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Early Settlement, Buildings, Houses - homesteads Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) May 17, 2014: S Orange St. & S Ridley Creek Rd., Media ... Railroad Station, Glen Mills
A West Chester Railroad train at Glen Mills Station. The area around Glen Mills was part of the original land grant given to William Penn in 1681. George Cheyney was the first settler here, for which the nearby town of Cheyney is named. Later, this land was sold and divided. The name Glen Mills is taken from two paper mills built by the Willcox ...
The Glen Mills Schools was the oldest surviving school of its type in the United States, continuously providing services to troubled youth for almost 200 years. [2] The institution was founded in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia House of Refuge.
The Thornton Village Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.Situated in the crossroads at the intersection of Glen Mills and Thornton Roads in the village of Thornton, this district includes thirteen contributing buildings that were built between 1750 and 1855, some of which were created in the Federal style.
Concord Township is first mentioned in court records on June 27, 1683, when John Mendenhall was appointed constable of "Concord liberty". [5]The paper for the first currency printed by the Continental Congress was made at the Ivy Mills founded by Thomas Willcox and Thomas Brown.
It was located in Glen Cove, originally known as Mosquetah, later Musketo Cove, and at one time Pembroke. The fulling mill was granted land on both sides of the river at Musketo Cove to settle two or three plantations and a saw and fulling mill. Meadow Brook papermill: Dosoris Glen Cove: Dosoris Mills: Flouring mill: 1760 (Captain John Butler)
Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania. [1]Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia.
The Newlin Mill Complex, also referred to as The Newlin Grist Mill, is a water-powered gristmill on the west branch of Chester Creek near Concordville, Pennsylvania built in 1704 by Nathaniel and Mary Newlin and operated commercially until 1941.