Fox Chase Farm is one of two working farms in the city of

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( 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

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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

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. ''Note:'' This includes The farm was added to the

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in 2005 under its old name of Stanley, a name it acquired when

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granted the land to Lord Stanley.

Gallery

File:Fox Chase Farm 01.JPG, Farm entrance File:Fox Chase Farm 09.JPG, General view of manor house File:Fox Chase Farm Manor House 03.JPG, Manor house and spring house File:Fox Chase Farm Tenant House 03.JPG, Tenant house File:Fox Chase Farm Stone Shed.JPG, Stone shed File:Fox Chase Farm Bank Barn 04.JPG, Bank barn File:Fox Chase Farm Milk House 01.JPG, Milk storage house File:Fox Chase Farm Pig Barn 04.JPG, Pig barn and educational center File:Fox Chase Farm Stone Barn 01.JPG, Old sheep barn File:Fox Chase Farm 13.JPG, Farm pasture

References

External links

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