Star Gazers' Stone, an astronomical observation point, used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah DixonEmbreeville Historic District
During the 19th and 20th centuries Embreeville was best known as the site of the county poor house and the Chester County Asylum for the Insane, renamed Embreeville State Hospital in 1938 and closed in 1980. Embreeville's other landmarks include the Embreeville Dam, Embreeville Mill, Pennsylvania State Police Barracks, Star Gazers' Stone, and Hannah Freeman's grave.
A brief history of the Mason-Dixon survey line Star Gazer's Stone March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Embreeville State Hospital
Embreeville Mill
January 01, 1970
embreeville, pennsylvania, embreeville, historical, unincorporated, community, little, more, than, rural, stretch, road, with, businesses, homes, newlin, township, pennsylvania, united, states, bend, brandywine, creek, approximately, miles, west, philadelphia,. Embreeville is a historical unincorporated community little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses and homes in Newlin Township Pennsylvania United States on a bend of Brandywine Creek It is approximately 30 miles 48 km west of Philadelphia and north of Unionville The Embreeville Historic District which covers most of the town is on the National Register of Historic Places 1 Embreeville PennsylvaniaUnincorporated communityEmbreevilleLocation within the U S state of PennsylvaniaCoordinates 39 55 44 N 75 43 52 W 39 92889 N 75 73111 W 39 92889 75 73111CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyChesterTownshipNewlinTime zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes19320 Star Gazers Stone an astronomical observation point used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon Embreeville Historic District During the 19th and 20th centuries Embreeville was best known as the site of the county poor house and the Chester County Asylum for the Insane renamed Embreeville State Hospital in 1938 and closed in 1980 Embreeville s other landmarks include the Embreeville Dam Embreeville Mill Pennsylvania State Police Barracks Star Gazers Stone and Hannah Freeman s grave The Star Gazers Stone marked an important astronomical observation point used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1764 in surveying the Mason Dixon line which lies 15 miles south of the stone It is also the location to a Pennsylvania state police station References edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 External links editA brief history of the Mason Dixon survey line Star Gazer s Stone Archived March 12 2007 at the Wayback Machine Embreeville State Hospital Embreeville Mill ARCH National Register of Historic Places Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Embreeville Pennsylvania amp oldid 1212162622, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
