King Theater
A 1969 aerial photo of the lower level of the Valley forge Shopping Center, at Town Center Rd and DeKalb Pike in King of Prussia. The King Theater opened in June, 1963, by Sam Shapiro as the first theater for the Sameric Theaters chain.
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Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Wolfsohn Library
Upper Merion’s Wolfsohn Library opened in 1962. It was the first library on the East coast to have a toddler story hour which filled up within fifteen minutes on the day of registration. Two years later, Upper Merion was the first library in the country to host Infant Story Hours. Registration also filled immediately. The first year the Summer Reading
Muhlenberg Building is Steeped in History
By Ed Dybicz Special to The Courier ~ 1960 KING OF PRUSSIA- The Upper Merion Cultural Center on Moore Road, Port Kennedy, is located in a historic house, once the headquarters of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg of Revolutionary War fame. It is also is the place where George Washington stayed on July 30, 1787. John Moore, original owner of the farm,
‘Sleepy’ King of Prussia
A photo from our archives taken from approximately where Bahama Breeze is located, looking toward where the mall is now. Yes, King of Prussia was indeed just a ‘sleepy’ little village — back in the early 1950s!