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Germantown Pike (also known as Germantown Avenue for a portion of its length) is a historic road in Pennsylvania that opened in 1687, [1] running from Philadelphia northwest to Collegeville. The road is particularly notable for the "imposing mansions" that existed in the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Stephen Rush House, located at 3851 Germantown Pike, is a two-story fieldstone structure that served as a center of food and drink to travelers along Germantown Pike. This Inn was built about 1803 on land purchased from St. James Church. Evansburg Inn, located at 3833 Germantown Pike, is a large, two-story plastered fieldstone inn with end ...
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]
4 E. Germantown Pike c.1787 1871 – J. R. Ellis [5] 6 E. Germantown Pike Jonathon Jones House [8] 8 E. Germantown Pike 1854 1871 – R. Jones [5] George Hitner Residence [9] 12 E. Germantown Pike 1871 – Mark Jones [5] George Hitner was issued a license to operate an inn in 1778. [10] Hitner Barn "The Barn at 14 East" 14 E. Germantown Pike c.1714
Route information; Maintained by PTC: Length: 360.09 mi [4] (579.51 km): Existed: October 1, 1940 [1] [2] –present: History: Philadelphia Extension completed on November 20, 1950; Western Extension completed on December 1, 1954; Delaware River Extension completed on May 23, 1956; [3] current road at Laurel Hill completed on October 30, 1964; current road at the Sideling Hill and Rays Hill ...
Abolition Hall, Butler Pike, north of Germantown Pike. The post office was established here before 1827. In 1832, there were but ten houses here. — History of Montgomery County (1858). [6] Slave holding was condemned by the Society of Friends in 1754. Few slaves were held in Plymouth Township, and only one remained by 1830.
The bridge was built in 1792 and repaired in 1874. It has eight spans, is 33-foot (10 m) wide, with an overall length of 202-foot (62 m). The bridge carries Germantown Pike across Skippack Creek. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
The majority of the route from Pottstown to Philadelphia followed historic Ridge Pike and Germantown Pike (as of 2024, the overpass of Ridge Pike over the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276) is still labeled with a designation of "U.S. 422"). In 1932, the western terminus was extended from Reading to Market Street in downtown Harrisburg.