Thomas Leiper Estate
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The Thomas Leiper Estate is a Registered Historic Place in Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania
. Built by Thomas Leiper
around 1785, the estate was named Strath Haven after Leiper's birth place in Strathaven
, Scotland
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The Friends of the Leiper House offers weekend guided tours of the house from April through December.
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania
Nether Providence Township is a first class township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Many residents refer to the township by the name of its largest community, Wallingford, because the Wallingford postal code is used for most of the township....
. Built by Thomas Leiper
Thomas Leiper
Thomas Leiper was a Scottish American merchant and local politician who served in the American Revolutionary War...
around 1785, the estate was named Strath Haven after Leiper's birth place in Strathaven
Strathaven
Strathaven is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a burgh of barony. The town's principal industry was primarily weaving in the 19th and early 20th centuries, however this declined when faced by...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The Friends of the Leiper House offers weekend guided tours of the house from April through December.
See also
- Leiper CanalLeiper CanalEarly in the 19th century, the Leiper Canal ran about along Crum Creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. George Leiper, who financed the canal, used it between 1829 and 1852 to haul stone in flat-bottomed boats from his quarry near Springfield to the navigable Delaware River at Eddystone. The...
- Leiper RailroadLeiper RailroadThe Leiper Railroad was a horse drawn railroad that operated between 1810 and 1828 in what is now Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was replaced by the Leiper Canal, remnants of which are still visible...
- Strath Haven High SchoolStrath Haven High SchoolStrath Haven High School is a four-year public high school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania serving the Township of Nether Providence and the Boroughs of Rose Valley, Rutledge, and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, as well as the communities of South Media, Garden City, Pennsylvania, and sections of Morton,...
Wallingford Swartmore School District school in Nether Providence, named after the estate. - List of Registered Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania