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46-572: Bird-in-Hand or Bird in Hand may refer to: Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania , a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Bird-in-Hand Hotel , a historic hotel built in 1852 Bird in Hand winery near Woodside in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia Bird-in-Hand mine a historic gold mine after which

92-455: A Strode Avenue home resulted in the death of Irene Kempest, an 83-year-old World War II Holocaust survivor . A fire the following month on the 300 block of Fleetwood Street burned 17 row houses , causing $ 2 million in damage and leaving dozens of people homeless. By March 2009, police had arrested six suspects in the fires. A total of nearly 70 fires occurred during this period. On June 8, 2010 one man, pleading no-contest due to mental illness ,

138-636: A city in 1915. Coatesville exploited the natural energy of the Brandywine River. Jesse Kersey, Moses Coates' son-in-law, partnered with the ironmaster Isaac Pennock and purchased over 110 acres (0.45 km ) of Moses Coates' farm along both sides of the Brandywine River in 1810. They formed the Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory , the forerunner of Lukens Steel . Charles Lukens, MD, married Isaac Pennock's daughter Rebecca in 1813. Following her husband's death in 1825, Rebecca Lukens took over

184-598: A long decline, but in the 1960s Lukens Steel was still the largest employer in Chester County, with over 10,000 workers. It finally started to restructure due to industry changes, was sold several times, and its workers were reduced in number to 5,000 and eventually to 2,000. Since the turn of the century, Coatesville has invested in redevelopment, encouraging private projects. It has torn down public housing and encouraged new single family and townhouse developments. A new Marriott Courtyard hotel, built along Route 82 on

230-458: A median income of $ 31,782 versus $ 24,774 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 14,079. About 18.3% of families and 22.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 28.9% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the racial makeup was 25.9% non-Hispanic White , 46.2% African American , 24.5% Hispanic or Latino , and 4.8% two or more races. The city

276-415: A plan to develop the area by selling frontage on the recently completed Lancaster Turnpike which crossed through their land. The Lancaster Turnpike was the first toll road in the U.S., authorized in 1792 and completed in 1795. A tollgate was located within the present-day Coatesville city limits. Because Coatesville was located roughly halfway between Philadelphia and Lancaster on the turnpike, it became

322-424: A popular stopping place. Pierre Bizallion , a French fur trader, settled in the area in the early 18th century. He was said to serve as an interpreter between William Penn and Native American peoples. The Veterans Administration Hospital now occupies a large piece of the roughly 500 acres (2.0 km ) of land that was once owned by Bizallion. Before Coatesville became a city, the only one in Chester County, it

368-472: A range of health care services to more than 19,000 Veterans in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The school system expanded to keep up and the religious community became more diverse, with Roman Catholic churches founded and Beth Israel Congregation , one of Chester County's few synagogues. In 1932 there were a total of 22 churches of various denominations in the city. After World War II the steel industry began

414-646: A rape suspect. When the armed group surrounded the jail to prevent the attack, they learned that there was no suspect and no lynch mob. In 1929, the Coatesville VA Medical Center was built with an original mission to provide neuropsychiatric care to veterans. In 2013, the Medical Center, with its distinctive architecture of Colonial Revival and Classical Revival, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Medical Center now provides

460-492: A small but certain advantage than the mere potential of a greater one; and so they stayed. By 1734, road surveyors were making McNabb's hotel their headquarters rather than returning to Lancaster every day. The sign in front of the inn is known to have once "portrayed a man with a bird in his hand and a bush nearby, in which two birds were perched," and was known as the Bird-in-Hand Inn. Variations of this sign appear throughout

506-860: A west-flowing tributary of the Conestoga River , part of the Susquehanna River watershed. Tourism is very important and many businesses cater specifically to tourists . Many of these businesses have an Amish theme, such as horse and buggy rides and crafts. ...in such delightfully-named towns in Pennsylvania Dutchland as his native Mount Joy, and neighboring Lititz, Blue Ball, Bareville, Intercourse, Bird in Hand, and Paradise. "...but anyone who names their towns Mount Joy, Intercourse, and Blue Ball can't be all bad. Obviously they have more on their minds than just religion." Which brings us to Intercourse. You can imagine my delight when I found out that

