Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
From the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia PA) 19 DEC 1922 5 MORE BARNS FIRED IN NIGHT BY ARMED GANG Torches were applied to five barns in Chester and Montgomery Counties by firebugs last night and early this morning. All were burned to the ground at a total loss of approximately $100,000. At one barn the incendiaries were discovered in the
In 1958, the Hankin brothers built a mammoth George Washington Motor Lodge next to the King of Prussia/Valley Forge PA Turnpike Interchange. It had both an indoor and outdoor pool, which was uncommon at that time. It was a popular spot for conventions, hosting honeymooners as well as General Electric Co. employees. In 1962 a major fire occurred. One wing
An excerpt from the KOP Rail Draft Environmental Impact Statement released in October 2017. Brandywine Village is a mid-twentieth-century, sprawling, middle-class residential subdivision of detached single-family dwellings, located immediately northeast of the commercialized area of King of Prussia. The entire development is bounded by U.S. Route 202 (DeKalb Pike) to the southeast, Henderson Road to the northeast, State Route 23
By Ed O’Dybicz 12 MAR 1986 March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and this observance recalls a wee bit of Irish history. In the Swedesburg section of Upper Merion Township, there is a little road not more than a block long, between East Fourth Street and New Church Road, called “Bradley Street.” When Francis Bradley came to America from Ireland,