Marple Township near Broomall in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Brookthorpe
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 9, 2020
1. Brookthorpe Marker
Looking east on PA 3 toward parts of green signs for I-476.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.
Location. 39° 58.788′ N, 75° 20.769′ W. Marker is near Broomall, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is in Marple Township. It is on West Chester Pike (Pennsylvania Route 3) east of N. New Ardmore Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2193 West Chester Pike, Broomall PA 19008, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maris House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lynnewood Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Thomas Massey House (approx. one mile away); 1696 Massey House (approx. one mile away); Culbertson House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Lewis Tannery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Haverford Friends Meeting (approx. 2.3 miles away); Hood Octagonal School (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Broomall.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 9, 2020
2. Brookthorpe Marker
Marker is off camera to right.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 9, 2020
3. Brookthorpe Marker
More distant view, looking east on PA 3.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 877 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
