History

A Glenside resident is preserving the former Wyncote Public School, a nationally registered historic building, for a forthcoming orthodontic practice

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History Stories

  1. August 28th

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Elkins Park roots profiled by Philadelphia Magazine

  2. August 28th

    History with Mike: The Abington Antique Shop and its famous white horse

  3. August 27th

    Cheltenham grad, author of the ‘Berenstain Bears’ children’s books feat. by CBS News

  4. Aug 20th

    Montgomery County to relocate its 9/11 Memorial for the 25th anniversary of terror attacks

  5. Aug 7th

    Joseph Widener, heir to Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame

  6. Aug 7th

    History with Chuck: The Old York Road Skating Club in Elkins Park. Redevelopment plans at a standstill

  7. Aug 5th

    Huntingdon Valley resident raises funds for Israeli ambulances, Uganda’s military unveils monument to CHS grad Jonathan ‘Yoni’ Netanyahu

  8. Aug 3rd

    HAMEC in Elkins Park posthumously dedicates Archives for Holocaust Education to longtime educator/curator Don Wittenberg

  9. Aug 3rd

    Well-traveled Civil War-era horse now on display at Hanley Antiques in Elkins Park

  10. Jul 21st

    History with Chuck: Remembering Harold Carter Pike, Cheltenham’s first township manager who served a state-record 53 years

  11. Jul 15th

    History of the now-abandoned Fox Chase/Newtown Railroad in Huntingdon Valley

  12. Jul 10th

    The rise and fall of the Fairacres Estate in Jenkintown, 1886-present

  13. Jul 9th

    Co-owner of Primex Garden Center in Glenside feat. by Terra Firma Magazine

  14. Jun 25th

    Today in History: Former resident shares background of a wedding anniversary in Glenside on June 25, 1910
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