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Torresdale is roughly bordered by Linden Ave (once known as Eleven Mile Lane, being 11 miles from the center of Philadelphia) to Poquessing Creek (the border of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties) and Frankford Ave to the Delaware. The area was settled by Swede's in the mid 1600's. A bake house located on the Delaware where Baker's Bay is today supplied Washington's troops with bread during the Revolution. The name Torresdale comes from Torrisdale, the ancestral Scottish home of Charles Macalester, the man who originally owned the land now in use by Glen Foerd Mansion. In 1850, Macalaster bought this land and had a small summer home built on it. The estate of Captain Barry was located at Grant Ave and the RR Station. In 1847 the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, based at Logan Circle, purchased this 40 acres and called it Eden Hall. Torresdale saw many fine mansions built in the latter half of the 19th century. An amusement park was located at Frankford Ave and the Poquessing in the late 1800's and the area along the Delaware south of Grant Ave was known as Resort Town with casinos and fancy boarding houses. Pleasant Hill Park at Linden Ave and the river was a popular recreation spot in the early 20th century. |
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