Byers Station Historic District

Byers Station Historic District is a national historic district located in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district includes 26 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Byers Station. The buildings date to the 19th century and include a number of notable Italianate style buildings. Notable buildings include a variety of residences, a factory, a Masonic lodge (1894), and the former Byers Hotel (c. 1874). The community grew around the Byers railroad station, after its opening in 1871, and continued after plumbago (graphite) was discovered in the area in 1875.^[2]

Byers Station
Former Reading Railroad station
Former U.S. Graphite Byers Plant, Byers Station Historic District, September 2010
General information
Location	Jct. of Byers and Eagle Farm Rds., Upper Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania
Construction
Accessible	No
History
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Lionville toward Phoenixville Pickering Valley Railroad Terminus
Byers Station Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Coordinates	40°04′48″N 75°40′30″W
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1871
Built by	Downing, B.H.
Architectural style	Italianate, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000062[1]
Added to NRHP	February 20, 2002

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]