Hanging Rock (Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania)
Hanging Rock, also known as Overhanging Rock, or locally as Drummond's head, is a historic natural feature located in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a large natural outcropping of shale that protrudes approximately eight feet over the roadway. The roadway, Pennsylvania Route 320 (Gulph Road), was laid out as a public highway in 1711–1712. The road was traveled by General George Washington and the Continental Army into Valley Forge for the winter encampment of 1777–1778. The rock was dedicated as a memorial to that march by the Valley Forge Historical Society in 1924.[2]
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| Location | 1144 S. Gulph Rd., Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°3′55″N 75°20′31″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1924 |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001251[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 1997 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
Hanging Rock on what is now PA 320 in Gulph Mills
1919
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References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Stacy A. Swigart (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hanging Rock" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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