The Penrose-Strawbridge Farm

The white house with yellow trim, and other buildings on the left as you come up the driveway, are the Penrose-Strawbridge property. They are owned by Horsham Township and managed by the Horsham Preservation and Historical Association. The Penrose family purchased the property, including the Graeme Park side, in 1801. They built the large white farmhouse around 1810 and the associated barns in the 1830s and 1840s. From about the middle of the 1800s the Keith House stood empty. In 1920, Welsh and Margaret Strawbridge purchased the property and took up residence in the farmhouse. They used the Keith House for entertaining. In 1958 the property was threatened by expansion of the recently established Willow Grove Naval Air Station, so the Strawbridges donated the Graeme Park side to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to protect it. 

Historic Oxford Walking Tour
  1. Walking Tour Welcome
  2. Introduction
  3. Town Park (100 S Morris St)
  4. Oxford Museum (101 S Morris St)
  5. Academy House (205 N Morris St)
  6. Barnaby House (212 N Morris St)
  7. Molly Stewart / Postmistress House (216 N Morris St)
  8. Grapevine House (309 N Morris St)
  9. Stewart House (319 N Morris St)
  10. Town Point #1 Customs House
  11. Town Point #2 Ice House / Tred Avon Yacht Club
  12. Sandaway Suites and Beach - (103 W Strand)
  13. The Story of Robert Morris, Sr.
  14. Robert Morris Inn (314 N Morris St)
  15. Oxford - Bellevue Ferry (101 E Strand)
  16. The Strand, Kerr’s Island (100 E Strand to 512 E Strand)
  17. Oxford Boatyard | Packing House | Docks
  18. Cutts and Case and Byberry House (306 Tilghman St)
  19. Odd Fellows Hall (201 Tilghman St)
  20. African American Schoolhouse, Sail Loft (208 Tilghman St)
  21. Waters United Methodist Church (205 Market St)
  22. Oxford Library (101 Market St)
  23. The Bringmans
  24. Oxford Social Cafe, formerly part of The Eastford Hall Hotel (102 S Morris St)
  25. Maryland Military and Naval Academy
  26. Red Men’s Hall (202 S Morris St)
  27. Mystery Loves Company
  28. The Mews (105 S Morris St)
  29. Saint Paul's Church (225 S Morris St)
  30. Maplehurst (221 South St)
  31. Applegarth Boatyard (317 S Morris St)
  32. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (502 S Morris St)
  33. Pope’s Tavern (504 S Morris St)
  34. Oxford Community Center, formerly Oxford High School/Elementary School (200 Oxford Road)
  35. Oxford Cemetery (Oxford Cemetery Road)
  36. John Wesley Church (Oxford and Evergreen Road)
  37. Conclusion