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Ury House 1915 Demolished 1973

Old Fox Chase Hotel

Klein House - last of old mill houses

In 1645 a group of Swedish settlers mistakenly sailed up the Delaware River after missing the Christiana River. Completely lost, they sailed into the mouth of Pennypack Creek and somehow managed to navigate all the way up to where Pine Road is today. They built a fort of massive walls. Additions were made and it eventually became the Ury House. It was believed to have been the oldest house in Pennsylvania when it was torn down in 1973. A road was layed to connect the Swedish settlement with settlements to the south and north. Where the road met the Oxford and Huntingdon Pikes the Fox Chase Inn was built in 1705 and a village formed around it named after the inn. It was not a village that thrived on industry, although Gwin's Mill (later Verree Mill) was located about a mile down the Pennypack. Rather, it prospered on the recreational activities of the colonial rich, which frequently involved fox hunting. The arrival of the Philadelphia & Newtown Railroad in 1876 brought more of the city's affluent and new mansions were built such as William Rhawn's Knowlton in 1881. The estates often included farms. Fox Chase Farm continues and is the last working farm in Philadelphia.

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