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The Lehigh Township Historical Centre is a museum and houses memorabilia and other treasures of the past. It is also the location of our monthly society meetings. Come visit us during an Open House and explore the past.
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St. Paul's Schoolhouse, also a museum of sorts, was entrusted to the Society in 2007, with the understanding it would be restored and open to the public. We hold a special event and open house at the schoolhouse every year.
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Colonial History in Lehigh Township Northampton County
A Bit of History – Northampton County in Pennsylvania is older than you may realize. It was formed out of a larger Bucks County in March 1752. During that same year, 273 years ago, Lehigh Township was formed from an area known as Adjacents of Allen. The earliest settlers in Lehigh Township were Germans and in 1740 there were 30 residents. By 1750 the population increased to over 100 and then by 1770 the number of residents rose to 350. In 1773 tax records showed there were 88 taxable persons and 10 single men living in Lehigh Township as the area continued to grow in population.
250 years ago, in 1775, the American Colonies were in the throes of a revolution against Great Britain and King George III of England. Many residents living in our area of Northampton County, Pennsylvania were soldiers in the Continental Army led by George Washington.
Northampton County had a Revolutionary War Militia as of 1777 through 1783 when the war actually ended. According to PA state archives information, in 1777 there was the 4th Battalion with Commanding Officer Col. John Sigfrit. In 1780 Lt. Col. Nicholas Kern was in command of the 3rd Battalion and also in 1783 he commanded the 4th Battalion again. Lehigh Township’s 5th Company in 1777, 6th Company in 1780 and 8th Company in 1783 were all led by Captain Frederick Coon/Coons/Kuntz. (Capt. Frederick Kuntz is buried in the St. Paul’s cemetery).
While there may have been some from this area who lost their lives in the fighting, it appears that most of the Revolutionary War veterans buried at the St. Paul’s Cemetery lived long past the end of the war. St. Paul’s Cemetery records indicate the oldest known burial was in 1762. There are 16 marked veteran burials from the Revolutionary War at St. Paul’s which is the oldest cemetery in the township. The known family names of the Continental Army veterans at St. Paul’s cemetery are as follows: App, Bartsch, Best, Eberhart, Geihsel, Herman, Kehs, Kuns (Kuntz) (and 4 others named Kuntz), Leinberger, Mummy, Oblinger and Sager. It is also possible there are other names whose markers have disappeared or are illegible. At least 27 veterans of the Continental Army are buried in the cemetery at the Zion Stone Church in Kreidersville which was founded in 1771. Many of the veterans buried there likely includes some who actually lived in Lehigh Township which is just over the township line. Known family names of Revolutionary War veterans at Zion Stone are: Anewald, Bartholomew, Dreisbach (8 different individuals), Drumm, Fenstermaker, Flick, Greenmoyer, Hagenbuch, Hauer and Hower, Kleppinger, Lawfer, Lerch, Lilly. Marsh. Reimer, Schackler, Shoemaker, Shoemaker, Strauss and Weaver.
250 years ago, in 1775, the American Colonies were in the throes of a revolution against Great Britain and King George III of England. Many residents living in our area of Northampton County, Pennsylvania were soldiers in the Continental Army led by George Washington.
Northampton County had a Revolutionary War Militia as of 1777 through 1783 when the war actually ended. According to PA state archives information, in 1777 there was the 4th Battalion with Commanding Officer Col. John Sigfrit. In 1780 Lt. Col. Nicholas Kern was in command of the 3rd Battalion and also in 1783 he commanded the 4th Battalion again. Lehigh Township’s 5th Company in 1777, 6th Company in 1780 and 8th Company in 1783 were all led by Captain Frederick Coon/Coons/Kuntz. (Capt. Frederick Kuntz is buried in the St. Paul’s cemetery).
