Lansdowne in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lansdowne Park Historic District

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 14, 2025

1. Lansdowne Park Historic District Marker

Inscription. The "Lansdown Park" Historic District includes 101 Victorian era homes on a 33 acre site to the north of Baltimore Avenue. This property, with the original and existing 1732 farmhouse on Owen Avenue, was developed between 1887 and 1912 and is representative of such early developments planned as commuter suburbs. The District was placed on The National Register of Historic Places in 1987 by The National Park Service as a significant example of popular late Victorian suburban architectural styles worthy of national recognition and preservation.

Erected by The Greater Lansdowne Civic Association and the Fidelity Bank.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1732.

Location. 39° 56.262′ N, 75° 16.512′ W. Marker is in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is on West Baltimore Avenue near Runnemede Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 65 W Baltimore Ave, Lansdowne PA 19050, 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 Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tatiana Proskouriakoff (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lansdowne

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(approx. half a mile away); Clifton Heights (approx. half a mile away); Lansdowne World War Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Nile Swim Club of Yeadon (approx. 0.7 miles away); Thomas Garrett (approx. 1.1 miles away); In Memoriam (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lansdowne.

Also see . . . Lansdowne Park Historic District Nomination Form.
This form was submitted on September 16, 1987 through Brent D. Glass, (Pennsylvania) State Historic Preservation Officer. The statement of historical significance begins on page 5:

The Lansdowne Park Historic District illustrates the transformation of a rural eighteenth century farm into a late nineteenth and early twentieth century middle-class Philadelphia suburb. Lansdowne Park is distinctive for its late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture no other community in Delaware County has as large and cohesive a collection of Queen Anne style residential architecture. The district also includes the largest collection of buildings designed by a locally prominent architect, William H. Free.

(Submitted on December 14, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 14, 2025

2. Lansdowne Park Historic District Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 73 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 14, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.