Historical Markers and War Memorials in Drexel Hill

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Drexel Hill

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania and Vicinity

▶ Delaware County (194)
▶ Chester County (232)
▶ Montgomery County (244)
▶ Philadelphia County (708)
▶ New Castle County, Delaware (425)
▶ Gloucester County, New Jersey (52)

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1► Pennsylvania (Delaware County), Drexel Hill — Collen Brook Farm —

On Mansion Drive.

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m81502) HM

2► Pennsylvania (Delaware County), Drexel Hill — Dr. George Smith — (1804-1882) —

Near Mansion Drive.

A doctor, judge, scientist, and State Senator. Smith came to Collenbrook in 1829 upon his marriage to Mary Lewis, heir to this eighteenth-century family estate. He was founder of the Delaware County Institute of Science and author of the 1862 . . . — — Map (db m81501) HM

3► Pennsylvania (Delaware County), Drexel Hill — Lower Swedish Cabin —

On Creek Road, on the right.

The only remaining log cabin of its type, among several once located on Darby Creek. Evidently built by Swedish settlers who came to this area after 1638. Used by the early Philadelphia film-maker, Siegmund Lubin, as the site for several pre-1910 . . . — — Map (db m66649) HM

4► Pennsylvania (Delaware County), Drexel Hill — Thomas Garrett — (1789-1871) —

On Garrett Road at Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Garrett Road.

Born at Riverview, near here, Garrett was a prominent abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist. He moved to Wilmington, DE in 1822, and sent many fugitive slaves to his brothers at Riverview, Fernland Farms, and here at Thornfield. He was a . . . — — Map (db m67355) HM

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