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9/11/1808

Birthday of Nathaniel   Thayer

7/17/1809

Birthday of Samuel   Felton

8/13/1810

Birthday of Jacob Tome

10/28/1815

Birthday of Isaac Hinckley, founder of Ridley Park

9/19/1824

Birthday of William   Sellers, president of the Franklin Institute and inventor of the standard   system for screws and nuts

12/22/1824

Birthday of Henry F.   Kenny, active in the early building of Ridley Park, and first mayor from 1888   to 1897

7/27/1826

Birthday of John Sellers

11/18/1828

Birthday of John Andrew   Jackson Cresswell

12/11/1832

Birthday of Robert   Morris Copeland, who designed the first layout for Ridley Park

6/21/1838

Birthday of Henry S.   Russell

1/3/1858

Birthday of George C.   Hetzel

7/14/1870

Farms owned by Charles   Horne, Joseph Burke, Jesse Dutton, and Joseph Ward were purchased for the new   Ridley Park

5/26/1871

Ridley Park Association   formed

10/19/1872

The first train on the   P.W.&B. Railroad stopped at Ridley Park

2/3/1873

Sidney T. Fuller   purchased the first piece of property at te corner of Gilbert Road and Crum   Lynne Road

5/21/1873

Ridley Park Building and   Loan Association was chartered

5/7/1874

Ridley Park Baptist   Church was dedicated

7/25/1880

Christ Episcopal Church   was opened

12/12/1887

Ridley Park's Charter   was granted making Ridley Park a Borough

2/1/1889

The first library was   opened in Ridley Park, in 2 rooms over John C. Tulluchs Store (now the Brick   Haus)

4/15/1890

The library moved to the   second floor of William Ward's store at Hinckley and Sellers

3/3/1891

The Hope Hose Fire   Company was officially organized

12/24/1892

The library above   William Ward's store was destroyed by fire

10/20/1896

Borough Hall is formally   dedicated at the regular Council meeting

10/22/1896

The original Firehouse   was dedicated

4/18/1901

Ridley Park Fire Company   was chartered

2/2/1908

St. Madeline Church was   dedicated

1/22/1909

The first performance   for members only at the Barnstormers Theater was Arabian Nights

2/10/1910

The first Taylor   Hospital was formally opened by Dr. Horace Furness Taylor at 15 Dutton Street

5/13/1910

The first public   performance at the Barnstormers Theater

7/4/1912

The new Ridley Park   Library was dedicated

7/5/1912

The Ridley Park Library   was officially opened to the public

6/6/1915

Ridley Park Presbyterian   Church was dedicated

1/21/1918

Ridley Park High School   was dedicated

12/22/1941

The present train station   was opened for business

5/30/1943

The old train station   was demolished when the new bridge was being built

5/1/1955

The new Methodist Church   was dedicated

6/1/1961

Ridley Park Boys Club   was chartered

4/16/1978

The current Taylor   Hospital was rededicated

Ye Ridleyan magazine from 1925 onward

Ridley Park High School Yearbooks

Child Studies Club - minutes

Seventy Fifth Anniversary Celebration Booklet published in 1962

Centennial Celebration booklet by Kieth Lockhart

Plan of the Town of Ridley Park booklet, 1872

And much more!

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