La Mott is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located within
Cheltenham Township
Cheltenham Township is a home-rule township located in the southeast corner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders Philadelphia to the south and east, Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Abington Township ...
,
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, United States. Its name honors the leading 19th Century abolitionist and suffragist,
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott (née Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quakers, Quaker, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position ...
, who resided in the neighborhood.
Of the sixty-five locations in the continental United States named Mott, this is the only community named "La Mott." It borders
Philadelphia
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, along
Cheltenham Avenue
Cheltenham Avenue is a major east-west road in Philadelphia and its suburbs. It is served by SEPTA bus routes, trolleys, regional rail, and subway. Cheltenham Avenue is an unsigned quadrant route in Montgomery County. It serves as the border b ...
, and has been assigned the ZIP code of 19027.
History
The name of this town honors
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott (née Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quakers, Quaker, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position ...
, who lived here from the 1850s until her death in 1880.
Her house, Roadside, which was demolished in 1911, was a major stop on the
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by freedom seekers to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada. Enslaved Africans and African Americans escaped from slavery ...
.
Formerly known as Camptown (or "Camp Town"), La Mott was the site of
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn was a Union Army training camp located in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1865 during the American Civil War. The camp was notable for being the first training ground dedicated to African American troops who e ...
, the first federal training site for Black soldiers during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
.
Gallery
File:Lamott AME Church, Camptown HD 02.JPG, La Mott AME Church
File:Camptown Historic District, Cheltenham PA 03.JPG, La Mott Community Center and Free Library
File:Old York Rd 7402, La Mott PA.JPG, Residence, Old York Road
File:Lucretia Mott House, La Mott PA.JPG, Sign at the site of former Lucretia Mott House
File:CheltTwp 10.JPG, La Mott historical marker
See also
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Camptown Historic District
References
External links
Camptown Historic Site Profile
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Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania