Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation local history collection Bulk, 1964-2010 1880-2010

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Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation local history collection Bulk, 1964-2010 1880-2010

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The neighborhood of Torresdale, first settled by Swedish immigrants in the mid 1600s, is located in the northeast section of Philadelphia. An important site in the area is the historic estate Glen Foerd. The Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation local history collection, 1880-2010, is comprised mostly of secondary materials, the bulk of which relate to the history of Torresdale. There are a small amount original photographs, as well as original documents from the Kramer family.

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Glen Foerd on the Delaware

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Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation.

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The Glen Foerd estate was built circa 1850 by Charles Macalester, founder of Torresdale and Financial Adviser to eight United States Presidents. The estate, which Macalester called "Glengarry," was renamed by Robert H. Foerderer (1860-1903) when he purchased it in 1893. Upon her death in 1972 Florence Tonner, daughter of Robert and Caroline Foerderer, bequeathed the Glen Foerd estate to the Lutheran Church of America. She included the caveat, however, that if the Luthera...

Torresdale Historical Society.

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