While there may have been some from this area who lost their lives in the fighting, it appears that most of the Revolutionary War veterans buried at the St. Paul’s Cemetery lived long past the end of the war. St. Paul’s Cemetery records indicate the oldest known burial was in 1762. There are 16 marked veteran burials from the Revolutionary War at St. Paul’s which is the oldest cemetery in the township. The known family names of the Continental Army veterans at St. Paul’s cemetery are as follows: App, Bartsch, Best, Eberhart, Geihsel, Herman, Kehs, Kuns (Kuntz) (and 4 others named Kuntz), Leinberger, Mummy, Oblinger and Sager. It is also possible there are other names whose markers have disappeared or are illegible. At least 27 veterans of the Continental Army are buried in the cemetery at the Zion Stone Church in Kreidersville which was founded in 1771. Many of the veterans buried there likely includes some who actually lived in Lehigh Township which is just over the township line. Known family names of Revolutionary War veterans at Zion Stone are: Anewald, Bartholomew, Dreisbach (8 different individuals), Drumm, Fenstermaker, Flick, Greenmoyer, Hagenbuch, Hauer and Hower, Kleppinger, Lawfer, Lerch, Lilly. Marsh. Reimer, Schackler, Shoemaker, Shoemaker, Strauss and Weaver.
The Trading Post at Indian Trail Park
If you have never visited the Historical Centre Museum, we are located next to the Indian Trail Park in Pennsville at 3811 Lehigh Drive, Northampton. Our building was part of the original Indian Trail Park which was begun in 1929 by Samuel and William Solliday. Over the years this park also changed hands frequently. Later owners were families named Minnich, Kahle, Fenstermaker and Tuttle. Lehigh Township purchased the park in 1977. It was leased out to Saullo Amusements. In 1981 the park’s swimming pool was filled in to create a miniature golf course. Indian Trail Park continued to operate as an amusement park until it finally closed around 1983.
The current home of the Lehigh Township Historical Centre Museum began as the Indian Trail Restaurant, a soda fountain and restaurant when it was constructed in 1929. It later became known as the Trading Post. During the 1930s a gas station was added in front along what is now Lehigh Drive. When the park was finally sold to Lehigh Township in 1977, the Trading Post was leased to several different businesses. The Trading Post became a game arcade until the amusement park closed in the mid-1980s. Later it became a garment factory in the late 1980s and subsequently a poultry store in the early 1990s. After that closed, the building was vacant and fell into disrepair until the Lehigh Township Historical Society leased it from the township and rebuilt it on the footprint of the original building. Come visit our museum and see the wonderful building that is reconstructed in the likeness of the original 95 years ago.
The current home of the Lehigh Township Historical Centre Museum began as the Indian Trail Restaurant, a soda fountain and restaurant when it was constructed in 1929. It later became known as the Trading Post. During the 1930s a gas station was added in front along what is now Lehigh Drive. When the park was finally sold to Lehigh Township in 1977, the Trading Post was leased to several different businesses. The Trading Post became a game arcade until the amusement park closed in the mid-1980s. Later it became a garment factory in the late 1980s and subsequently a poultry store in the early 1990s. After that closed, the building was vacant and fell into disrepair until the Lehigh Township Historical Society leased it from the township and rebuilt it on the footprint of the original building. Come visit our museum and see the wonderful building that is reconstructed in the likeness of the original 95 years ago.
Old Hotels in the Township.
Lehigh Township was and is home to a number of old hotels and taverns, and almost each village had at least one. Several of them are still standing and a currently only one is still operating. The hotels served as long term and or temporary lodging for travelers. There are records of various taverns and hotels operating in Lehigh Township in Danielsville, Rockville, Petersville, Lockport, Indianland, and Treichlers. Probably the oldest are the hotels in Berlinsville, Cherryville and Pennsville, all which were built along what was known as Kings Highway (now Rt. 248). These initially served as stagecoach stops for people traveling through the area.
The Berlinsville Hotel was built in 1761 by Richard Peters on land purchased from Thomas Penn. Berlinsville was originally called Lehighville but was later changed. Over the years the building changed use and owners serving as a farmhouse, doctor’s office, a speak-easy during Prohibition and a hotel and restaurant. It is the only local historical hotel still operating as a restaurant and bar in Lehigh Township and still named the Berlinsville Hotel.
Cherryville Hotel was built in 1767 and operated in some form of hotel and tavern until 1960. It was most recently known as the Betty Seidel Shoppe and operated as a gift shop and museum until 2001. The building was also the birthplace of Samuel Henry Kress in 1863. He lived in Cherryville until 1896 until he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was the founder of the S.H. Kress five and dime stores as well as a famous collector of art. The historical stone building was in such disrepair that it was torn down in 2019 to improve the roadways.
