DCHPN

Most of the groups in the DCHPN are non-profits, museums, or both. Others are historical commissions or HARBs. We are all affected by...

Managing Your Nonprofit, the 2023 Heritage Commission Seminar, was held on November 4. If you attended, we hope you enjoyed the...

SOME NOTED TRIALS IN COLONIAL DAYS Offenses and the Method of Conducting Cases in the Early Period Part 2 (Originally posted 1/20/2023 at...

NOTE: This is a two part story, originally posted Jan 13, 2023 on http://dtimeshistory.blogspot.com/ Offenses and the Method of...

NOTE: The 1920s in Delco was a time of real estate development in Delaware County. Media Boro east was the area getting all the...

NOTE: A special thanks to Upper Darby historian, Barb Marinelli for her help with this story. In Delco 100 years ago the county was...

The Garrett-Williamson Lodge first opened their vacation home in 1922 at 395 Bishop Hollow Rd. Their vacation home was all ready for the...

CHESTER TIMES – March 4, 1902 LANSDOWNE, A CITY OF PRETTY BUILDINGS One of Delaware County’s Beautiful Suburban Towns – How the Borough...

Note: Hello everyone !! This is my first history blog since the Delco Times newspaper let me go. I will be posting more events and...

Note: Almost all the old Lenape Indian names for streams etc. have disappeared many years ago. The only name for a creek in Delco is the...

NOTE: The Knowlton Mills are long gone and stood in Aston and Middletown Twp. and was torn down in 1924. The majority of the mill stood...

The State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division is now accepting applications for the following grant programs. All these programs are...

NOTE: It is hard to understand today but some 130 years ago Media was in the middle of nowhere. It was surrounded by farms then and the...

Note: From 1801 till 1895 when it closed, the Lazaretto in Tinicum Twp. served Philadelphia and the area as a quarantine station. The...

The 7 Stars Inn in Aston Twp. about 1920. The Inn was torn down in 1950. During the American Revolution right after the Battle of...

Note: The Chester Heights Camp Ground was founded in 1872 when they purchased some 148 acres in what was then Aston Twp. The camp is...

It is with great sadness that the Nether Providence Historical Society announces the death of J. Mervyn Harris, our founder and first...

The above postcard from about 1910 shows today's Beatty Rd. where it crosses Crum Creek. Part of the old mill in the background still...

Kate Clifford, Beth McCarrick, Cyndi Charney, Kevin Madden, Barbara Marinelli, Anne Searl and Karen Micka On Saturday, May 15, the 42nd...

What are you doing to celebrate it? The Delaware County Heritage Commission is having their Preservation Awards ceremony on Saturday, May...