Category: History Spotlight
Requiem for the Joseph Lewis House
Our neighbor in Marple lost their historic Pond House, on the 11th fairway of Paxon…
Remembering Drew Lewis
Drew Lewis, the man who gave me my first job as a lawyer, had deep…
Widening “the Pike”
The West Chester Pike familiar to us was the child of an existing road out…
Smedley Butler: Semper Fi!
General Smedley Butler was a man of contradictions. He was born in 1881 in West…
Newtown Square Historical Society: Preserving the History of the Township for Future Generations
For communities with deep roots, history is not something confined to textbooks or museum shelves….
Will Snite’s Stage Coach
Several years ago, I came across the grave of William F. Snite at the Marple…
Lost and Found: The West Family House
We take great pride in reminding Newtown residents that the Father of American Painting, Benjamin…
Early Churches in Newtown
The early settlement of Pennsylvania, like Massachusetts, was primarily driven by religion. People with views…
Women in History: The Grim Sisters
Germany had its Brothers Grimm, and Newtown had the Sisters Grim: two local girls who…
Randal Pratt, Quaker Farmer and Springton Farm
A few years ago, I was given an old book on Quaker history. Inside was…