Morris Heights
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To Advertise Here phone 215-295-6555 Morris Heights is a neighborhood of approximately 50 custom single family homes built mostly in the 1920s. (median age is ca. 1925) Lot sizes range from about one-tenth to four-fifths of an acre with a median of approximately one-third of an acre. Interior living space ranges from approximately 1,200 to more than 4,500 sq. ft. with a median of approximately 2,000 sq. ft. No "cookie cutter" models here. The neighborhood is bounded by the Delaware Canal, E Trenton Ave, N Pennsylvania Ave, and Ridge Ave and includes Crown Street, Highland Avenue and Fairview Avenue. Homes along the eastern side of Crown Street back to the Delaware Canal. You can get there from here ... and back again ... easily. People who live in the area commute to New York City, Princeton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and points in between. Poised at the northern end of the boro, this quiet gem is rich in history. (Graystones is located in Morris Heights. that which marks the starting point of the first purchase of land from the Indians by William Penn's agents in 1682, the year before Penn himself arrived for his initial visit.) Preserved woodlands (reported to be a "climax forest") adjacent to Graystones serve as an educational experience and a peaceful natural setting for all boro residents to enjoy. Properties bordering the Delaware Canal and are afforded scenic seasonal views of the Delaware River. Below is Davis' [1] account of the purchase that occurred at Gray Stones on July 15, 1682.
These boundaries are well defined by nature, and easily traced. The place of starting was the riverside at Morrisville, where John Wood owned land and lived; the tree at "the foot of the mountain," which marked the first corner, stood 104 perches above the mouth of Knowle's creek which runs through Upper Makefield and empties into the Delaware below Brownsburg. The "mountain" followed in a southwesterly direction was the rocky ridge, now called Jericho hill, which extends nearly across Upper Makefield in a general southwest direction. When the course leaves the "mountain" it diverges to the westward, and runs in nearly a straight line to a corner white oak that stood on the land late of Moses Hampton, near the head of a creek about three-fourths of a mile north-east of Wrightstown meeting house. "Towsissink" creek is a branch of the Lahaska, which flows in a west, north-west course, and crossing the Pineville turnpike a little below the Anchor tavern. From the white oak the line runs west to the high rocks on Neshaminy, about half a mile below Chain bridge, crossing the Durham road near where it is intersected by the road from Pennsville. [†] This purchase included all of the townships of Bristol, Falls, Middletown, Lower, and the greater part of Upper Makefield, Newtown, and a small portion of
Wrightstown, the line running about half a mile from its southern boundary.
† What was known then as Pennsville is now known as Penns Park
School District: Morrisville Street Names: Crown Street, Fairview Avenue, Highland Avenue, N Pennsylvania Ave |
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