Working to Preserve a Piece of Local History

The Knapp Farm, located at the corner of Rt. 202 (Dekalb Pike) and Knapp Road in Montgomery Township, PA, is the only township property on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm, which occupies property originally settled just after 1700 by Welsh immigrants, now sits adjacent to busy Montgomery Mall. The earliest section of the farmhouse was erected around 1760, and the property was continuously occupied and farmed until the late 1990s.

In 2005, the farmhouse became the property of the Montgomery Township Historical Society (MTHS). The house along with seven acres of open space was donated to the society as part of a development agreement that allowed residential development on the remaining acreage. MTHS is working to restore the property and plans to use it as the society’s headquarters as well as an education center to interpret the rural history of the North Penn area.

Montgomery Township Historical Society
P.O. Box 678
Montgomeryville, PA 18936
215-361-1801