The Pennsville Hotel, likely built in the 1760s in the village originally called Newhartsville, was a stagecoach stop along King’s Highway that ran from Easton to Gnaddenhutten (Lehighton area). It operated as a hotel and most recently as a restaurant until about 2021. The building has recently been sold and is reopened as Marley's Restaurant + Bar in October.
The Berlinsville Hotel was built in 1761 by Richard Peters on land purchased from Thomas Penn. Berlinsville was originally called Lehighville but was later changed. Over the years the building changed use and owners serving as a farmhouse, doctor’s office, a speak-easy during Prohibition and a hotel and restaurant. It is the only local historical hotel still operating as a restaurant and bar in Lehigh Township and still named the Berlinsville Hotel.
Cherryville Hotel was built in 1767 and operated in some form of hotel and tavern until 1960. It was most recently known as the Betty Seidel Shoppe and operated as a gift shop and museum until 2001. The building was also the birthplace of Samuel Henry Kress in 1863. He lived in Cherryville until 1896 until he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was the founder of the S.H. Kress five and dime stores as well as a famous collector of art. The historical stone building was in such disrepair that it was torn down in 2019 to improve the roadways.
The Pennsville Hotel, likely built in the 1760s in the village originally called Newhartsville, was a stagecoach stop along King’s Highway that ran from Easton to Gnaddenhutten (Lehighton area). It operated as a hotel and most recently as a restaurant until about 2021. The building has recently been sold and is reopened as Marley's Restaurant + Bar in October.
Lehigh Township Parks - then and now.
WHAT IS A PARK? HOW IT ALL BEGAN IN LEHIGH TOWNSHIP
The word PARK, used as a noun, has several definitions. According to Merriam-Webster, a park is a tract of land that often includes lawns, woodland, and pasture attached to a country house and is used as a game preserve and for recreation. The Oxford Dictionary defines a park as a large public garden or area of land used for recreation and the Cambridge Dictionary says that a park in the US is an area of land for playing sports. Dictionary.com sums it up as an area of land, usually in a largely natural state for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation; or any area set aside for public recreation.
By the time the 20th century rolled around, public parks across the United States had become a gathering place for people in towns and in the countryside. Entertainment was an important part of life in the early 20th century. People worked hard and looked forward to family time and a break from their labors with some type of recreation.
EDGEMONT PARK
In 1900 the population of Lehigh Township consisted of 582 families including approximately 2500 people. Many of the residents were farmers, while others worked in the slate quarries and factories or with the railroad. Church gatherings, family reunions, picnics, concerts and dances were favorite forms of family entertainment. It all began in 1902, when a trolley line called the Blue Ridge Traction Company was founded in Lehigh Township. The trolley line ran from Danielsville through Harpers and Berlinsville to Walnutport. Jay S. Moyer, the president of the company, owned a section of land along the trolley line near Harpers, midway between Berlinsville and Danielsville.
Trolley companies commonly built parks at the end or along the line to attract riders on weekends. In 1904, the Moyers created a picnic area on their property along the trolley line in Harpers/Edgemont. A dancing pavilion, refreshment stand and entertainment stage were constructed in the park in addition to the picnic groves. The Morning Call newspaper reported that Edgemont Park held its grand opening on a Tuesday evening July 12, 1904 with a grand concert and dance. The Slatington Band furnished the music. The event was a great success with thousands of people from Lehigh Township and surrounding areas attending.
In January 1909 the Moyers sold Edgemont Park to the Blue Ridge Traction Company. As the park's popularity grew, a swimming pool, children's play area and a baseball field were built.
Churches, Sunday Schools and civic organizations gathered for picnics, families held reunions and young people from the area would meet there for a day of fun or an evening of dancing. At some point a casino and carousel were built and more amusement rides were eventually added to the park. Although Blue Ridge Traction Company ended its trolley service to Edgemont Park in 1924, it maintained ownership of the park until 1930. The park continued to operate under a variety of owners until 1965 at which time the rides were sold off and various park buildings were sold to different people. In the 1940s the park featured a restaurant and refreshment stand along Route 946. About 1946, stone arches, similar to those at Indian Trail Park's Trading Post, were added to the front of the restaurant building. The restaurant later became The Tavern which continued to operate until 2003. The Tavern building, with its familiar stone arches, was recently demolished, marking the end of an era.
