The Chester County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in the county seat of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
It was built in 1846 at a cost of $55,346 and was designed by Thomas U. Walter.
Walter also designed the dome of the United States Capitol.

On March 1, 1920, county commissioners received the gift of a plaque imprinted with the text of the Ten Commandments from the Council of Religious Education of the Federated Churches of West Chester.
The Reverend Charles R. Williamson claimed that the tablet would serve as "a reminder, to all who read as they pass by, of their duty and responsibility to God and their fellow men."
In 2002, Sally Flynn filed a complaint against Chester County regarding the plaque.
She requested its removal, alleging it was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which stated that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion".
Freethought Society v. Chester County resulted in a court order stating that the county was "permanently enjoined" from the preservation of the tablet under the First Amendment.
The county filed an appeal which resulted in their having to cover the plaque with a material of the same color as the stone.
A second appeal was filed in 2003 resulted in the reversal of the original order and once again permitted the exhibition of the tablet.

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