City of Coatesville

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Main Street, looking east, during the 1890s. The Mast Department Store appears at left, and beyond it the Thompson Building at the corner of Second Avenue.

City of Coatesville

Although many people may not immediately be able to place the name, mention Lukens Steel and people immediately recognize the product. The City of Coatesville, home to the Lukens Steel Company, played a key role in 19th century iron and steel development.

The fortunes of Lukens Steel and the Coatesville community were intimately entwined. Much of this heritage survives in the commercial streets and residential neighborhoods, community organizations, churches, shops and houses of Coatesville. Together, the company, the Lukens family and the City of Coatesville offer a view of how small town steel developed, struggled and survives.

LNHD Places

Lukens National Historic District Places

Lukens Executive Office Building

Brandywine Mansion

Terracina

Graystone Mansion

120" Mill Motor House

Tenant House

C. L. Huston House

Blind Association Building

Martha Gibbons House/VFW

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City of Coatesville Website

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Main Street, looking west toward First Avenue and the Brandywine. The large building with the two-story porch and the Mansard roof is the Speakman House, a familiar landmark for many years.

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Parade on Main Street Parade on Main Street, 1889. In this view are visible the handsome Chester County Mutual Insurance Building, the Odd Fellow's Hall, and the tip of the steeple of the Episcopal Church of the Trinity.

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Another view of the city, looking south from North Second Avenue. The Opera House stands out very prominently over lower structures.

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The Pennsylvania Railroad tracks looking east from the former passenger station site at North Second Avenue. The station was relocated in 1867 to its present site at North Third Avenue.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the west branch of the Brandywine. View looks eastward over the town. This steel bridge was replaced in 1904 with a new stone arch bridge, accommodating four main line tracks.

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Main Street, ca. 1905, looking east. An atmospheric view typical of the horse and buggy era.

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Main Street ca. 1907, looking west. The Hotel Coatesville is the large building with a second-story porch on the left of the photo. The clock tower of the new National Bank of Coatesville building appears in the right middle distance.

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Main Street, looking west. The Stephenson House, later the Grand Hotel, appears at right foreground.

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Main Street, looking east from a point near the Thompson Building. A trolley car makes its way through the snow-packed road, while a horse and cutter wait along the curb.

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Left: PRR passenger station, Coatesville, PA. Center: Moses Coates' new home, 1809. Photo by Geo. G. Kacy, 1911. This house was demolished when the Third Avenue underpass was constructed in 1911.

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Coatesville Overview, 1910 Overview of the city, ca. 1910, looking southeast from the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at North Second Avenue. The Opera House on Chestnut Street is prominent in this picture, along with the spire of the Methodist Church at Third Avenue. Thompson Building, National Bank of Coatesville Main Street, looking east in a view taken ca. 1938. The 1901 Thompson Building stands out at the left, with the clock tower of the National Bank of Coatesville in the distance. Third Avenue, Coatesville

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Main Street, looking east in a view taken ca. 1938. The 1901 Thompson Building stands out at the left, with the clock tower of the National Bank of Coatesville in the distance.

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Main Street looking west from Third Avenue. The 1906 National Bank of Coatesville Building with its clock tower is the center of the picture, while the Italianate office of the Chester County Mutual Insurance company stands at the far right.