Rosemont is a neighborhood and

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, United States. Partly in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and partly in Radnor Township in Delaware County, it is on the

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. It is best known as the home of

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. It is the location of the 1894 gothic-revival Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd. Rosemont is served by its own stops on both the Paoli/Thorndale Line of

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and the

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. The community of Garrett Hill is in Radnor Township and in the Rosemont section.

History

The Joseph Sinnott Mansion was listed on the

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in 1980. The neighborhood of "Beaupre" in Rosemont was once the 200-acre estate of the same name, built for

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's son, Robert. The original mansion now is part of The Mansion at Rosemont, a senior living community that is part of the nonprofit organization Human Good. The original French iron gates flank entrances from Conestoga Road and South Ithan Avenue.

Education

Public schools

Pupils living in the Radnor Township portion of Rosemont attend schools in Radnor Township School District, while students in the Lower Merion Township portion attend schools in the Lower Merion School District. school zoning for the Lower Merion Township portion is as follows: Gladwyne Elementary School, Black Rock Middle School, and Harriton High School. - Compare to the CDP map. Until 1980, the Radnor Township, Delaware County portion of the community was served by Rosemont Elementary School, located in the Garret Hill neighborhood of the town. The Rosemont Business Campus now stands on the former elementary school site. Children in these neighborhoods are now bused to the Radnor Elementary School.

Private schools

Holy Child School at Rosemont, formerly Rosemont School of the Holy Child, is a

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school in the

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and under the trusteeship of the

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, which is run by a lay administration. The school is adjacent to

, also founded by the same order. The Agnes Irwin School is located on Ithan Avenue in Rosemont. It is an all-girl, non-sectarian, day school for PreK-Grade 12 founded by Miss Agnes Irwin and her sister Sofie. The Roman Catholic Saint Thomas of Villanova Parish run by the Augustinian Order also ran a parochial school, which closed in the 1980s, adjacent to their Rosemont chapel and serving the Rosemont community.

Colleges and universities

is in Rosemont on Montgomery Avenue at Curwen Road. Delaware County Community College covers the Delaware County portion. Montgomery County Community College covers the Montgomery County portion.

Parks

Rosemont is home to the following parks: * Ashbridge Memorial Park (Lower Merion Township) * Austin Memorial Park (Lower Merion Township) * Emlen Tunnell Park (Radnor Township) * Clem Macrone Park (Radnor Township) * Unkefer Park (Radnor Township)

References

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