Shirley Hanson Collection circa 1975-1995

Chestnut Hill Historical Society

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"On the east side of the Wissahickon Valley, high above the creek, is a 15-foot statue of an Indian. He was placed there in 1900 to memorialize the Lenni-Lenape tribe, who were the first people to walk the steep trails of the Wissahickon. "When colonists arrived in the mid-1600s, the hunting and fishing grounds of the Indians were transformed into the first industrial area of North America. Waters of the Wissahickon Creek were dammed to supply power for more than 25 mill...

Hanson, Shirley

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Shirley Hanson was one of the three "Founding Mothers" of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, along with Anne Spaeth and Nancy Hubby. She held a master's degree in urban planning and worked as a planning consultant. Hanson was instrumental in saving the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Chestnut Hill, which led to the founding of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society the following year in 1967. She co-authored Preserving and Maintaining the Older Home. In 2007, she was presented...

National Register of Historic Places

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Rex family

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