Then and Now: Revealed

Last week we asked you to identify a location from a drawing made in approximatley 1856.

As always you guys got it right away.  The drawing is of the Chester County Hotel that was located at 36 West Market Street at the time.

Here's what readers had to say:

Eric Lewis

Chester County Hotel, then Mansion House Hotel. 36 West Market, SE corner of Market & Church. 1831-1970. Demolished 1972.

Eric Lewis

Now Sovereign Bank. http://goo.gl/maps/tStA0

lorraine sykes

yes you are correct. i owned a house in the 400 w market st block and it came up on a deed search as servant's housing for the mansion house hotel. built in 1832 by wm everhardt. our house was given as a dowrey to his daughter's husband; since she was not permitted to own property at the time.

A. Roy Smith

A little additional information to the excellent previous posts. William Everhart was a UofPenn student with William Strickland who became one of Philadelphia's pre-eminent architects in the early 1800's. It was Strickland who designed the Hotel and, better yet, was responsible for his student/employee - Thomas U. Walter - to come to West Chester to produce many of the Borough's wonderful buldings. Among other attributes, the Mansion House was known for its collection of exotic (caged) birds.