Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
A plot of land in Upper Merion Township was sold for development in the 1950’s for $2.5 million. The 655 acres were located at the intersection of the Schuylkill Expressway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Valley Forge interchange. The acreage was known as the “Irwin Estate” and had been owned by “gentleman farmer,” Alexander D. Irwin who acquired the land a
Known to the world as The General Electric Company’s Missile and Space Vehicle Department at the Valley Forge Space Technology Center, it was clearly the biggest thing to happen to Upper Merion Township since the Schuylkill Expressway met the Pennsylvania Turnpike less than ten years earlier. On a grassy hill overlooking the gradually disappearing farmlands in King of Prussia, the
An aerial view of the town of King of Prussia looking south up King of Prussia Road. The photo was taken in 1928 by the Dallin Aerial Survey Company, based in the Philadelphia Municipal Airport (now Philadelphia International Airport). Victor Dallin was a Royal Air Force pilot in WWI, who settled in Southeastern Pennsylvania shortly after the war. He
47 Acre Tract Gift to Upper Merion From the King of Prussia Courier – 30 March 1977 By Linda Smith As if words could describe it, these few pay a fitting tribute to the 47 acres of undeveloped woodland on King of Prussia rd. donated to the Upper Merion Park and Historic Foundation by the late Annah French McKaig. And