| Warrington Revisited Contributor(s): Roth, Mary Doyle (Author), Samen, Kenneth (Author), Warrington Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467122475 ISBN-13: 9781467122474 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| LCCN: 2014935711 |
| Series: Images of America |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the time of Warrington Township s founding in 1734, few landowners lived on Bucks County s fertile soil. The history of the township is one of gradual growth and development. From unbroken wilderness grew small clusters of families forming villages. Warrington consisted of four villages: Warrington, Neshaminy, Pleasantville, and Tradesville. In the mid-1800s, the township s landscape was made up of family farms, with agriculture as the main industry. In the late 1920s, the first small housing developments were built. By the early 1960s, larger housing developments and shopping centers had replaced many farms. Once lined with lush fields of crops and trees, the Doylestown Willow Grove Turnpike/Easton Road/Route 611 has seen the most change throughout time. Historically significant families, including the Barnesses, Coggiolas, Cornells, Craigs, Holberts, Leventhals, Mayers, Pauls, Penroses, Wileys, and Worthingtons, created well-known businesses along this road on which they lived. Today, this thoroughfare has little historic substance to offer its current residents." |
Contributor Bio(s): Roth, Mary Doyle: - The mission of the Warrington Historical Society, founded in 2007, is to locate, acquire, preserve, and exhibit any and all articles, documents, photographs, papers, artifacts, and other items of historic, cultural, and educational value that pertain to the township. The society has assembled these vintage photographs from their archives, along with images from current and former residents, to provide a look into Warrington s past. |