Historic
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Winsor Sisters From 1920’s Radnor Were Eccentric Activists Well Ahead of Their Time
Meet the Winsor sisters, Radnor eccentric activists in the first half of the 20th Century who believed in pacifism, vegetarianism, birth control, equality for all races, genders and sexual orientations, animal rights, and the power of art and literature, reports Main Line Suburban Life. Close to 100 people showed up Aug. 25 at the Radnor…
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Slinky Comes Back to Clifton Heights With Its Own Roadside Historical Marker
The Slinky, which celebrates its 75th birthday in 2020, was made right here in Clifton Heights, near Baltimore Pike and Springfield Road, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Now a roadside historical marker dedicated Friday on National Slinky Day will mark the spot near where they were made. Mechanical engineer Richard James invented the…
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A 1700s Stately Manor Was Relocated From Harrisburg to Chadds Ford
A stately stone manor house from the 1700s originally in Harrisburg has been hauled stone by stone to a 34-acre enclave in the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, writes Eileen Smith Dallabrida for Main Line Today. The owners—she’s an astrophysicist and he’s a manager of family real estate holdings in New York City—are also partners…
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Haverford College Alums’ City Tour Shines Light on Lesser Known Local Heroes of History
Joey Leroux and Rebecca Fisher hope their company, Beyond the Bell Walking Tours, will tell people about the Philly pioneers that changed history, but are virtually unknown, writes Elizabeth Warner for The Philadelphia Citizen. People like Barbara Gittings, a lesbian activist, the first person to link queer rights to civil rights. Or Gloria Casarez, who…
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Villanova Professor’s Love of Golf Has Made Him a Golf Course Archivist
A Villanova University professor from Wayne has taken his love of golf and created an online catalog of 500 golf courses, writes Jim Finnegan for Main Line Today. Each course is documented hole by hole with pictures, scorecards, a map and other factoids. Joe Bausch was a competitive high school golfer in the Midwest and…
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Mural in 69th Street to Depict History and Highlights of Upper Darby Township
The history of Upper Darby Township is being painted on to a 135-foot long mural at 44 S. 69th Street, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The mural is up the street from the Tower Theater and the 69th Street Transportation Center. It will include depictions of the Swedish Log Cabin, Collenbrook…
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1892 Aston Home at Neumann University to Be Restored, Used as Student Residence
An 1892 Victorian home in Aston, which morphed into a bed and breakfast, then an apartment house, is now the property of Neumann University. The university plans to restore it as a residence hall. The home, located at 601A Convent Road, boasts wood floors, high ceilings, an impressive wooden staircase, a vintage oval window, and…
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Prospect Park’s Mark Marano Brings You History Up Close and Personal at ‘Once Upon a Nation’
Mark Marano of Prospect Park is just as comfortable telling a story at a bench outside a Philadelphia historic landmark as he is performing in a musical at Upper Darby’s Summer Stage, writes Ruth Rovner for the Daily Times. A professional actor, Marano has had varied experience in theater, including Summer Stage, and regional theaters…
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Retired Shipley School Teacher Restoring Historic Home in Haverford Township
Anthony Morinelli has a retirement project going on. He’s renovating a stone home on Mill Road dating back to the late 1600s, writes Linda Stein for the Daily Times. Morinelli, 70, retired this past June from The Shipley School as theater director and humanities teacher. The house, which Morinelli calls Harford Hall in honor of…
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Beloved for Helping Restore Mount Moriah Cemetery, Paulette Rhone Gets a Sign
Cleaning up and restoring the abandoned Mount Moriah Cemetery, spanning part of Delaware County in Yeadon Borough and Philadelphia, was Paulette Rhone’s mission, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. To those who knew her, or even just passed by 61st Street and Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, Rhone defined Mount Moriah and cared deeply…
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Upland Borough Lays Claim to One of Pennsylvania’s Oldest Homes
A Pennsylvania landmark in Upland Borough that could well be the oldest house in the commonwealth sits among failed factories and abandoned warehouses, writes Charles Adams for the Reading Eagle. It is at least, as its supporters claim, “the oldest continuously standing house in Pennsylvania open to the public.” It is known to be the…
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Oldest Delco Methodist Church Faces An Uncertain Future
Radnor United Methodist Church is challenged by a dwindling congregation and may have to merge or be sold to another denomination, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. The 240-year-old church on Conestoga Road in Rosemont has around 20 members, down from about 300 in the 1950s. Talks about the future of the church…
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Local Industry Played Its Part in Moon Landing: Widener Professor Recalls Life in the Space Age
As we observe the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this Saturday, July 20, it’s important to note that Delaware County was also part of the action back in the 1960s, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Delaware County News Network. The Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Chester produced the nation’s largest rocket…
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Rose Valley Foundation Hopes to Restore Famous Illustrator’s Studio
The Rose Valley Centennial Foundation is seeking to raise $1 million to restore the Thunderbird Lodge, built in 1904 by Arts and Crafts community founder William Price, writes Leslie Krowchenko for Main Line Media News. To date, the foundation has received nearly $500,000 in contributions and pledges. A converted 1790s stone barn, Thunderbird Lodge was…
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Former Chester Church Considered for National Register of Historic Places
The former Third Presbyterian Church at 420 E. Ninth St., today home of the Chester Historical Preservation Committee, has cleared the most intensive step on the path to a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Daily Times. The Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board gave approval to an application and…
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More Than a Century Ago, Local Legislator Tried to Make Fourth of July Fireworks-Free
More than a century ago, a West Chester lawyer and legislator named Charles Pennypacker set out on a crusade to make Fourth of July celebrations safer, writes Michael Waters for Smithsonian.com. He was a member of a group of lawmakers and social reformers who called for an end to unsupervised fireworks and explosives under the…
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Nature Preserve in Concord: Council OKs Buy of 17-acre Former Christmas Tree Farm
Concord Township Council recently approved plans to preserve a 17-acre site, formerly a Christmas tree farm owned by the Hall family, located at Featherbed Lane and Bethel Road, writes Peg DeGrassa for Daily Times. The new nature preserve is being planned by the township as passive open space and over 1.5 miles of meadow trails,…
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Retirees: See Why Media Was Named the Best Place to Retire in Pennsylvania
Media is the best place in the state to retire, according to SmartAsset, a website that analyzed all the cities and towns in Pennsylvania, writes Linda Stein for the Daily Times. “I’m retiring here,” said Mayor Robert McMahon when he heard the news. “There are many reasons (Media was chosen). We are safe. It’s a…
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