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Old York Road Historical Society

Giving Our Past a Future

  • ABOUT
    • MISSION STATEMENT
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • The Society’s Logo
  • PROGRAMS
    • LECTURE SERIES
    • FIELD TRIPS & OUTINGS
    • BRYN ATHYN TRAIN WRECK
  • COLLECTIONS
    • PROPERTY ATLASES & MAPS
    • Obituary / Death Notice Research Request
  • SUPPORT
    • MEMBERSHIP
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • “The Corridor”
    • Arcadia Publishing, Images of America Series
    • TITLES OF LOCAL INTEREST
    • AUTHORS
  • CONTACT
  • LINKS

Old York Road Historical Society will be closed to the public in accordance with the recent recommendations of the CDC and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact us should you need to schedule an appointment during this time. We will provide further updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please click here for the virtual lecture instructions, webinar link, and passcode.

Old York Road Historical Society covers the history of the communities along and adjacent to Old York Road from Philadelphia to New Hope with special emphasis on eastern Montgomery County. The society is the major historical repository for the townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Lower and Upper Moreland, and the boroughs of Bryn Athyn, Hatboro, Jenkintown, and Rockledge.

Visit

Monday 7PM - 9PM
Tuesday 11AM - 2PM
Wednesday 11AM - 3PM

Contact

(215) 886-8590
oldyorkroadhistory@gmail.com

Location

515 Meetinghouse Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046

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Happy 4th of July! Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday. (Program from the OYRHS Collection 2009.018)
The summer issue of “The Corridor” is now online! Be sure to check out these historic articles of interest curated by the Board of Directors. Add a moment of local history to your summer plans! https://oldyorkroadhistory.org/the-corridor/
Join us next week for the final lecture in the 2020-2021 lecture series! “The Ridley/Fox Shooting and Its Aftermath: An American Tragedy” presented by OYRHS VP Dr. Thomas Wieckowski will be on Zoom at 7:30PM EST, Wednesday, May 12th. Login information is on the website. https://oldyorkroadhistory.org/virtual-lecture-instructions/
Join us tomorrow, April 14th for the upcoming program “The Philadelphia Area Architecture of Horace Trumbauer” presented virtually on Zoom by OYRHS President, David Rowland at 7:30PM. Login information is available on the website. https://oldyorkroadhistory.org/virtual-lecture-instructions/
The Spring 2021 issue of “The Corridor” is now online. Check it out on our website. https://oldyorkroadhistory.org/the-corridor/
Join us on Zoom for the first of the 2021 lecture series as OYRHS Board Secretary Jim Rubillo presents "A Tragic Collision and its Connections to the Old York Road Area: Ohio River, 1868" on Wednesday, March 10th at 7:30PM. A link will be sent out to those on our emailing list, as well as posted on the website (link in bio) and on our Facebook page a day prior to the presentation.
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