INDIAN TRAIL PARK
In 1929, the year before Edgemont Park was sold by the Blue Ridge Traction Company, Samuel and William Solliday purchased several acres of land along with a grist mill in Pennsville next to the Indian Creek. What began as a picnic area was developed into a new park.
On May 31, 1929, The Morning Call described the Indian Trail Mill Park as "one of nature's ideal play grounds with a cement swimming pool with picnic tables, a fountain and plenty of shade." In 1929 the state completed a new concrete highway that ran from Bath to the Lehigh Gap. This highway provided easy access to the new park.
When the park opened at the end of May its new cement bottom swimming pool was touted as one of the largest in Pennsylvania. Between the new road and the swimming pool the Sollidays constructed an unusual building with large stone arches and benches around the porch. Named the Trading Post, it housed a restaurant and soda fountain, and its main feature inside was an immense open fireplace made of stone.
In addition to the swimming pool, the picnic groves attracted many families and other groups to the park. A Penny Arcade and concession stand offering snacks were also part of the park. A new dance pavilion held its grand opening on Saturday, August 10, 1929. During that era, dance halls were a very popular form of entertainment. This gave local residents a second location for dancing. Dances were held at Indian Trail Park on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with music provided by popular dance bands such as Rau's Arcadians. The Morning Call reported that the first dance of the second season was held on May 3, 1930 at the Indian Trail Mill dance pavilion, with over 200 people in attendance.
The old grist mill was converted into the Old Mill Dining Room over the next few years. One of the first rides was a carousel that was built over the creek that ran through the park. Other rides, including a roller coaster and train ride, were eventually added.
Although the ownership changed a few times and parcels were sold separately, the park remained in operation. In 1939 the Trading Post and swimming pool were sold by the Sollidays to the Minnichs who operated both until 1945. Several ownership changes took place until the end of the 1970's when the park was sold at a sheriff's sale.
In 1978 the Lehigh Township Supervisors purchased the park from the bank along with additional land totaling 18 acres, and added the property to the township's recreation system. The park was resurrected by the Saullo brothers in the early 1980's under a lease agreement with the township. They filled in the pool and built a miniature golf course in that location, and added rides. The lease was terminated in 1984, by mutual agreement, due to the lack of profit. The park reverted to township operation to be used as a picnic ground, which is just how it began.
Other Parks
Considering the various definitions of what a park is, the concept of a park in Lehigh Township has changed through the years. What began as a place for people to gather for picnics, dances and entertainment, and later on for amusement park rides, our parks evolved to what are now places for recreation, sports and to exercise.
Baseball had become a very popular pastime and, as early as the 1930s, several baseball teams had formed throughout Lehigh Township. Teams from Treichlers and Danielsville played teams from Northampton, Slatington, Little Gap and Cementon. Because there was a baseball field in Danielsville, many games were played there. Baseball fields also existed at Edgemont Park and Indian Trail Park and, at some point, both parks had their own teams. Articles in the Morning Call have made references to a baseball field and park in Delps as far back as 1947. The exact location of that park is unknown.
In March of 1959 a group of township residents made plans to organize and charter the Lehigh Township Athletic Association. LTAA began to organize youth sports and Little League baseball. In the 1960's the Tri-Clover baseball fields in Treichlers were built on land owned by Lehigh Township. LTAA is an independent organization that uses those fields.
As Lehigh Township's population and interest in sports grew, more park areas were needed. In 1972, Raymond E. Bryfogle, a veteran realtor and longtime resident of Lehigh Township, left $142,000 to the Township and designated that the interest earned from the funds be administered by the Lehigh Township Lions Club for youth programs. Some of the funds were earmarked to build two tennis courts, and the Lions Club planned to erect a plaque and a gateway to the courts naming them the Raymond E. Bryfogle Memorial Park. In October 1975 the plans were for the courts to be constructed in Danielsville, but along the way that changed.
In 1977-78 the township was working on the purchase of 20 acres of land in Berlinsville to build a park. Both projects took several years from the idea stage to completion. In the end, the new park at Berlinsville became the Bryfogle Memorial Park and included a ball field, 1/4 mile walking track, tennis courts and eventually basketball and volleyball courts.
In August of 1980, Lehigh Township received grant money for sports and playfields at the Danielsville Park, including two tennis courts. In spring of 1981, plans to build the tennis courts and a basketball court at Danielsville were set in motion.
