Town of Phoenixville

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Phoenixville is a small town located in Chester County Pennsylvania

This website will detail all you need to know about this small town and why you should visit

Locations in Phoenixville include, NerdMerch, Reeves park, Bridge Street Chocolates

Phoenixville Attractions

Dogwood Festival

The Phoenixville Dogwood Festival has been celebrated in Phoenixville each May since 1943. The tradition dates back to when former Army Major General Edward C. Shannon planted a dogwood tree in Reeves Park in Phoenixville as a memorial to honor those in the Armed Forces. Each year, the festival features amusement rides, food vendors, the Dogwood Parade, and the crowning of the Dogwood Queen.

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Colonial Theatre

Phoenixville is home to the Colonial Theatre, opened in 1903. The Colonial hosts various events year-round, such as concerts and special movie showings.[17] The Colonial is most notable for being the location of a scene in the 1958 science fiction horror film The Blob. Blobfest is celebrated every July in Phoenixville, during which attendees have the opportunity to reenact the scene from the film in which moviegoers flee the theatre in terror of the Blob loose inside. In 2017, a major expansion of the theatre incorporating the neighboring historic bank property was completed.

Cafes

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Cafes include Nook n Cranny's, Steel city, and Main street cafe.

Secluded hidden areas include the lake in a forest near downtown, where locals usually go to canoe and fish. The view is breathtaking when looking at it on top of the bridge.

Facts

For a big part of it's history, Phoenixville was known for being the home to Phoenix Iron works, the major employer in the town until its closure in 1987,

Phoenixville was originally known as Manavon, after early-Chester County judge and politician David Lloyd bought a tract of land he named "Manavon"