Yellow Springs Village Celebrates 300 Years With Open House Event

Historic Yellow Springs is teaming up with the West Pikeland Township, the Chester
Springs Library, Salt Performing Arts and Life's Patina Mercantile and Café to
host a village wide open house event on October 23rd from 12 – 5 pm,
rain date October 30th.

Yellow Springs was first noted in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1722. The report
described the "yellow waters" and their curative powers. Over the
past 300 years, the village has served as a health spa, a Revolutionary War
hospital, a Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Country School, and a movie
soundstage for Good News Productions. All with very little change to the
landscape.

Guests will enjoy a fun Fall afternoon of activities in the village! Explore the
preserved buildings and structures on a history scavenger hunt! State
Representatives Carolyn Comitta and Katie Muth will be introducing our event to
kick off the kids Halloween costume parade started, led by the Street Beans
Band in a second line down Art School Road to start the concert! Bring a lawn
chair or a blanket to the music meadow and savor the soulful sounds of Dylan
Zangwill, a recent contestant on America's Got Talent! Food, craft beer
and wine will be available for purchase.

The scheduled activities include Glow for Good, a nonprofit pumpkin carving contest
and a chance learn more about other local historic sites and organizations in
Chester County! The pumpkins will be on display and votes can be made via
donations! Other activities include trick-or-treating, a "Meet and
Greet" with Cinderella and Prince Charming, a Revolutionary War history
talk, kids crafts, games, raffles and more. This event is free and open to the
public. For a full activities schedule visit our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1QJRETYPe

For almost half a century, the mission of Historic Yellow Springs is to share, preserve,
and celebrate the unique living village of Yellow Springs, focusing on the
visual arts, history and the environment. HYS enriches the lives of all who
come here, there is no village like it!