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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56B_star-of-the-west-tent-no-six_West-Chester-PA.html
An African American women's community service organization chartered 1865. A part of the United Order of Tents, J.R. Giddings and Jollifee Union, founded in 1847 and named for abolitionist Congressman Giddings and his law partner.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM541_samuel-barber_West-Chester-PA.html
Boyhood home of this composer of orchestral and vocal works, including the "Adagio for Strings" and Knoxville; Summer of 1915." Won Pulitzer Prizes in music, 1958 & 1963. Graduate, Curtis Institute. He wrote West Chester High's Alma Mater song.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53I_old-main-arch-memorial_West-Chester-PA.html
Old Main Building, constructed in 1871, served as the principal dormitory and classroom facility for the West Chester Teacher's Normal School. In 1971, faced with prohibitive costs of a facility upgrade, Old Main was torn down by the PA Dept of Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53H_frederick-douglass_West-Chester-PA.html
Champion of human freedom, African American abolitionist, newspaper editor, U.S. Colored Troops recruiter, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, and orator, Frederick Douglass gave his last public address "Against Lynch Law" here on February 1, 1895. A freque…