The History Center is located at 225 North High Street in downtown West Chester.

The museum collection contains more than 80,000 artifacts, with strengths in southeastern Pennsylvania furniture, textiles, and decorative arts.

His widow deeded the hall to the local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1904, stipulating that it was to be given to the CCHC when no longer needed.

Robert Lukens served as the president of the Chester County History Center from 2011 until his death in 2015.

He obtained state grants for the society and published a historical column in the Daily Local News.