Category: Architecture

Two weeks ago the house at 27/29 South Sproul Road in Broomall was demolished. With the loss of the Hipple House, silently but imposingly keeping watch over that section of Sproul Road, one more physical link to our township’s past and the people who shaped it has been...

According to local legend, a building from the 1876 Centennial Exposition ended up as a house in Marple Township. Was this a real relic of America’s 100th birthday or just a tall tale?...

By Sam Pickard This is Part One of an ongoing series on Marple Township in the 1850s. Part One focuses on the Landscape of Marple in the 1850s. This is the first article in “Marple in the 1850s”—a series of posts looking at Marple Township in the 1850s. While...

Last week the former Kish funeral home, a familiar landmark at Sproul and Lawrence Roads, passed into history. Now, after 1998 Sproul Road has been demolished, it is worth looking back on this building’s roughly 174-year life....