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552-517: Is a third class city and is governed by a Council–manager form of government. There are seven council members, one for each of the five voting wards and two elected at-large. as of November 5, 2021 : As of 2018, there were 31.15 miles (50.13 km) of public roads in Coatesville, of which 6.50 miles (10.46 km) were maintained by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 24.65 miles (39.67 km) were maintained by

598-561: Is a city in Chester County, Pennsylvania , United States. The population was 13,350 at the 2020 census . Coatesville is approximately 39 miles west of Philadelphia . It developed along the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike beginning in the late 18th century. It spans U.S. Route 30 , the "Main Line" highway that runs west of Philadelphia. Coatesville developed in the early 20th century with

644-498: Is one of the earliest landowners on record. He built a log cabin in the area of Harmony Street and 5th Avenue and owned about 207 acres (0.84 km ) of land bordering the Brandywine River. Moses Coates, a prosperous farmer and the namesake of Coatesville, bought the cabin from Fleming's son in 1787. With the economy rising in the years after the United States gained independence, Moses Coates' son-in-law, Jesse Kersey, came up with

690-597: Is said to have left a permanent stain on the city's image. Walker's murder was investigated by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which called for an end to lynching nationwide. Pennsylvania passed a state anti-lynching law in 1923. But, even after passage of an anti-lynching House bill in the 1920s, no federal law was passed because of the power of the Democratic southern bloc in

736-665: Is served by the Coatesville Amtrak Station , which serves Keystone Service trains along the Keystone Corridor . Until 1997, the station also served SEPTA 's R5 regional rail line from Philadelphia, which is now the Paoli/Thorndale Line and ends east of Coatesville in Thorndale . On March 7, 2019, it was announced that SEPTA service would return to Coatesville in the future with a new station to be built near

782-696: The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks . Ten of the "trees" that remained were transported to Coatesville on April 15, 2010. They are to be used as a part of the proposed National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum . Twenty-one sites including the Coatesville Historic District , Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital , High Bridge , Abram Huston House and Carriage House , Lukens Historic District , Lukens Main Office Building , National Bank of Coatesville Building , Terracina , Carver Court , and Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center are resources listed on

828-543: The National Register of Historic Places . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km ), of which 0.53% is water. Coatesville has a typical Northeast climate with cold, snowy winters and hot humid summers. It has a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Dfa ) and the hardiness zone is 6b bordering 7a. The 2010 United States Census stated there were 13,100 people, 4,498 households, and 2,889 families residing in

874-494: The Amish call the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, their home. There seems to be a lot of explanations from locals trying to pass off the name as a bastardisation of 'Enter Course' and so on, but seeing as there are other local towns called Bird In Hand, and Mount Joy, I suspect that the person responsible had a very juvenile sense of humour. The town sits in upstate Pennsylvania and is a tourist trap for anyone even remotely curious about

920-551: The Amish way of life. In the years since then many of these names have been changed to more elegant ones, and others have vanished with the ghost towns they adorned, but not a few still hang on. Indeed, there are plenty of lovely specimens to match them in the East, in regions that were also frontier in their days, e.g. , the famous cluster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Bird in Hand, Bareville, Blue Ball, Mt. Joy, Intercourse and Paradise. Coatesville, Pennsylvania Coatesville

966-565: The Senate. At that time, it represented only white southerners; African Americans had been disfranchised in the South since the turn of the century. Racial violence was spreading all across America during the Red Summer of 1919 and the local African-American community was on edge. On July 8, 1919, the black community of Coatesville formed a large armed protection group to prevent the rumoured lynching of

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1012-526: The United States operations of ArcelorMittal. Varying cultures of Native Americans lived in this area. The first known settlement in the area which would be known as Coatesville was a historic Lenape village built along the West Branch of the Brandywine River . This settlement was a post for fur trading with the earliest American settlers. The Brandywine River has featured prominently in the history of Coatesville. William Fleming, originally from Scotland ,

