Heritage Commission Awards and Seminar
Managing Your Nonprofit, the 2023 Heritage Commission Seminar, was held on November 4. If you attended, we hope you enjoyed the...
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Keith Lockhart
Jan 23, 20236 min read
Noted Trials in Colonial Days Part 2
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...
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Keith Lockhart
Jan 23, 20239 min read
SOME NOTED TRIALS IN COLONIAL DAYS
NOTE: This is a two part story, originally posted Jan 13, 2023 on http://dtimeshistory.blogspot.com/ Offenses and the Method of...
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Keith Lockhart
Nov 7, 20222 min read
REALTY BOOM FOR SWARTHMORE
NOTE: The 1920s in Delco was a time of real estate development in Delaware County. Media Boro east was the area getting all the...
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Keith Lockhart
Oct 24, 20223 min read
An Upper Darby "Beauty Spot" aka Stonehurst 100 years ago
NOTE: A special thanks to Upper Darby historian, Barb Marinelli for her help with this story. In Delco 100 years ago the county was...
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Keith Lockhart
Aug 16, 20223 min read
NEWTOWN SQUARE IDEAL VACATION HOME IS OPENED
The Garrett-Williamson Lodge first opened their vacation home in 1922 at 395 Bishop Hollow Rd. Their vacation home was all ready for the...
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Keith Lockhart
Feb 25, 20222 min read
LANSDOWNE, A CITY OF PRETTY BUILDINGS
CHESTER TIMES – March 4, 1902 LANSDOWNE, A CITY OF PRETTY BUILDINGS One of Delaware County’s Beautiful Suburban Towns – How the Borough...
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Keith Lockhart
Jan 31, 20222 min read
95 Years ago Delco had 996 Farms!
Note: Hello everyone !! This is my first history blog since the Delco Times newspaper let me go. I will be posting more events and...
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Keith Lockhart
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Old Indian Names for Delco Creeks and Have a great Holiday Season!!
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...
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Keith Lockhart
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Knowlton Mills for Sale
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...
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Kate Clifford
Oct 20, 20213 min read
HPF Competitive Grant Programs Now Accepting Applications
The State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division is now accepting applications for the following grant programs. All these programs are...
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Keith Lockhart
Oct 20, 20215 min read
Media Boro 130 years ago, the town's features
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...
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Keith Lockhart
Sep 7, 20213 min read
The Quarantine Station aka Lazaretto in Tinicum Twp
Note: From 1801 till 1895 when it closed, the Lazaretto in Tinicum Twp. served Philadelphia and the area as a quarantine station. The...
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Keith Lockhart
Aug 23, 20217 min read
The Seven Star Inn in Aston Twp.
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...
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Keith Lockhart
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Chester Heights Camp Ground
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...
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Kate Clifford
Jun 15, 20211 min read
In Memorium- Merv Harris
It is with great sadness that the Nether Providence Historical Society announces the death of J. Mervyn Harris, our founder and first...
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Keith Lockhart
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Beatty Mills
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...
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Kate Clifford
May 28, 20211 min read
Heritage Commission Preservation Awards
Kate Clifford, Beth McCarrick, Cyndi Charney, Kevin Madden, Barbara Marinelli, Anne Searl and Karen Micka On Saturday, May 15, the 42nd...
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May 5, 20211 min read
May is Preservation Month
What are you doing to celebrate it? The Delaware County Heritage Commission is having their Preservation Awards ceremony on Saturday, May...
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Keith Lockhart
May 3, 20212 min read
HOLMES STORES DEFY SUNDAY BAN
The northeast corner of Holmes Rd. and MacDade Blvd. about 1943. One of the small businesses the Holmes Presbyterian Church was trying to...
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