Historical Markers and War Memorials in Falls Township, Pennsylvania
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On New Falls Road at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on New Falls Road.
The first Falls Meeting House
built here in 1690
on 6 acres given by
Samuel Burges
The second House, 1728
The third, present, house, to left, 1789
The fourth, present, house, to right, 1841
Here
William Penn
attended and . . . — — Map (db m30601) HM
On New Falls Road at Tyburn Road / Main Street, on the right when traveling north on New Falls Road.
Erected by the
Citizens of Falls Township
to commemorate the
patriotic service of
these men & women in
The World War
1917 - 1919
[Roll of Honored Dead]
?aroline H. Christman • Edward B. Watson • William H. Duke Jr. • William . . . — — Map (db m82197) WM
On New Falls Road just north of Tyburn Road, on the right when traveling north.
One of the first places settled in Pennsylvania, this village has retained a great many of the fine houses of its provincial period. The Friends Meeting organized in 1683 was attended by William Penn in 1701. The original building of 1692 stood near . . . — — Map (db m160197) HM
On Yardley Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
We the People
of Falls Township and vicinity
pay tribute to those members
of its Armed Forces
who served honorably during
the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts
Dedicated to our fallen comrades
May your names be the last . . . — — Map (db m82199) WM
On Yardley Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Quaker Samuel Moon resided here in the late 1700s and early 1800s. As a well known carpenter, he was particularly skilled in making Windsor chairs. This celebrated and prized antique originally served a functional role in public buildings and . . . — — Map (db m30610) HM
Water craft were the major means of communications within the colony and it is probable that Governor [William] Penn traveled the 20 miles or so which separated him from his capital city largely with the tides. The Port of Philadelphia was the . . . — — Map (db m82169) HM
Shipbuilder's tools in the 16th and 17th Century were primitive but generally efficient. Shipbuilding was big business with an estimated 300 sailing ships built at the Port of Philadelphia between 1670 and 1710. — — Map (db m82171) HM
The Delaware Indians were Algonquins. Their name, Lenni-Lenape meant "real men" or "native men". They loved the rich land along the river and the men hunted the forests, the women tilled the fertile soil and the children played along the banks of . . . — — Map (db m82173) HM
Accompanying William Penn on his arrival in America aboard "The Welcome" at New Castle, Delaware in October of 1682 was William Best, a shipbuilder. Best built his first ship for the Governor at "Penny-Pot Free Landing", at the foot of Vine Street . . . — — Map (db m82168) HM
To celebrate the 300th birthday of Pennsylvania
Founded by William Penn
Presented to the Citizens of the Commonwealth
through the generosity of the Grundy Foundation
October 1982 — — Map (db m82175) HM
[William] Penn was fond of his Indian neighbors and they returned the compliment. He treated them as equals and they were as welcome in the rich halls of Pennsbury as any of his other guests. The Lenape were constantly amazed by the Governor's . . . — — Map (db m82172) HM
William Penn was a shipbuilder in partnership with a Bartholemew Penrose...in Philadelphia. Here we show the Governor, his wife, Hannah, and his small son, John who was born in Philadelphia, returning to Pennsbury in the graceful barge which has . . . — — Map (db m82170) HM
The barge was typical of luxurious 17th century rivercraft. It would have been equally at home in the Seine, the Thames or the Delaware Rivers.
Length Overall: 27.6
Length Waterline: 25.3
Beam: 5.0 ¾
Draft Loaded: 1.3 ½
Displacement: . . . — — Map (db m82174) HM
