85th Annual Chester County Day

85th Chester County Day Tour - Northwest Quadrant

We have the Pacific Northwest, Northwest Passage, Northwest Airlines, and the Northwest Territories among others, but in our beloved Chester County and Chester County Days, we have our own Northwest Quadrant to applaud this year. The quadrants started the first time that gas prices reached the status we are currently undergoing now, and it was decided to abbreviate “The Day” tour and divide our county into four parcels using Route 100 North and South and Route 30 East and West and go around Exton Crossroads intersection.

The 2026 tour will feature some of Chester County’s most beautiful homes and restored barns, as we focus our attention on the Northwest area and connect our 85th Chester County Day with our current 250th celebration of America.

Much of the actions in the Revolutionary War efforts in Southeastern Pennsylvania can be referenced back to this area of our county and this year’s tour. George Washington was documented as being in this area to seek munitions and iron wares from the various furnaces and foundries to supply weaponry for his troops, and he even stayed at one of the furnace homes. There were four active furnaces: Hopewell, Reading, Warwick, and later Isabella Furnace. It all started with William Penn, who realized that this section contained a wealth of raw materials and ores that would be instrumental in times to come. While Washington was in the area, his friend Benjamin Franklin was visiting friends on the farms and furnaces in this area, inspiring the idea of the Franklin Stove.

While traversing the Northwest to get from spot to spot on the tour this year, one will pass by beautiful open spaces, lovely spreads of landscape, rustic and grand homes, furnaces and foundries, and eighty five years of a great house tour to benefit our Healing House on the Hill—The Chester County Hospital. Please join us for another spectacular “Day” and soak up the history which we provide in our historic Chester County for all generations past, present, and future. - Michael Pillagalli, Editor

Volunteer Opportunities

Would you like to join our committee or volunteer during the DAY on October 3, 2026? We would love to have you! Email us at chestercountyday@gmail.com.

If you have been a volunteer for us in the past, we hope that you already have October 3, 2026 in your calendar to enjoy the DAY with us once again!

Chester County Day Homes Wanted

🏡 Be a Part of a Chester County Tradition! 🏡
Do you have a beautiful, historic, or unique home in Chester County?

Join us for Chester County Day, the oldest house tour in the nation — a beloved celebration of local architecture, history, and community!

✨ We’re currently looking for proud homeowners to feature their homes on our 85th Chester County Day Tour next fall. Showcase your home's charm, share its story, and help us support the Women’s Auxiliary’s Pledge for the “Integrated Cancer Care Campaign” for Chester County Hospital.

Interested?
📩 Send us a message at ChesterCountyDay@gmail.com if you would like to be a part of the DAY next year!

Ticket Sales

Tickets will be available in our Satellite Locations beginning in September.

Tickets are available in our Satellite Locations until they are gone.

*Online lunch orders are closed

Support the Day: Sponsor and Advertiser Information

 PLEASE REMEMBER

Tickets are required at each home and public landmark.

Our tour tickets are wristbands again this year! Please make sure you have yours on to enter all the stops.  No one will be admitted without a wristband.

No children under 12 years old and no babies-in-arms are permitted in homes.  Please do not carry backpacks or large handbags into the homes. There is no smoking allowed in homes or landmarks, and no pets are allowed on any premises.

Please turn off all cell phones before entering homes. No indoor photography is permitted.  

Please no high heels. We suggest wearing comfortable walking shoes. 

Food and rest stops are programmed along the route. Homes open at 10:00 AM and close promptly at 5:00 PM.