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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 ...
One of the early Welsh settlers in Haverford Township, David Lawrence emigrated with his wife Elinor Ellis and her family in 1684, and took up part of his father-in-law's land grant. His son Henry Lawrence then purchased 209 acres (0.85 km 2) along Darby Creek in 1709. It has not been determined whether the log house pre-dates this purchase but ...
Dolobran is a Shingle Style house at 231 Laurel Lane in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Frank Furness for shipping magnate Clement Griscom in 1881, and was expanded at least twice by Furness. [1]: 228 The house and 146-acre (59 hectare) estate served as a summer retreat for Griscom, his wife, and five children. [1]: 229
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. It is referred to, like many townships in Pennsylvania, simply ...
Joshua Humphreys (born June 17, 1751, Haverford Township, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 12, 1838, Haverford Township, Pa.), American shipbuilder and naval architect who designed the U.S. frigate Constitution, familiarly known as “Old Ironsides” (launched Oct. 21, 1797). Humphreys was commissioned in 1794 to design six frigates for the newly formed ...
The Allgates is a historic estate which is located in Haverford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built for financier Horatio Gates Lloyd and his wife Mary Helen Wingate Lloyd. [2] Much of the complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1979; the Federal School was listed separately and added in 1971.
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.
Overbrook Park is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in the 1940s on the site of a former farm known as Supio's farm, offering new housing for returning GIs and their families. Overbrook Park is a largely middle-class African-American and historically Jewish-American ...