William Everhart Buildings
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William Everhart Buildings
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William Everhart Buildings, January 2010
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| Location | 28 W. Market St., West Chester, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′33″N 75°36′21″W / 39.95917°N 75.60583°WCoordinates: 39°57′33″N 75°36′21″W / 39.95917°N 75.60583°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | c. 1833 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 79002206 |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1979 |
William Everhart Buildings, also known as the Everhart-Lincoln Building, is a historic commercial building located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Congressman William Everhart (1785-1868) about 1833, and is a three-story, three bay, rectangular brick building in the Federal style. It measures 40 feet long and between 20 and 25 feet wide. The front facade features a hipped roof second story wrought iron porch added in 1868. The building housed a number of printing concerns, most notably newspapers. It was the printing house where Abraham Lincoln's first biography was published on February 11, 1860, as an article in the Chester County Times.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The William Everhart House was listed in 1984.
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