Name/Title
The Main Street, Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa (color postcard), circa 1900sEntry/Object ID
2023.03.037Tags
General Store, postcard, PhotographScope and Content
Along Sugartown Road in Malvern stands the remarkably intact and lovingly restored, 19th-century village of Sugartown. In the early 1800s, with the American Revolution behind them, Sugartown’s early residents established a school, general store, businesses and meeting places, creating a vibrant crossroads that provided goods and services to its surrounding farming community. The village was soon known as Shugart’s Town, after tavern keeper Eli Shugart, and served as a vital stop for weary travelers hauling wagonloads of goods to the markets of Philadelphia and other parts of the county. Sugartown remained a social, educational, commercial and municipal center throughout the 1800s.Context
The Main Street, Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa (color postcard)Collection
Historic Sugartown Inc. CollectionCataloged By
Susannah ThurlowLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Postcard, PictureNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Store, GeneralNomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Primary Object Term
StoreNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Sub-Class
Commercial StructuresNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Class
StructuresNomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationNomenclature Category
Category 01: Built Environment ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Post cardsCreate Date
May 11, 2023Update Date
May 11, 2023
