The list of National Historic Landmark properties along South First Avenue includes several key residential and office buildings that played a significant role in the development of Lukens. The proximity of these homes and offices to the mill reflects the Lukens and Huston families’ long-standing commitment to living and working close to the factory and the community. These structures and the mill tell the story of the home and work life of company owners through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Surrounding these core elements is the City of Coatesville. Here, too, much of the historic fabric remains, with approximately one third of the city’s properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. >>Architectural Heritage of the Lukens Historic District video>>
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small house known as Brandywine Mansion
is the oldest structure in the Lukens Historic District. The original
section, dating to the mid-1700s was owned by the Flemings, early
landowners in what is now Coatesville. more . . . |
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successful growth of the Brandywine mill is reflected in the substantial
house — Terracina — built in 1850-51 by Rebecca Lukens for her daughter, Isabella Lukens
Huston and her son-in-law, Dr. Charles Huston.
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Gibbons House/VFW Martha
Gibbons was one of Rebecca Lukens daughters who married Abraham Gibbons.
Martha and her family lived in this house which is thought to have
been built with Rebecca's financial help. more . . . |
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Huston House was where Charles Lukens Huston and Annie Stewart McGregor Huston
lived while he was Vice President in charge of Operations. He designed
the 206" Mill. more . . . |
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Coatesville's most architecturally significant residence, Graystone Mansion, was the home of Abram Francis Huston, who succeeded his father, Dr. Charles Huston, as president of Lukens Iron and Steel Company in 1897. more . . . |
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Chester County Association for the Blind One of Martha Gibbon's daughters lived in this building, as did AF Huston before he built Graystone Mansion. more . . . |
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The Lukens Executive Office Building The Lukens Executive Office Building was built in 1902-03 under the direction of A.F. Huston to be the Lukens Steel Company headquarters. more . . . |
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Open Hearths and Electric Furnaces more . . . |
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General Mill Views more . . . |
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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. more . . . |
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