Editing West Chester, Pennsylvania (section)

===Public libraries===
West Chester Public Library is the community library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcpubliclibrary.org/|title=Home|publisher=West Chester Public Library|accessdate=2022-10-19|quote=415 N. Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380}}</ref> The library had its roots in a [[subscription library]] founded in 1815 by [[William Darlington]] and [[David Townsend (botanist)|David Townsend]] and dissolved in 1831. Incorporated in 1872, the library rented rooms to house its collections until March 1888, when the library opened at its current location at 415 North Church Street, on land donated by [[Hannah M. Darlington]], who also donated the Tiffany-style stained-glass windows. The architect was [[T. Roney Williamson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – West Chester Public Library |url=https://6d8de413-e321-4da7-a659-cb356a2e6d8f.usrfiles.com/ugd/6d8de4_4644a98cac064ce5a3a5068c8c25f15e.pdf |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[West Chester Public Library]]}}</ref> The library became permanently free and open to the public in 1905, coming under the authority of the borough council and school board. The library built an extension for a children's library in 1916. The West Chester Garden Club landscaped the grounds and erected a wall around the courtyard in 1934.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Grace Brinton |title=History of the West Chester Library |date=1939 |publisher=[publisher not identified] |location=West Chester, PA |pages=1–36 |language=en-US}}</ref>