Upper Merion Township near Conshohocken in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gulph Mills Village

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

1. Gulph Mills Village Marker

Inscription. This house, built about 1780, was the old Bird-in-Hand General Store. Originally this area was named "Bird-in-Hand" for sign of a tavern that stood nearby. A building just SW of here was a forge. Like the store it later was converted into a residence.

Erected 1982 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1780.

Location. 40° 3.776′ N, 75° 20.475′ W. Marker is near Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Merion Township. It is on South Gulph Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 120 S Gulph Rd, Conshohocken PA 19428, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gulph Mills (approx. 0.4 miles away); Welsch Hall - 1994 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Jackson Hall - 2000 (approx. 1½ miles away); Gallen Hall - 2000 (approx. 1½ miles away); Klekotka Hall - 1994 (approx. 1½ miles away); Farley Hall - 2000

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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Honor Roll (approx. 1.6 miles away); West Conshohocken Veteran Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away).

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

2. Gulph Mills Village Marker

Kenhurst, the Kennedy-Supplee Mansion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015

3. Kenhurst, the Kennedy-Supplee Mansion

1050 Valley Forge Rd, Eagleville, PA, 6 miles northwest.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,681 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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