A hundred years after the first park at Edgemont was created, further expansion of the recreation system in the township was needed, and in May 2003 a lease for 5 acres of land was approved in the Delps area. That project stalled for many years and, after a series of setbacks, the Delps Park was finally approved and contracts for construction were awarded in April 2016. This newest park consisting of 49 acres has soccer fields, a one mile and a 1/3 mile walking track, and is dog friendly.
What we now enjoy in Lehigh Township are a variety of parks with facilities for rest, recreation and sports that are managed by the local government. The Recreation Commission has built upon the long history of parks in Lehigh Township to establish what we have in place today. To find out more about the details of our current township parks, please visit the township website at: http://www.lehightownship.com/rec_parks.html
Ruth Hall Kent -- Lehigh Township Historical Society
August 2018
The word PARK, used as a noun, has several definitions. According to Merriam-Webster, a park is a tract of land that often includes lawns, woodland, and pasture attached to a country house and is used as a game preserve and for recreation. The Oxford Dictionary defines a park as a large public garden or area of land used for recreation and the Cambridge Dictionary says that a park in the US is an area of land for playing sports. Dictionary.com sums it up as an area of land, usually in a largely natural state for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation; or any area set aside for public recreation.
By the time the 20th century rolled around, public parks across the United States had become a gathering place for people in towns and in the countryside. Entertainment was an important part of life in the early 20th century. People worked hard and looked forward to family time and a break from their labors with some type of recreation.
EDGEMONT PARK
In 1900 the population of Lehigh Township consisted of 582 families including approximately 2500 people. Many of the residents were farmers, while others worked in the slate quarries and factories or with the railroad. Church gatherings, family reunions, picnics, concerts and dances were favorite forms of family entertainment. It all began in 1902, when a trolley line called the Blue Ridge Traction Company was founded in Lehigh Township. The trolley line ran from Danielsville through Harpers and Berlinsville to Walnutport. Jay S. Moyer, the president of the company, owned a section of land along the trolley line near Harpers, midway between Berlinsville and Danielsville.
Trolley companies commonly built parks at the end or along the line to attract riders on weekends. In 1904, the Moyers created a picnic area on their property along the trolley line in Harpers/Edgemont. A dancing pavilion, refreshment stand and entertainment stage were constructed in the park in addition to the picnic groves. The Morning Call newspaper reported that Edgemont Park held its grand opening on a Tuesday evening July 12, 1904 with a grand concert and dance. The Slatington Band furnished the music. The event was a great success with thousands of people from Lehigh Township and surrounding areas attending.
In January 1909 the Moyers sold Edgemont Park to the Blue Ridge Traction Company. As the park's popularity grew, a swimming pool, children's play area and a baseball field were built.
Churches, Sunday Schools and civic organizations gathered for picnics, families held reunions and young people from the area would meet there for a day of fun or an evening of dancing. At some point a casino and carousel were built and more amusement rides were eventually added to the park. Although Blue Ridge Traction Company ended its trolley service to Edgemont Park in 1924, it maintained ownership of the park until 1930. The park continued to operate under a variety of owners until 1965 at which time the rides were sold off and various park buildings were sold to different people. In the 1940s the park featured a restaurant and refreshment stand along Route 946. About 1946, stone arches, similar to those at Indian Trail Park's Trading Post, were added to the front of the restaurant building. The restaurant later became The Tavern which continued to operate until 2003. The Tavern building, with its familiar stone arches, was recently demolished, marking the end of an era.
INDIAN TRAIL PARK
In 1929, the year before Edgemont Park was sold by the Blue Ridge Traction Company, Samuel and William Solliday purchased several acres of land along with a grist mill in Pennsville next to the Indian Creek. What began as a picnic area was developed into a new park.
On May 31, 1929, The Morning Call described the Indian Trail Mill Park as "one of nature's ideal play grounds with a cement swimming pool with picnic tables, a fountain and plenty of shade." In 1929 the state completed a new concrete highway that ran from Bath to the Lehigh Gap. This highway provided easy access to the new park.
When the park opened at the end of May its new cement bottom swimming pool was touted as one of the largest in Pennsylvania. Between the new road and the swimming pool the Sollidays constructed an unusual building with large stone arches and benches around the porch. Named the Trading Post, it housed a restaurant and soda fountain, and its main feature inside was an immense open fireplace made of stone.
