Sponsor: East Bradford Historical Commission
Tour Information: Parking is located at the site, 825 Sconnelltown Road, West Chester.
Southwest of West Chester
The Barn Again in Chester County Town Tour will be held rain or shine.
The tour will be a self-guided tour inside this fascinating Ice Museum.
If you arrive early, please understand that doors will not open until 5:30 p.m.
In 2009, Joann and Peter Stack purchased a dilapidated stone barn c. 1834 in
East Bradford Township which had once housed the Darlington Seminary for Girls
from 1877-1933. For the next three years, a remarkable transformation took place
which resulted in a fully renewed historic structure. Today, this adaptive reuse
project has resulted in a museum which features Mr. Stack’s collection of artifacts
from the Ice Industry. The remarkable story of this industry began in 1805.
At its height in 1920, over 1 billion dollars was added to the US economy from
the ice industry that served the world. Come tour the barn and learn about this
vanished part of our history.
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