Hanging Rock (Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania)

Hanging Rock
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Hanging Rock, 1917

Location	1144 S. Gulph Rd., Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°3′55″N 75°20′31″W / 40.06528°N 75.34194°W / 40.06528; -75.34194Coordinates: 40°3′55″N 75°20′31″W / 40.06528°N 75.34194°W / 40.06528; -75.34194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924
NRHP Reference #	97001251^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1997

Hanging Rock, also known as Overhanging Rock, is a historic natural feature located in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a large natural outcropping of shale that protrudes approximately eight feet over the roadway. The roadway, Gulph Road, was laid out as a public highway in 1711-1712. The road was traveled by General George Washington and the Continental Army into Valley Forge for the winter encampment of 1777-1778. The rock was dedicated as a memorial to that march by the Valley Forge Historical Society in 1924.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Stacy A. Swigart (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hanging Rock" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-11.

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