Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Before there was an internet, and before Multiple Listing Service (MLS), real estate brochures were the way to sell an estate, and there were several estates in Upper Merion. Here is an excerpt from the brochure for “Hilltop Farm” . . . in Radnor [actually located in Upper Merion Township], is a palatial and magnificently built stone home on twenty
1951 Six zoning districts: Residential (4): Yellow, Orange, Brown, Black Business: Red Industry: Purple 1952 Eleven zoning districts: Estates, Residential (4), Commercial, Recreational & Parks, Agricultural, Institutional, Industrial, & Utilities (see legend) 1985 Marked up township street map, legend unavailable. 2018 30 classes of zoning districts (see legend): Agricultural District: AG Recreational Area District: R-A Residential District: R-1A, R-1, R-2A,
A meeting sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Valley Forge was held on September 28, 1961 to organize a new emergency ambulance and rescue squad in Upper Merion Township. This was the result of a meeting in October of the prior year when the Joint Service Club Committee and the Hospital Study Committee recommended an ambulance organization for the community
Fifty years ago, the Valley Forge Chamber of Commerce published a 33 page directory of Upper Merion Township. The booklet included a street map, emergency phone numbers, and lists of officers, township departments, churches, 23 civic associations, 22 page directory of businesses and chamber members as well as a short history of Upper Merion – “complete community.” Some highlights: An