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Chester Farms, Farmers, etc.
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Updated 2015-06-26.
![](images/farms/D0328F1E28534C5D8F5A27A518FFBD95/5418 CHS Brook View Farm_thumb.jpg)
Brook View Farm of W. A. Lawrence, one fourth mile north of West Chester, on the Goshen Road. Circa 1895. chs-005418
![](images/farms/D0328F1E28534C5D8F5A27A518FFBD95/1572 CHS James S Murray_thumb.jpg)
James S. (Budd) Murray in Horse Racing attire. Photo believed taken at Richard Delafield's Brook Farm race. Budd later became superintendent of Brook Farm. 11/7/1914 chs-001572
![](images/farms/D0328F1E28534C5D8F5A27A518FFBD95/3314 CHS Durland farm TU_thumb.jpg)
Aerial view of the Durland Farm with Lawrence house in background behind trees.
Cream Cheese factory ruins and chimney to right of Lawrence house. Storage barn across Goshen Road. Circa 1950 chs-003314
Cream Cheese factory ruins and chimney to right of Lawrence house. Storage barn across Goshen Road. Circa 1950 chs-003314
![](images/farms/D0328F1E28534C5D8F5A27A518FFBD95/chs-015011 Guy Millers Breeding Establishment_page 485_thumb.jpg)
Article about Guy Miller's Breeding Establishment (Greycourt Stock Farm) appearing in the March, 1876 issue of Wallace’s Monthly. chs-015011
![](images/farms/D0328F1E28534C5D8F5A27A518FFBD95/8157 CHS Marvin Helm Receipt Book_thumb.jpg)
Receipt Book of Misters Marvin & Helm farming activities from Sept. 24, 1811 to March 5, 1863. The site is now part of Camp LaGuardia. chs-008157