Allendale Road Was Named For Large Farms By Ed Dybicz 14 JAN 1969 An inquiry was received from an Upper Merion resident who wanted to know “How did Allendale Rd. receive its name?” Allendale Rd. travels from Valley Forge Rd. to DeKalb Pike and is one of the township’s arterial highways serving the King of Prussia Industrial Park. Allendale Rd.
In the 1950s, Upper Merion experienced a housing boom. Here is a look at just some of the new housing development ads from the 1950s plus a 1958 map. Let’s hear some of your fondest memories of growing up in Dartmouth Hills, Belmont Terrace, Lowell Hills, Merion View, Cinnamon Hill, Lafayette Park, Bob White Farms, Sweetbriar, Cannon Run, Washington Park,
In 1985, under the direction of Upper Merion Township recreation director David Broida, a summer concert series was started. In the beginning three concerts played to about 400 people each from a mobile stage at the Upper Merion Cultural Center on Moore Road. An earlier attempt for a folk series in 1977, wasn’t successful with only 50 people showing up.
Under a blazing sun on Saturday, May 30, 1931, President Herbert Hoover spoke before a crowd of 20,000 men, women and children assembled on the grassy tiers of a natural amphitheater in Valley Forge Park near Washington Memorial Chapel. Few people knew that the Rev. Dr. W. Herbert Burk, president of the Valley Forge Historical Society and rector of the