
historical commission
| Email: KT.Historic@kennett.pa.us | |
| Chair | Sara Hannum Meadows |
| Vice-Chair | David Shepherd |
| Treasurer | Fredda Pennock |
| Secretary | Ed Rahme |
| Mary Clark Keyser | |
| Jay Hughes | |
| Associate | Marion Guthrie |
| Associate | Denise Klein |
| Associate | Jay Roland Minshall |
| Associate | Marcia Wilkins |
| Emerita | Margaret Woodward Ostrom |
historical commission files
Below is a current list (revised 6/21/2010) of informational files dealing with the history of Kennett Township. If you desire further details or help with any particular subject, please contact KT.Historic@Kennett.pa.us or call Cathy at 610.388.1300. A member of the Kennett Township Historical Commission will then contact you.
| Agriculture (see also Mushrooms) | Land Trust (now Land Conservancy of Southern Chester County) |
| American Flag | Lewis Pierce Farmhouse |
| Anson B. Nixon Park | Longwood Gardens |
| Anvil | Longwood Progressive Friends Meeting |
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ARC Stones (DE/PA Boundary Markers) (see also Mason Dixon) |
Maps |
| Baltimore Pike (see Roads) | Maps (other than Kennett Township) |
| Barns | Marshall -Marshall's Mill -Sharpless Marshall -Tom Marshall |
| Battle of the Brandywine (2005 Program) | Mason Dixon Line and Trail |
| Becker, Melchior | McCord House - Fairville Road |
| Bloomfield | Mendenhall - Village and Family |
| Bridges | Mercer, Mary Swayne |
| Bucktoe Cemetery and Church | Miller/Martin Farmhouse |
| Buffington | Mills (2007 Program) |
| Bucktails (2010 Program) | Miscellaneous |
| Calendars - area historic views | Mushroom Industry |
| Chandler Mill and Bridge | New Garden Township |
| Chandler Tract (see Lewis Pierce House) | Newsletters |
| Chesco Historical Preservation | Newspapers |
| Chester County History | Obituaries |
| Churches | Old Kennett Meeting |
| Civil War | Oral Histories |
| Clifton Farms (see James Cloud House) | Passmore |
| Cloud -Cloud/Morse -James Cloud House |
Peirce's Park (see Longwood Gardens) |
| Darlington | Photography |
| Declaration of Independence | Photos - inventory of albums |
| Delaware | Pierce |
| Fairville/Hogtown | Potter (see Gilbert Potter house) |
| Friends Meetings | Railroad (see Trains & Trolleys) |
| Genealogy | Red Clay Creek |
| Gilbert Potter House | Red Lion |
| Greenwood Farm (Abner Marshall House) | Republican Centennial 1855-1955 |
| Greenwood Farm (Stewart Farm) | Roads -Kennett Pike/State Rt. 52 -Route 1 -Township |
| Greenwood Hall | Rodebaugh, Paul - Newspaper History Articles |
| Greenwood School (see Schools) | Rosedale |
| Gregg (see Joseph Gregg House) | Route 1 (see Roads) |
| Guthrie, Marion B. | Sandy Flash |
| Hamorton/Logtown | Schools (2006 Program) |
| Hannum -J. Frank Hannum Diary -Thomas Hannum house |
Sears Houses |
| Harlan House | Site Survey 1990 & 2008 |
| Historic Preservation | Springdale Farm/Mendenhall Family (see also Mendenhall) |
| Historic Pamphlets | Stenning Manor (Steyning) |
| Historic Sites (also in Amerine cabinet) | Swedish Cabin (see also Cloud/Morse) |
| History -Kennett Twp. -Miscellaneous |
Taylor, Bayard |
| Horty, John - newspaper history articles | The Pines/Fussell-Stebbins |
| Indians/Indian Hannah (2009 Program) | Thompson Memoir |
| Joseph Gregg House | Trains & Trolleys (2008 Program) |
| Kendal | Tricentennial Celebration - 1982 |
| Kennett Grange (aka Greenwood School) | Underground Railroad |
| Kennett Pike/State Route 52 (see Roads) | Wiley, Bernard |
| Kennett Square | Woodward -John J. Woodward Diary 1821/1874 -John J. Woodward Farmhouse -T. B. Woodward, Sr. Farm -Woodward Boarding House (aka Pine Hill Fruit Farm) -Woodward Genealogy |
| KTHC Ordinance & History | WWI and II |
| Landscape Views | Wyeth |
obituaries
To receive a copy of any obituary, please email us at KT.Historic@Kennett.pa.us.
oral histories
Twenty oral history cassette tapes and accompanying transcriptions are preserved in the KTHC Archives. Please contact the KTHC office (610.388.1300).
| William Buffington (1929-2007) |
| Joseph D. Cloud (1906-2012) |
| Wayne Coyle (1912-2009) |
| Edward B. Darlington (1907-1997) |
| Edward Fahey (1928- |
| Harold E. Groves (1919-2006) |
| Joseph Cloud Hannum (1921-1997) |
| Edward Thomas Hannum (1924-2009) |
| Kay Hanway (1905- |
| Emily Buffington Ironside (1906-2002) |
| Oreste Leto (1921-2006) |
| Bette Benge Leto (1922-2011) |
| Valadia Macareth (1917-?) |
| M. Elizabeth McCord (1909-2009) |
| Jay Roland Minshall (1920- |
| Dorothea Cloud Morse (1918-2008) |
| Margaret Woodward Ostrom (1934- |
| Herbert S. Plankinton (1920-2003) |
| Frances Richards Pyle (1915-2009) |
| Frances Cloud Taylor (1921- |
| Horace Thompson Woodward (1908-2006) |
| J. Robert (Jimmy) Woodward (1914-2004) |
| Ruth Way Woodward (1916-1997) |