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United Capital Farmhouse

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United Capital Private Wealth Counseling restored an old farmhouse in Horsham to use as its Philadelphia area office in 2011. This old farmhouse is located at 736 Lower State Road, at the northwest corner of Lower State Road and Welsh Roads and right off of Route 309, at the southwest corner of Horsham Township. United Capital restored the farmhouse and added a large modern addition off the back. The combined building is now being used as office space. The farmhouse was built c1840 and the owner prior to United Capital was Doris Chesterson, Ms Chesterson’s aunt did this...

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Talamore at Oak Terrace

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Based on Talamore at Oak Terrace by Dr. James Hilty, this short introduction has been edited for the website. The complete paper with references is available in our archives. Talamore at Oak Terrace The intriguing history of Talamore at Oak Terrace is marked by the often unpredictable, frequently timely conjunction of circumstance and chance, vision and planning. Talamore’s complex and meandering history is a tale of grand expectations and dashed hopes, brilliant schemes and crushing realities, fulfilled aspirations and a buoyant future. Historical currents touching Talamore’s...

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Cold Spring Farm

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Cold Spring Farm on Tennis Ave in Horsham Township, derives its name from the spring that runs through the property. It may have been given this name by Eugene Preston Coho, who purchased the property in 1924. The stone four-story homestead, which was built in 1795 and expanded in 1810, appears to be built on the foundations of an earlier structure probably dating to 1716, making this home one of the oldest in Horsham Township. Cold Spring Farm was part of a large estate, called Pine Run Farms, owned by Henry Pratt McKean, Jr. from 1890-1918. McKean built a water tower in 1911, which still...

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Graeme Park

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The following timeline offers a rich history of Graeme Park in Horsham dating back to 1684. Information shown below is sourced from Penrose Strawbridge House Report by Margaret Choate 5 except where otherwise noted. 1600s 1684: Graeme Park was part of a 5,088 acre parcel purchased by Samuel Carpenter from William Penn. In 1719, Carpenter’s widow Hannah Carpenter released 1,200 acres to the colony to settle a claim against the estate for £2000 (read more). 1700s 1721: Sir William Keith the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania acquired Carpenter’s 1200 acres from the Provincial Government,...

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