Fetter's Mill Village Historic District is a national

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located in Bryn Athyn and Lower Moreland Township,

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. 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

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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,

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bought the first plots of land, then known as Knights Farm. This area is now the site of

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, Cairncrest, and Glencairn (the latter three all Pitcairn family estates). It was added to the

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in 2006.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania