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Chester Farms, Farmers, etc.
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Updated 2015-06-26.

Brook View Farm of W. A. Lawrence, one fourth mile north of West Chester, on the Goshen Road. Circa 1895. chs-005418

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

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

Article about Guy Miller's Breeding Establishment (Greycourt Stock Farm) appearing in the March, 1876 issue of Wallace’s Monthly. chs-015011

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