Dilworthtown Historic District

Dilworthtown is a small hamlet in Chester County, Pennsylvania, anchored by the Dilworth House, a red brick Flemish bond residence built in 1758 for blacksmith James Dilworth. From the last quarter of the eighteenth century it operated as the Dilworthtown Inn, and later additions enlarged it to a six bay front. Around it stand two early nineteenth century stone houses, two mid-nineteenth century stone tenant houses, a store completed in 1858, and a wood frame lyceum built over a blacksmith's shop. The village is said to have supplied tires for the wagons of Braddock's expedition during the French and Indian War, and it suffered damage from British troops after the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777. Its tavern, blacksmith shop, store and meeting hall made it a community centre, and it has changed little since the early twentieth century.