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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.
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 Killmer Dwelling [11] 15 E. Germantown Pike c.1838
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 ...
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.
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]
Germantown (German: Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent ...
In Plymouth Meeting, an interchange with Germantown Pike accesses Norristown before the Mid-County Interchange. This interchange connects to I-476 , which runs south as the Mid-County Expressway (locally known as the Blue Route) and north as the Northeast Extension connecting the mainline to the Lehigh Valley and the Pocono Mountains .
Germantown, Pike County, Pennsylvania, a place in Pennsylvania Germantown, Philadelphia , a neighborhood in the northwest section of Philadelphia Germantown Township, Pennsylvania , a defunct township incorporated into Philadelphia