National Historic Landmark-Rittenhousetown Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Rittenhousetown Historic District

An important industrial community that spans the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Rittenhousetown is the core of a village that grew up around the first paper mill (1690) in British North America.

At one time ...

Rittenhouse

The Mennonites arrived in Germantown October 6, 1683. William Rittenhouse was chosen their first minister in 1688. In 1689, he drew this number 19 lot, and on it in 1891, he and his fellow members built the little log church. ...

David Rittenhouse

Eminent astronomer

and mathematician.

Born April 8, 1732

Died June 26, 1796.

He calculated and

observed the transit

of Venus at his home

in Norriton 1769

Marker is on Swede Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rittenhouse Haberdashery

In 1901, a 60-mile long railroad spur line to the Grand Canyon secured Williams the title "Gateway to the Grand Canyon." Train tickets at that time cost $3.95 serving world travelers and locals alike, this pre-1910 structure was home to ...

Rittenhouse Elementary School

In 1924 construction of a new schoolhouse began. Classes were being held in an old cook shack that had once been used by muleskinners to clear the land. The school, named after Charles Rittenhouse, would be a three-room, u-shaped building ...

Rittenhouse Farm

David Rittenhouse, colonial scientist, astronomer, and instrument maker, lived on a nearby farm, where he built a telescope, said to be first made in America, and observed the transit of Venus in 1769.

Marker is on Main Street/Ridge Pike (Old U.S. ...