1058-411: The age of 18 living with them, 28.3% were married couples living together, 27.7% had a female householder with no spouse present, 8.2% had a male householder with no spouse present, and 35.8% were non-families. 42.4% of all households had individuals under 18 living in them, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size

1104-579: The area. Bird-in-Hand is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland , along with Intercourse , Blue Ball , Lititz , Bareville , Mount Joy and Paradise . In 1968 the Smucker family opened a small 30-room motel called the Bird-in-Hand Motor Inn, with an adjacent coffee shop , in hopes of capitalizing on the growing tourist trade in the area. Over

1150-423: The city, with a population density of 6,894.7 people per square mile (2,673.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 38.0% White , 46.4% African American , 0.5% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 8.9% from other races , and 5.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 23.0% of the population. There were 4,498 households, out of which 36.5% had children under

1196-486: The city. The main east–west road serving Coatesville is US 30 , which bypasses the city to the north on a freeway and provides access to Lancaster to the west and Philadelphia to the east. US 30 Business runs east–west through the heart of the city on Lincoln Highway . PA 82 is the main north–south road in Coatesville, running along Strode Avenue, Lincoln Highway, and North 1st Avenue, and heading north to Elverson and south to Kennett Square . PA 340 passes to

1242-627: The current Amtrak station that would serve an extension of the Paoli/Thorndale Line service. On July 13, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that it was soliciting bids for the construction of the new station, to be built at Third Avenue and Fleetwood Street, with construction to be completed by 2025. The Reading Company formerly had its own passenger station on the Wilmington and Northern Branch , located at

1288-469: The four new councilpersons are ordained Pentecostal and Methodist ministers, respectively. The city council fired the city solicitor, and accepted the resignation of the city manager (who had negotiated with the Valley Township landowner). The assistant manager, police chief, and city treasurer also resigned. A series of arsons took place in the city from 2007 to early 2009. A December 2008 fire at

1334-617: The growth of the Lukens Steel Company and other industry. Its population declined after industrial restructuring, which reduced these jobs. Lukens was bought by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1997. In 2002, Bethlehem was bought by the then Ohio-based International Steel Group (ISG). Later, Mittal Steel bought ISG and merged with Arcelor Steel to form the ArcelorMittal company. In 2020, Cleveland-Cliffs acquired

1380-521: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bird-in-Hand&oldid=1194398953 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania The area's first inhabitants were Native American Shawnee and Susquehannock people. The earliest European settlers of what

1426-547: The name officially changed to Bird-in-Hand in 1873. The town remained relatively unknown until a musical called Plain and Fancy opened in New York in 1955. The play was set in the village of Bird-in-Hand and is often credited as a catalyst for the boom in Pennsylvania Dutch Country tourism in the mid-twentieth century. The Plain & Fancy Restaurant opened in 1960 and is the oldest "family-style restaurant" in

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1472-599: The north of the city while PA 372 begins at PA 82 in Coatesville and heads west on Valley Road to Parkesburg and Atglen . A general aviation airport, Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport , which allows private and corporate aircraft to easily access the town, is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) west in neighboring Valley Township. The nearest airport with commercial air service is the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. Coatesville

1518-592: The northwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and 1st Avenue. Two bus services serve Coatesville. The Coatesville Link, which is operated by Krapf's Transit and managed by the Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC), serves multiple points of interest between Coatesville and Parkesburg. SEPTA Suburban Bus Route 135 connects Coatesville with Downingtown , Exton , and West Chester . In addition, TMACC managed The Outfitter, which formerly provided bus service from Coatesville to

1564-405: The operations of the mill, purchasing it from her mother. She directed operations through a period of turmoil and market panic, developing it into a prosperous mill. Rebecca Lukens was one of the first women to operate a major corporation in the United States. As Lukens Steel grew so did Coatesville, eventually becoming known as the " Pittsburgh of the East." By the beginning of the 20th century

