Horsham Township

by Leon Clemmer, Horsham Preservation and Historical Association

Overview

Horsham Township began as a farming and residential community. Today, the Willow Grove Naval Air Station is Horsham's largest employer and its most recognized feature. The predecessor of the air station was the Pitcairn Airfield. Here, Harold Pitcairn built the Mailwing airplane, delivered airmail along the East Coast, formed Eastern Air Lines, developed the Autogiro, and entertained celebrities such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Photographs in Horsham Township show the Quaker meetinghouse, which is the oldest religious building in Horsham and is still in continuous use; the highways that served the township farmers, such as Limekiln Pike, York Road, and Easton Road; and the trolley cars from Doylestown to Willow Grove that connected the township to Philadelphia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738534893
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/23/2004
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Architect and historian Leon Clemmer and the Horsham Preservation and Historical Association, the future of Horsham's past, compiled this publication with the help of the Horsham Township government, the air station, and photographs from local residents. The association is proud to present this record of the community's achievements from revolution to evolution.


Architect and historian Leon Clemmer and the Horsham Preservation and Historical Association, "the future of Horsham's past," compiled this publication with the help of the Horsham Township government, the air station, and photographs from local residents. The association is proud to present this record of the community's achievements from revolution to evolution.