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Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] Haverford is named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales. It is a commuting suburb located due west of Philadelphia and is officially known as the Township of Haverford .
Oakmont Station in Haverford Township, 1959. Eagle Road cuts across Oakmont from West to East. The road that would become Eagle Road was initially laid around 1696 for the Old Haverford Friends Meetinghouse, built 1688. [4] Oakmont is also the site of Saint Denis Church, founded in 1825 for mill workers in Kellyville in the Karakung Creek ...
The Haverford neighborhood name was borrowed from the older entity, Haverford Township (established 1681) to which much of the unincorporated community belongs, as the result of a postal code address change in 1946. [2] [3] Haverford Township's namesake is in turn derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK. [4] [5]
The Haverford Township Historical Society maintains a survey of historic resources notable to the township. Haverford Township c. 1902. Historic roads. The Haverford Road is one of the earliest roads laid out by civil ordinance. Dates for its layout and completion vary from 1687 to 1703. Darby Road, known earlier as Coopertown Road, dates from ...
The last family to occupy the mansion did so from 1913 until 1974, when the estate was purchased by Haverford Township in 1974 under the Haverford Historical Society. [8] The mansion is now maintained as a museum and community center. Regular tours are available from April to October and during the December holidays.
Nitre Hall is open to the public May through October, in December for special events, and by appointment for a nominal admission charge, according to the Haverford Township Historical Society. The building's main use is for school and group field trips. The historical society puts on a "day in the life" show for the township's fifth graders.
Location of Delaware County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Pont Reading is a historic, American home that is located in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was the residence of shipbuilder and architect, Joshua Humphreys who lived there his entire life. Pont Reading was named after his family's homestead, Reading Pont in Wales.