lower merion township settlement ardmore development

Today, the railroad is Amtrak's Keystone Corridor, along which SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line operates. Today, the Main Line includes some of the wealthiest communities in the country, including Gladwyne, Villanova, Radnor, and Ardmore. They became home to sprawling country estates belonging to Philadelphia's wealthiest families, and over the decades became a bastion of ' old money'. The railroad first connected the Main Line towns in the 19th century.

Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's once prestigious Main Line, it runs northwest from Center City Philadelphia parallel to Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. La Ronda Estate (1929–2009) in Bryn Mawr, by architect Addison Mizner.( photo: Lower Merion Historical Society, William Morrison Collection) Primarily Montgomery and Chester counties certain northern parts of Delaware County

Lower merion township settlement ardmore development