Yellow House

Founded in 1687 with several hundred families, Yellow House began serving in the early 1700s as a country inn and later also functioned as a general store, a field hospital for Revolutionary soldiers during the Battle of the Brandywine in September 1777, the oldest U.S. post office in continuous operation since its founding on February 25, 1829, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, a cloth factory, a village market, an antique shop, an artist's studio, and a continuing community center. "Pace One" Restaurant and Country Inn was formerly the barn for the Yellow House Inn, with extra large hay mow capacity to serve oxen, horses, and cattle used in the commerce of travelers and drovers coming from the far corners of Chester and Lancaster Counties to the port cities of Philadelphia and Chester, whose journeys required overnight stays even by stagecoach or horseback. The old Chester County seat was moved from the city of Chester to the more central location of West Chester in 1786 to reduce costs and traveling time. Delaware County was created in 1789 by dividing Chester County through the then very large Thornbury Township along the abutting property lines of farmers who chose which county they wished to remain in. With cannon and guns in place in West Chester, a decision was reached just before a shot was fired to create Delaware County, resulting in an unusually irregular county line dividing the two Thornbury townships. The seat of Delaware County was moved from Chester to Media in 1851 amid rumbling of the political "guns."

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