Getting to Know the History of Elwyn, PA

The personal injury lawyers in Elwyn, PA, at Schuster Law, bring you the following on the area's history.

Elwyn

Elwyn is located with the Middletown Township in the center of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The main roadways include New Middletown Road, Elwyn Road, and Elwyn Avenue. Glen Riddle is to the west, Sackville to its south, Moylan to the east, and Granite Run to the north.

History

In 1854 the area became the home of The Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-minded Children. The facility was founded by a physician, Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn, and teacher James B. Richards. Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn also founded the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind just twelve years earlier. Although he obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Harvard, he never practiced medicine. Instead, he became a philanthropist and author.

After witnessing Richard's work in a classroom setting in the South Boston Institute for the Blind, he proposed to build a similar facility in Pennsylvania. With the help of Richards, Elwyn's first training school was located in Germantown, but as they outgrew it, they moved to the area. The school was officially opened in 1859, with 25 students living on the campus. By 1870 the community took on the name of Elwyn.

The Bruce Wechsler Hall was named after a resident whose parents donated $1 million for the construction. The assisted living facility will house as many as 36 men or women that have a more severe case of cognitive, mobility, or medical challenges. The state-of-the-art residence was built with sustainability in mind. The idea was to avoid sending people with mental disabilities into nursing homes that are not equipped to meet their needs.

Neighborhood

Real estate in the area is more expensive than 75.7% of other neighborhoods in the country, and the average home price is $421,376. Rent is also more than most neighborhoods and runs $2,445. Most of the houses in the area were built between 1940 and 1969.

The community income is among the 15% highest in the country, with no children living below the poverty rate. the occupational breakdown of the area is the following:

• 54.8% executive, management, and professional occupations
• 18.4% sales and service jobs
• 14.5% manufacturing and laborer occupations
• 12.3% clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations

Demographics

It is the different ancestries that give a neighborhood its own culture. The ancestral makeup of the neighborhood is the following:

• 24.9% Irish
• 12.8% German
• 17.7% Italian
• 11.6% English
• 7.3% Scottish
• 4.0% Ukrainian

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