Lower Merion Township in Villanova in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Harriton Farm
c. 1704
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022
1. Harriton Farm Marker
Inscription.
Harriton Farm is the northwest corner of a 698 acre estate acquired by Richard Harrison in 1719 and known as Harriton. The farm was cleared in the early nineteenth century and became the site from which the entire estate was managed. In this period, Harriton supported several farms and enterprises including a dairy, a saw and grist mill, a blacksmith shop, peach orchards and a horse farm. Several of the buildings and landscapes by these activities remain on the Harritom Farm site and document changes in a family's use of land, since part of Harriton Farm is still held by Harrison's descendants.
Harriton Farm is the northwest corner of a 698 acre estate acquired by Richard Harrison in 1719 and known as Harriton. The farm was cleared in the early nineteenth century and became the site from which the entire estate was managed. In this period, Harriton supported several farms and enterprises including a dairy, a saw and grist mill, a blacksmith shop, peach orchards and a horse farm. Several of the buildings and landscapes by these activities remain on the Harritom Farm site and document changes in a family's use of land, since part of Harriton Farm is still held by Harrison's descendants.
Location. 40° 2.446′ N, 75° 19.334′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is in Villanova, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Lower Merion Township. Marker is on Old Gulph Road, 0.1 miles north of North Ithan Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1324 Old Gulph Road, Villanova PA 19085, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this location, measured as the crow flies. Harriton (approx. 0.8 miles away); Garey Hall - 1956 (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bartley Hall - 2002
More about this marker. Unfortunately the marker has been defaced.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022
2. Harriton Farm Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
