1724 Old Chester Court House Attraction Details

1724 Old Chester Court House
In the heart of Chester's financial district, on the west side of Market Street and less than five blocks in from the Delaware River, is a handsome little gray stone building, nearly square. The trim of the window frames, with their many small panes, is painted white, as are the solid doors.

Above in the belfry is the very bell which rang out for freedom in 1776. Built fifty-two years before, in 1724, this is now the oldest public building still standing in the United States, and was in use until 1967.

William Penn, the Proprietor of Pennsylvania, had been dead but six years, and George Washington would not be born for another eight, but both men enter into its story. It antedates Independence Hall by eleven years, and Boston's Faneuil Hall by eighteen. It is a treasure not only for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but the whole United States.

Address:
412 Avenue of the States
Chester, PA 19013

Phone: 610-876-5355

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