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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOG_caleb-pusey_Upland-PA.html
An English-born Quaker and lastmaker, Pusey (1651-1727) purchased 250 acres from William Penn in 1681. As agent and grist mill manager for him, and colonial office holder, he was visited by Penn here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOF_pennock-log-house_Brookhaven-PA.html
Build in 1790 by Caleb Pusey's great great granddaughter, Lydia Jackson Pennock, and William Pennock in Springfield Township and moved here in 1965 by The Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOE_the-caleb-pusey-house_Brookhaven-PA.html
Restoration by The Friends of the Caleb Pusey House Inc. This is the only building still standing which can claim documented association with the proprietor, William Penn, and which he is known to have visited on several occasions.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOD_the-schoolhouse-museum_Brookhaven-PA.html
Built in 1849 as a schoolhouse by John Price Crozer. Purchased in 1966 by the Pusey and Worley Families. Restored by The Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc. 1975& 1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOB_american-viscose-co_Marcus-Hook-PA.html
The first company in North America to successfully manufacture an artificial fiber (rayon). Plant employees, many of whom were women, lived in Viscose Village, a planned community built in 1912-1915 designed by Ballinger & Perrot of Phila. in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JNZ_green-bank_Chester-PA.html
Name given to house built on this site in 1721 by David Lloyd. At one time, it was the home of Admiral Porter and Commodore Porter with whom Admiral Farragut often visited. Razed in Feb., 1882 by "Jackson Explosion".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JMO_radnor-meeting-house_Villanova-PA.html
A center of Friends' activities since 1686. The second house, built about 1721, served as an officers' house and a hospital for Valley Forge encampment.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JMN_radnor-friends-meeting-house_Villanova-PA.html
Built 1718, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JMM_joushua-humphrey_Ardmore-PA.html
Designer of the frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsides," lived 1803-38 in the Pont Reading House, which stands opposite. The present house was built at dates 1683 to 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JML_abraham-l-pennock_Upper-Darby-PA.html
This prominent abolitionist and patron of the arts resided here at Hoodland until his death in 1868. The home had been built in 1823 by his father-in-law, John Sellers II. A leader in the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Abraham Pennock also was…