Thomas Leiper Estate
- Also Known As: Avondale
- Address: 521 Avondale Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1776/00/00 | Thomas Leiper | Owner | Leiper buys a tract of land with a mill at a waterfall in Crum Creek along Yale Avenue at the Swarthmore-Nether Providence township border. | |||
| 1785/00/00 | Elizabeth Gray Leiper | Home | Strath Haven is built as a summer home for Thomas Leiper. He named the estate after his birthplace in Strathaven, Scotland. | |||
| 1785/00/00 | Thomas Leiper | Born | Strath Haven is built as a summer home for Thomas Leiper. He named the estate after his birthplace in Strathaven, Scotland. | |||
| 1800/07/00 | Jane Duval Leiper Kane | Home | Jane Duval Leiper summers above Crum Creek in the home on Avondale Road. The residence is currently furnished with c 1800 antiques, including some Leiper family pieces. | |||
| 1810/00/00 | Thomas Leiper | Work | Leiper builds a railway (lost) from his quarries on Crum creek to his landing on Ridley creek, 1809-1810. Leiper's 0.75 mile long tramway is the first railroad in America. Single car trains with flanged iron wheels are pulled by horses on wooden rails. | Birth of the American Railroads | ||
| 1825/07/06 | Thomas Leiper | Died | Thomas Leiper, Patriot and inventor, dies at his Nether Providence Estate. |
| Particulars for Thomas Leiper Estate: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Railroad |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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