Rose Valley’s Thunderbird Lodge, on Rose Valley Road just north of the Hedgerow Theatre, is home to the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today.
The iconic lodge consists of a circa-1790 stone barn, which was converted in 1904 to artists’ studios, and a fieldstone-and-stucco house. They are joined by a three-story octagonal stair tower.
Thunderbird Lodge has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989.
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“This feels like home,” said Morris Potter, current president of the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society. “There can be no better setting. There’s this medieval feel.”
The opening of the Rose Valley Museum last October helped to celebrate the small borough’s history, art, and culture.
Rose Valley was founded in 1901 as an artisan community by architect Will Price, who bought 80 acres of land around the former Rose Valley textile mill. Price envisioned a haven for artists.
Read more about the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society in Main Line Today by clicking here.
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