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The "Architecture Now" magazine presented an itinerary in New Plymouth including heritage buildings and stated: "The city remains the location of some of the oldest surviving architect-designed buildings in New Zealand." One of the first settlers arriving in New Plymouth in 1843 was Frederick Thatcher, a London-trained architect. He came with ...
The physicians who staffed the temporary hospital in the Central High School, prepared a map of Plymouth's water supply, to illustrate how typhoid was transmitted. The Typhoid Epidemic of 1885 was caused by contamination of the town's water supply. Like the Avondale Mine Disaster of 1869, it aroused the sympathy of the entire nation.
Frank Comerford Walker (1886–1959), born in Plymouth; lawyer, United States Postmaster General. Thomas Joseph Walker (1877–1945), born in Plymouth; lawyer, and United States Customs Court judge. Hendrick Bradley Wright (1808–1881), born in Plymouth; lawyer, Democratic congressman and author; his history of Plymouth was published in 1873.
An example of New England domestic architecture brought to Plymouth by Connecticut settlers. Name Image Image Date Location Year Built Current Condition Notes Wadhams Homestead: 1864 Map 1873 Photo 2007 Photo Academy St., near Shawnee Avenue Built c. 1810 Extant, but much altered 1864: On Schooley Map as "Wadhams Homestead"
Cold Point Historic District is a national historic district located in Plymouth Township and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is an eastward extension of the Plymouth Meeting Historic District. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site dated from 1745 to 1878 in the Village of Cold Point.
Moon Lake Park is located in the northwestern part of Plymouth Township. Most of the municipality is made up of forested mountains (with very little farmland). Its numbered roads are U.S. 11 and PA 29. While U.S. 11 follows the bank of the river, PA 29 comes down from the Back Mountain via Harveys Creek gorge; it links up with U.S. 11 in West ...
Plymouth Meeting is located primarily within Plymouth Township, with a smaller portion lying within Whitemarsh Township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2), all land. Plymouth Township is immediately adjacent to the Schuylkill River, but all river frontage is occupied by ...
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