Erich came up with what turned out to be a great idea to meet for lunch at Founding Farmers in King of Prussia, PA. It was great to see him in person, not on Zoom!
Afterwards, a tour of historic places in the King of Prussia area.
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| 700 Moore Road: Moore-Irwin House (c 1750) served as quarters for General Muhlenberg during the 1777-78 encampment at Valley Forge, and later was visited by George Washington when he was in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention in 1787 |
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| Near the Moore-Irwin House, a building with dovecote |
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| 576 Keebler Road: Pancoast House (c 1930) |
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| 534 Keebler Road: Allendale Farmhouse (c 1900) was built for George Allen, a wealthy farmer/landowner, who also had a millinery establishment in Philadelphia |
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| 382 W Valley Forge Road: Loughlin Farmhouse (c 1725-1750) |
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| 180 Town Center Road: former Wolfsohn Memorial Library (1962) was built with a donation from the estate of Philadelphia millionaire Nat N Wolfsohn |
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| 580 Shoemaker Road: former Samuel Henderson Barn (c 1799); the Henderson family owned marble quarries that produced the blue King of Prussia marble |
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| 583 Shoemaker Road: Samuel Henderson Residence (c 1799); Henderson was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill a vacancy and served during the 1814-1815 session |
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| Longview Road: Gulph Mills Memorial (c 1892) |
Erected in 1892 by the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution and rededicated in 1962 when it was moved to Executive Estates Park, this nine feet tall boulder reads, "The main Continental Army commanded by General Washington encamped in this immediate vicinity from December 13-19, 1777, before going into winter quarters in Valley Forge."
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| 966 Trinity Lane: Historic Marker "First National Thanksgiving Celebrated by Washington's Army" |
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| 1000 Boxwood Court: Poplar Lane (c 1758) was also known as Ballygomingo |
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| S Gulph Road: Hanging Rock once had a plaque stating, "General Washington and the American Army passed under this rock on the march to Valley Forge December 19, 1777." |
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| 100 Old Gulph Road: Quarters of Lieutenant Aaron Burr at the farthest outpost during the Continental Army winter at Valley Forge in 1777-1778; the same Aaron Burr who became the 3rd Vice President of the United States but is better known for shooting Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
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| 660 Fletcher Road: Plum Nilly Estate (c 1700s) is an old Welsh farmhouse sitting on 8.8 acres |
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| 1045 Croton Road: Martin's Dam (c 1848), where William Martin built a woolen mill; above the dam a saw mill was built by the Hughes family |
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| 889 Croton Road: Old Roberts Schoolhouse (1854), built by Jonathan Roberts, Upper Merion’s only United States Senator, and given by him for the students from the farms in the township so that they would not have to travel as far to school |
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| The one-room schoolhouse was used from 1854-1918; note the two-holer outhouse to the left |
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| 425 Alderbrook Drive: Alderbrook Mansion (1860, rebuilt after 1908 fire) was built for Howard Barclay French, whose New York family developed French's Mustard |
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| 345 King of Prussia Road: Thomas Rees House (c 1745-1760) is known for its fireplaces made of King of Prussia marble, as one of its owners was John Brooke who owned the quarries |
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| 601 Croton Road: Samuel Brooke Lime Kiln (c 1817) |
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| 352 S Gulph Road: Buttonwood (1760), the former home of Jonathan Roberts, United States Senator from 1815-21 |
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| 290 S Gulph Road: Keystone Marker |
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| 101 Bill Smith Road: King of Prussia Inn (1719 as cottage for Welsh Quakers, 1769 converted into an inn) |
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| Is the outbuilding an outhouse or a stable?! |
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| 158 Allendale Road: Powel House (1750, as a tenant house for the Billy Walker Farm |
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| Mile Marker 18, indicating the number of miles to Philadelphia; most likely placed here in 1713 when Gulph Road was laid out |
2 comments:
Hi, Jax - I'm enjoying your blogspot, especially the material on King of Prussia and have a suggestion for a future blogspot you may wish to write about. In the fall of this year, a Pennsylvania Historical & Museums Commission (PHMC) blue road marker was installed at the King of Prussia home of Anna Morris Holstein, a hero and healer who hailed from Upper Merion Township. I've got a few good pix from that event which I'd be glad to share with you. Are you and your family UMT residents? I'm a historical interpreter of Famous American Women and am on the UMT Historical Commission, which is an advisory citizen commission dedicated to historical preservation and we're always looking for a new member or two. There's still a lot to learn about this rich area, and I'm always glad to hear from fellow appreciators of history and travel. Trish
We are not UMT residents, but we will follow up on Anna Morris Holstein. Thank you!
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