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Huntingdon Valley
Huntingdon Valley is a village, as well as a suburban mailing address located in Lower Moreland Township, Upper Moreland Township and Abington Township all in Montgomery County, and in small sections of Upper Southampton Township and Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County. History The village of Huntingdon Valley is located along Huntingdon Pike (Pennsylvania Route 232). The Lady Washington Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The inn is believed to have held first lady, Martha Washington while George Washington was at Valley Forge. The region saw early settlements and mills along the Pennypack Creek. The Fetter's Mill Village Historic District is located in the valley through which the Pennypack Creek flows. The area surrounding the original village was very rural up until the latter half of the 20th century. Living standards Originally referred to as Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Washington Inn
Lady Washington Inn is a historic inn and tavern building located at Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections in 1761, about 1788–1785, and about 1850–1875. It is a 2 1/2-story, stuccoed stone and frame building with a gable roof and frame rear addition. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. References Hotel buildings completed in 1761 Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Taverns in Pennsylvania 1761 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania {{MontgomeryCountyPA-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Lady
First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy) ... head of state or chief executive. The term is also used to describe a woman seen to be at the top of her profession or art. The title has also been used for the wife of a head of government who is not also head of state. It has also been used to refer to the wives of the leaders of administrative divisions within a country. History It has been noted that the earliest use of the term "first lady" is in reference to person of a high ranking or outstanding person in their field, and that the term, as used to describe the spouse of the president of the United States, saw its first docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial School District, Pennsylvania
The Centennial School District is a public school district serving the Borough of Ivyland, Upper Southampton Township, and Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one High School, two Middle Schools, three Elementary Schools and one Alternative School. Elementary schools * William W.H. Davis Elementary School * Everett A. McDonald Elementary School * Willow Dale Elementary school Middle schools * Log College Middle School * Eugene Klinger Middle School High schools *William Tennent High School Alternative School * Dorothy Henry Satellite School (closed) Closed Schools * Warminster Elementary * Lacey Park Elementary * Johnsville Elementary * Joseph Hart Elementary (1962 - 1988) * William Tennent Intermediate High School * Shelmire Elementary (aka Upper Southampton - Warminster High School) * Fred J Stackpole Elementary (1965 - 2012) * Alta S Leary Elementary * Longstreth Elementary * Middle Earth (Alternative) Other facilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abington School District
Abington School District is a medium-sized, suburban, public school district that serves the borough of Rockledge and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one high school, one middle school, and seven elementary schools. Abington School District encompasses approximately 16 square miles. According to the 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 58,680. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $29,932 a year, while the median family income was $70,226. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In the 2021-2022 school year, Abington School District provided basic educational services to 8,292 pupils. It employed: 551 teachers, 399 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 62 administrators. Abington School District received more than $16.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. Secondary schools * Abington Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Moreland School District
Upper Moreland School District is located in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Township has a general population of 25,000 residents who are served by the post offices of Willow Grove, Hatboro, and Huntingdon Valley, although due to postal and municipal boundaries, many students served by the Hatboro post office attend Hatboro-Horsham School District, while others served by the Huntingdon Valley post office attend Lower Moreland schools. Schools This school district currently includes 4 schools: the Upper Moreland Primary School (UMPS, Grades K-2, built 1973, formerly known as the "new" Round Meadow Elementary School when it replaced the 1947 Round Meadow E.S.), the Upper Moreland Intermediate School (UMIS, Grades 3-5, built c. 2007), the Upper Moreland Middle School (UMMS, Grades 6-8, built 1970, formerly known as Upper Moreland Junior High School), which all sit at the district's campus at Orangeman's Rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Moreland Township School District
The Lower Moreland Township School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the Township of Lower Moreland, a Philadelphia suburb of about 11,000 people. There are three schools: Pine Road Elementary School (K-5), Murray Avenue School (6-8), and Lower Moreland High School. Administration * Superintendent: Dr. Scott Davidheiser * Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development: Julien Drennan * Director of Special Education: Frank Giordano * Business Manager: Mark McGuinn * Director of Technology: Dr. Jason Hilt * Director of Human Resources/Public Relations: Cheryl Galdo Lower Moreland High School Principal: William Miles; Assistant Principals: Justin Thomas, Megan Geenens; Athletic Director: Danielle Turner. * School mascot: Lion * School rival: Various – Springfield Township, Holy Ghost Prep, New Hope-Solebury, Bristol The Lower Moreland High School houses 741 students in grades 9 through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Chase Farm
