Douglas Macfarlan

Colonial Roads, Fords and Ferries near Philadelphia. Drawn by Dr. Douglas Macfarlan in 1934. (copy height 23" x width 18")
			low-resolution image of the map (220K) high-resolution image of the map (584K) Drawings of landmark buildings on the map The King of Prussia Tavern - formerly at Gulph and Swedesford Roads Drove Tavern - Broomall Radnor Meeting House - 1718 - Conestoga Road at Ithan The Schuylkill Bridge at Callowhill Street Old Saint David's Church - Radnor, south of Devon on Church Road Octagonal School House Near Newtown Square Birthplace of John Morton Bluff and ravine on East side of Schuylkill River - South of Laurel Hill Cemetary - the location of Robin Hood Ford Caleb Pusey House, Upland. The oldest house in Pennsylvania Spring Mill - 1729 Mendenhall's Ferry - from the West Side of the Schuylkill (adapted from an old Birch print) Provest Smith's "Octagonal House" at the falls is seen in the center on the opposite bank Old Bridge of Floating Logs at Gray's Ferry Birthplace of David Rittenhouse - Roxborough Avondale, the Leiper House on Crum Creek - 1785