Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
The old clock tower stood for many years at the King of Prussia Plaza in the outdoor mall, and its chime could be heard throughout the township. When the Plaza underwent renovations in the 1980’s, the tower was dismantled and stored in the back corner of the parking lot. Years later, the mechanism was overhauled and used in the new
If you were standing across the Schuylkill River in Norristown looking over at Bridgeport in 1828, this is what you would have seen. In the early 1700, Swedish settler Mats Holstein stretched a rope across the river, and the location became known as Swedes Ford. Then Holstein started a ferry service about 1760. Travelers on foot or on horseback
In 1713, Matts Holstein, who owned 400 acres of what is now Bridgeport, along with Lewis Walker, the first settler in the Great Valley area and neighboring Tredyffrin Township, laid out a road from Walker’s property near the intersection of present day Old Eagle School Rd. to the Swedes Ford on the Schuylkill River. Swedesford Road has grown, changed, and
Interesting facts and photos about the Moore-Irwin House from the Upper Merion Township Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan, pages 83-86, published January 2016. Moore/Irwin Open Space is a 4.8-acre wooded parcel located at 700 Moore Road just south of East 8th Avenue in Upper Merion Township. This parcel is home to the former John and Jane Moore farm. The