Historic Waynesborough Preserves 18th Century Sheffield Silver with Help from DAR
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Historic Preservation Grants program has helped preserve eight historically significant pieces of silver. Before and after photos of a tea caddy, one … Continue reading
Anthony Wayne’s Great Grandson Served His Country
Anthony Wayne’s great grandson served his country just as those Wayne family members before him. His time was the Civil War. William Wayne Evans, who later took the name William … Continue reading
Anthony Wayne Account Book
An exciting acquisition at the Chester County Historical Society is an Anthony Wayne account book for the Waynesborough tannery. It lists Samuel VanLeer (Wayne family), a Jonathan Penrose (Anthony’s wife’s … Continue reading
1870 Engraving
Copy of circa 1870 engraving from Futhey and Cope’s History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1881, facing page 17 GENERAL VIEW SHOWING HOUSE WITH OUTBUILDINGS – Waynesborough, 2049 Waynesborough Road (Easttown … Continue reading
The House in 1900
Four succeeding generations of Waynes owned Waynesborough. Anthony’s son, Isaac (1772-1852), and his wife, Elizabeth Smith, survived all of their five children. Waynesborough then passed to the grandson of Isaac’s … Continue reading
Kids Enjoying the Day
These children are on the fence about what to get into next. That’s what you do when enjoying a summer day in front of Waynesborough, circa 1910. Wayne children and … Continue reading
The Wayne Parlour
This is the parlour in the 1765 section of Waynesborough as it appeared in a copy of Frank Leslie’s Boy’s & Girl’s Weekly, ca. 1880. Today many of the furnishings … Continue reading
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