Fox Chase Farm is one of two working farms in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( W.B. Saul High School's Farm in Roxborough is the other). Formerly owned by the Wistar family, the farm is located on Pine Road in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia on the border with Montgomery County. The farm gradually became surrounded by the city's residential neighborhoods and was purchased by the city in 1975. It is now run as an educational farm by the School District of Philadelphia. ''Note:'' This includes The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 under its old name of Stanley, a name it acquired when William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ... granted the land to Lord Stanley. Gallery File:Fox Chase Farm 01.JPG, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennypack Park
Pennypack Park is a municipal park, part of the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation system located in Northeast Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Established in 1905 by ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, it includes about of woodlands, meadows and wetlands. The Pennypack Creek runs through the park from Pine Road to the Delaware River. The park has playgrounds, hiking and bike trails, and bridle paths for horseback riding. An adjunct to the park is the Pennypack Environmental Center on Verree Road. More than 150 species of nesting and migrating birds use the park, including the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird, the great blue heron, warblers, the pileated woodpecker, several kinds of seabirds, ducks, geese, hawks, great horned owls and the little screech owl to name only a few. Famous for its large, scattered deer herd, the park is home to a large variety of mammals, including several kinds of bat, the red and gray fox, rabbits, chipmunks, mice, muskrats, groundhogs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorimer Park
Lorimer Park is a public park in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The park, a bequest from George Horace Lorimer (long-time editor-in-chief of ''The Saturday Evening Post''), is connected to Pennypack Park in Philadelphia County, and the Pennypack Creek runs through both parks. The park borders Fox Chase Farm, one of only two remaining active farms in Philadelphia County Philadelphia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the most populous county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Philadelphia County had a population of 1,603,797. The county is the second smallest county in Pennsyl .... External links Montgomery County Parks website References Parks in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania {{MontgomeryCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Philadelphia
The Delaware Valley is a metropolitan region on the East Coast of the United States that comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the sixth most populous city in the nation and 68th largest city in the world as of 2020. The toponym Delaware Valley is therefore commonly used to refer to Greater Philadelphia, the Philadelphia metropolitan area, or the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. The Delaware Valley region includes portions of four U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and four regions in Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, northern Delaware, and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland along the central and lower Delaware River. The Delaware Valley has a total 2020 population of 6.245 million, making it the seventh largest metropolitan region in the U.S. and 35th largest metropolitan region in the world. Philadelphia is by far the largest municipality in the Delaware Valley and serves as the region's major commercial, cultural, educational, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fetter's Mill Village Historic District
Fetter's Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Bryn Athyn and Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses five contributing buildings and three contributing structures. They are a wagon shed / John Conner studio (1751), Alnwick Grove Train Station (c. 1870), Bryn Athyn Train Station / Post Office (1902), farmhouse (c. 1790), stone barn, two iron bridges (1883, 1916-1917), and a milk platform (c. 1900). Located in the district is the separately listed Fetter's Mill, built about 1740. ''Note:'' This includes The area inspired parishioners of The New Church in Philadelphia to migrate to the countryside in order establish and practice as a religious community. They began coming to the area for church excursions or picnics to Alnwick Grove, a park served by the Alnwick Grove Station (Now a private residence, on the Lower Moreland side of the train tracks). After visiting the area, wealthy church member, John Pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennypack Creek
Pennypack Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 creek in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs southeast through lower Bucks County, eastern Montgomery County and the northeast section of Philadelphia, before emptying into the Delaware River. Name The creek draws its name from the Lenape word ''pënëpèkw'' meaning "downward-flowing water" or "deep, dead water; water without much current." Early cartographers gave various spellings for the name, including Pennishpaska, La Riviere de Pennicpacka, and Pennishpacha Kyl. In early Swedish patents it was called Pemipacka. Thomas Holme called it Dublin Creek, while in later maps it is called Pennypack and Pennepack.Philly H2O "Changes in the Names of Streams In and Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