1610-529: The outskirts of Coatesville, opened in May 2012. The redevelopment plans have generated controversy. The city was involved in a 5-year eminent domain dispute with a local landowner in neighboring Valley Township . It was resolved without the need to seize the property, but displeasure with the events resulted in the city voters turning out four incumbent city councilpersons in the November 2005 general elections. Two of

1656-666: The passage of the Dodd Frank Act . Bird-in-Hand is in central Lancaster County, on the eastern edge of East Lampeter Township. Pennsylvania Route 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike) runs through the center of town, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to Lancaster , the county seat , and east 4 miles (6 km) to Intercourse . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Bird-in-Hand CDP has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.6 km ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km ), or 1.11%, are water. The area drains westward to Mill Creek,

1702-479: The population had grown to 6,000, attracting immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe to its industrial jobs, as well as both black and white migrants from the rural South. Tensions rose in the city as the population rapidly became more diverse. In August 1911, steelworker Zachariah Walker was lynched in Coatesville; he had left his wife and children in Virginia while seeking better work. This African-American man

1748-559: The town today. In 1834 construction began on the 86-mile (138 km) Pennsylvania Railroad line between Philadelphia and Columbia . Bird-in-Hand, featuring tanneries , feed mills , and coal and lumber yards , was the most important stop on the Lancaster-to- Coatesville section. In 1836 the village post office was established as the Enterprise Post Office , as the village was then officially called, until

1794-531: The winery is named Bird in Hand (painting) , a painting by Ellen Gallagher, in the collection of the Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom Bird in Hand , a play by John Drinkwater Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bird-in-Hand . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

1840-527: The years, the small coffee shop grew into the larger Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant & Smorgasbord . In 1976 the Bird-in-Hand Farmers Market opened adjacent to the Bird-in-Hand Motor Inn. The Bird-in-Hand Village Inn and Suites was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The town is home to the Bank of Bird-in-Hand , the first bank in the United States to open following

1886-419: Was 3.46. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18. The median age was 31 years. The population was 50.6% female and 49.4% male. Coatesville had 4,998 housing units, of which 90.2% were occupied. Of the occupied housing units, 37.5% were owner-occupied. In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $ 29,912, and the median income for a family was $ 36,375. Males had

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1932-407: Was accused of killing Deputy Constable/ Coal and Iron Policeman Edgar Rice, a popular figure in town. Walker claimed self-defense and was hospitalized after his arrest. He was dragged from the hospital and burned to death in front of a mob of hundreds in a field south of the city. Fifteen men and teenage boys were indicted, but all were acquitted at trials. The lynching was the last in Pennsylvania and

1978-476: Was called Bridge-Town, after the two bridges crossing the Brandywine River. A village named "Midway", named after its station owned by the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad midway between Philadelphia and Lancaster, was formed in 1834 on the western bank of the Brandywine. The village of Midway and the village of Bridge-Town merged in 1867 to become the borough of Coatesville. Coatesville citizens voted to become

2024-478: Was founded in 1734. The legend of the naming of Bird-in-Hand concerns the time when the Old Philadelphia Pike was surveyed between Lancaster and Philadelphia . According to legend, two road surveyors discussed whether they should stay at their present location or go on to the town of Lancaster. One of them supposedly said, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," which means it is preferable to have

2070-759: Was sentenced to a 60-year prison sentence for five of the fires, one of which resulted in Kempest's death. Another man pleaded guilty to the Fleetwood Street fire and eight others, receiving a sentence of 12.5 to 25 years with an order to pay $ 2.5 million in restitution. Twenty of the nearly 70 fires over the two-year span remain unsolved. In 1969, Lukens Steel forged steel beams for the World Trade Center during its construction in New York City . Some of these trident beams, known as "trees", remained standing after

2116-468: Was to become Bird-in-Hand were Quakers and Swiss Mennonites . James Smith was the first of the Quakers known to have settled in the area, arriving by the year 1715. William and Dorothy McNabb were pioneer landowners and the owners of the original Bird-in-Hand Hotel . The Quakers built a meetinghouse and two-story academy, which stands today, next to the present-day Bird-in-Hand fire company. The community

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