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.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1719.

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. It 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.

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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

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(approx. one mile away); Sullivan Hall - 1954 (approx. one mile away); Bartley Hall - 1956 (approx. one mile away); Vasey Hall - 1930 (approx. one mile away); Mendel Science Center - 2001 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Corr Hall - 1912 (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Villanova.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Woodrow Wilson (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed).

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 365 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.