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Clifton Heights

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Clifton Heights Marker image. Click for full size.
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 14, 2025
1. Clifton Heights Marker
Inscription.
Named after residence of
Henry Lewis-a Welsh Quaker
Founded
1895

 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Keystone Markers, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
 
Location. 39° 56.084′ N, 75° 17.05′ W. Marker is in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of West Baltimore Avenue and Burmont Road, on the right when traveling west on West Baltimore Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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 walking distance of this marker: Lansdowne (a few steps from this marker); Lansdowne Park Historic District (approx. half a mile away); Tatiana Proskouriakoff (approx. Ύ mile away); The Slinky Toy (approx. 0.8 miles away); Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District (approx. 0.8 miles away); Thomas Garrett (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lower Swedish Cabin (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lansdowne World War Monument (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lansdowne.
 
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While the marker is about Clifton Heights, it stands just outside of the borough limits in the limits of Lansdowne.
    — Submitted December 14, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Clifton Heights Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 14, 2025
2. Clifton Heights 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 60 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 14, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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