Baldwin's Book Barn

West Chester, PA — Retail & Shopping. ﻿ Welcome to Book Barn The Book Barn was built in 1822 and is a five-story building which exudes bookish charm with its cozy nooks, stone walls, friendly atmosphere, wood-burning stove, and shelf upon shelf of books, maps, and prints. Baldwin’s Book Barn is an inveterate and unique institution of Chester County, Pennsylvania where people have come for decades to buy and sell books.