Pictures from the party
It was a glorious, sunshiny day in Sharpe Park for our Party in the Park!
Click on the first picture below to see a slide show with captions.
Sharpe Park and Us!
Community Work Days
Haverford Civic Association really digs Sharpe Park Bird Sanctuary, usually about four times a year, twice in the spring and twice in the fall during our community work days.
Shared Stewardship
Located at 340 Lancaster Avenue (the corner of Lancaster and Station Road), our wee woodland enjoys the attention of multiple stewards. Dr. John Semple Sharpe bought the 2.7-acre property back in 1914, and in 1977 his widow, Catherine D. Sharpe, willed it to Lower Merion Township, with the proviso that it be “maintained as a semi-wooded, green area without formal facilities for playground use.”
Today, the property is the responsibility of the township’s Parks and Recreation Department. But Parks and Rec gets a big lift from local organizations that cater to horticultural handiwork in addition to Haverford Civic. Two of the most active are The Garden Workers, a local affiliate of The Garden Club of America, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders group. Sharpe Park is The Garden Workers’ primary community service project.
Join The Garden Workers at Work
Watch this space for dates and times of our next Community Work Days!
Come have some fun, meet your neighbors and revel in the joy of good, honest work with The Garden Workers and Haverford Civic Association.
Developing Haverford Station
The Haverford Civic Association hopes to interest a developer/contractor in rehabbing and tenanting empty spaces of the historic Haverford Station.
This train station is owned by AMTRAK, who, in exchange for repairs and improvements, would be willing to make a long-term, below-market master lease. After rehabilitation, the developer would then lease space out at the station to develop cash flow.
With the right team, members of the community could potentially become investors in the project.
If you would like further details, please contact us at HaverfordCivicAssociation@gmail.com.
Please share this post with any area developers you may know!
Disclaimer: The Haverford Civic Association is acting as a “Friend of the Station” in this matter and has no ownership in or authority over the Haverford Station. While it believes information provided to be accurate, the Haverford Civic Association takes no responsibility for the outcome of any actions regarding Haverford Station.
Lower Merion Township Historic District Maps
Our township has seven historic districts. They are:
- Ardmore Commercial Center Historic District
- English Village Historic District
- Gladwyne Historic District
- Harriton Historic District
- Haverford Station Historic District
- Merion Friends Meeting/General Wayne Inn Historic District
- Mill Creek Historic District
The attached PDF allows you to quickly view maps of all seven districts.
Researching Our Past
HCA Board member Lee Tabas recently visited the Lower Merion Historical Society and had a great time researching old places and things in the Township.
Dedicated volunteers have it well organized, and Lee found three or four notebooks with old photos of places and estates in Haverford. We have posted three of the photos Lee found.
The photo at the top is Station Road from Lancaster Avenue in 1912.
Here is the same view from 1980:
And finally Lee captured a view of the Haverford College duck pond from 1948:
All photos courtesy of the Lower Merion Historical Society.
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