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Port Indian, Pennsylvania

AC with 0 elementsPopulated places on the Schuylkill RiverUnincorporated communities in Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaUnincorporated communities in Pennsylvania

Port Indian is a small private boating community located in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. Its two streets (East Indian Lane and West Indian Lane) and the riverfront homes along them run parallel to the Schuylkill River. Port Indian hosted the "Port Indian Regatta" for many years until its demise sometime in the 1990s.

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Port Indian, Pennsylvania
Port Indian Road, West Norriton Township West Norriton

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N 40.119829 ° E -75.391852 °
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Port Indian Road 798
19403 West Norriton Township, West Norriton
Pennsylvania, United States
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Moore-Irwin House
Moore-Irwin House

The Moore-Irwin House in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US is the estate previously owned by John and Jane Moore, which they loaned to General George Washington's Continental Army for the 1777–1778 winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Washington designated it as General Peter Muhlenberg's headquarters throughout the encampment, and Washington also returned to stay there during a rare break in the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Washington lodged here during his two-day fishing trip and tour of the former encampment site, and met there with two other Founding Fathers, Gouverneur Morris (the "Penman of the Constitution") and Robert Morris (the “Financier of the American Revolution”) before returning to Philadelphia on August 1, 1787, six days prior to the first draft of the United States Constitution being presented to the other Founding Fathers. The estate is owned by Upper Merion Township, and sits a half mile outside Valley Forge National Historical Park. The property and home are also significant for many reasons over centuries. While prominent architect Alexander D. Irwin, founder of Irwin-Leighton Construction, owned the property in the early to mid-1900's he partnered (twice) with renowned architect Richardson Brognard Okie, known as a leader in the Colonial Revival style, and his restoration of other significant and historical properties such as The President's House, the Betsy Ross House, and Pennsbury Manor, the country estate of William Penn, to preserve and enhance the Moore-Irwin home. The surrounding 4.8 acres of the Moore-Irwin House are also home to a level one arboretum, the Silas T. Burgess Arboretum, which has ten historic trees listed as Champion Trees of Pennsylvania. In years prior to "Winter Quarters Farm" owner A.D. Irwin selling the remaining property to Upper Merion, he sold several parcels for use as the King of Prussia Business Park (now the KoP District, partially known as Moore Park), the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange (adjacent to the King of Prussia Mall, formerly The King of Prussia Plaza & Court, and the original King of Prussia Inn, which all helped enable King of Prussia, Montgomery County and surrounding regions to become a large hub of people, communities, innovation, commerce, traffic, tourism and history. Upon Upper Merion Township acquiring the final 4.8 acre parcel and home in 1972, they initially used it as the Upper Merion Cultural Center / Park and Recreation Headquarters, which hosted the first "Concert Under the Stars", was home to the five-county area school leaf collections, painting, nature projects, field trips, sleepovers, fishing (Trout Creek), hiking, Halloween trails, science and art shows, plays, cultural, historical and community events. The house has been assigned a Determination of Eligibility (DOE) by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, for listing on the National Register of Historical Places.