Trail Marker

Haverford Heritage Trail
Site 28: Thompson Farmhouse

Directions from Previous Site: From Grand Avenue, turn right onto Manoa Road, then right at traffic light onto Eagle Road and continue past Manoa School field and Bon Air Road. House is last building on left before park.
Physical Address: 551 Eagle Road, Havertown PA
GPS Coordinates: 39.96649, -75.31853
Parking: On Bon Air Road
Ownership: Private
Arcadia Book Page: No

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Description and History: This ordinary-looking two-story house (shown below), blended into a suburban neighborhood, is actually an old farmhouse built about 1790. A rear addition was added about 1920. The farmhouse is shown on an 1875 map as belonging to “M. Thompson,” on ten acres with a springhouse and outbuilding. The Thompson Nature Park next door (shown above) is a small part of this old farmstead.

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