In addition to the swimming pool, the picnic groves attracted many families and other groups to the park. A Penny Arcade and concession stand offering snacks were also part of the park. A new dance pavilion held its grand opening on Saturday, August 10, 1929. During that era, dance halls were a very popular form of entertainment. This gave local residents a second location for dancing. Dances were held at Indian Trail Park on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with music provided by popular dance bands such as Rau's Arcadians. The Morning Call reported that the first dance of the second season was held on May 3, 1930 at the Indian Trail Mill dance pavilion, with over 200 people in attendance.
The old grist mill was converted into the Old Mill Dining Room over the next few years. One of the first rides was a carousel that was built over the creek that ran through the park. Other rides, including a roller coaster and train ride, were eventually added.
Although the ownership changed a few times and parcels were sold separately, the park remained in operation. In 1939 the Trading Post and swimming pool were sold by the Sollidays to the Minnichs who operated both until 1945. Several ownership changes took place until the end of the 1970's when the park was sold at a sheriff's sale.
In 1978 the Lehigh Township Supervisors purchased the park from the bank along with additional land totaling 18 acres, and added the property to the township's recreation system. The park was resurrected by the Saullo brothers in the early 1980's under a lease agreement with the township. They filled in the pool and built a miniature golf course in that location, and added rides. The lease was terminated in 1984, by mutual agreement, due to the lack of profit. The park reverted to township operation to be used as a picnic ground, which is just how it began.
Other Parks
Considering the various definitions of what a park is, the concept of a park in Lehigh Township has changed through the years. What began as a place for people to gather for picnics, dances and entertainment, and later on for amusement park rides, our parks evolved to what are now places for recreation, sports and to exercise.
Baseball had become a very popular pastime and, as early as the 1930s, several baseball teams had formed throughout Lehigh Township. Teams from Treichlers and Danielsville played teams from Northampton, Slatington, Little Gap and Cementon. Because there was a baseball field in Danielsville, many games were played there. Baseball fields also existed at Edgemont Park and Indian Trail Park and, at some point, both parks had their own teams. Articles in the Morning Call have made references to a baseball field and park in Delps as far back as 1947. The exact location of that park is unknown.
In March of 1959 a group of township residents made plans to organize and charter the Lehigh Township Athletic Association. LTAA began to organize youth sports and Little League baseball. In the 1960's the Tri-Clover baseball fields in Treichlers were built on land owned by Lehigh Township. LTAA is an independent organization that uses those fields.
As Lehigh Township's population and interest in sports grew, more park areas were needed. In 1972, Raymond E. Bryfogle, a veteran realtor and longtime resident of Lehigh Township, left $142,000 to the Township and designated that the interest earned from the funds be administered by the Lehigh Township Lions Club for youth programs. Some of the funds were earmarked to build two tennis courts, and the Lions Club planned to erect a plaque and a gateway to the courts naming them the Raymond E. Bryfogle Memorial Park. In October 1975 the plans were for the courts to be constructed in Danielsville, but along the way that changed.
In 1977-78 the township was working on the purchase of 20 acres of land in Berlinsville to build a park. Both projects took several years from the idea stage to completion. In the end, the new park at Berlinsville became the Bryfogle Memorial Park and included a ball field, 1/4 mile walking track, tennis courts and eventually basketball and volleyball courts.
In August of 1980, Lehigh Township received grant money for sports and playfields at the Danielsville Park, including two tennis courts. In spring of 1981, plans to build the tennis courts and a basketball court at Danielsville were set in motion.
A hundred years after the first park at Edgemont was created, further expansion of the recreation system in the township was needed, and in May 2003 a lease for 5 acres of land was approved in the Delps area. That project stalled for many years and, after a series of setbacks, the Delps Park was finally approved and contracts for construction were awarded in April 2016. This newest park consisting of 49 acres has soccer fields, a one mile and a 1/3 mile walking track, and is dog friendly.
What we now enjoy in Lehigh Township are a variety of parks with facilities for rest, recreation and sports that are managed by the local government. The Recreation Commission has built upon the long history of parks in Lehigh Township to establish what we have in place today. To find out more about the details of our current township parks, please visit the township website at: http://www.lehightownship.com/rec_parks.html
Ruth Hall Kent -- Lehigh Township Historical Society
August 2018
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