The History of Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

Illg's Meats Historical Buildings Demolished

                Illg's Meats, a third-generation German-style butcher in Bucks County, shut down in July 2014, as patriarch Ernst A. Illg sold the 75-acre property on Folly Road in Warrington Township that he had bought in 1964. The house and barn were taken down the summer of 2017 for a development of large single-family dwellings. 

   

Hardware found in old English Barn                          Beams from the Illg's old PA Dutch Barn

   

                       Illg’s House Front and Back before demolition                                Barn during demolition

 

An Everyday site in Warrington

There are still some working farms in Warrington.  In the Summer of 2017, the below picture was taken on the property of the Cornel's at Bristol and Kelly Road.
 
 

 

Malcom's

Photos of Malcom's before and after demolition in Nov 2015 to add to the website.

   

   

 

Warrington Township Schools (1760-1955)

                 Warrington was officially recognized as a township at the October 1734 Bucks County Court of Quarter Session.  During this time, the population consisted of only a few individuals that owned large amounts of land.  It took a few years before this land would be parceled out into smaller properties.  As a result of smaller acreage being accessible, individuals began moving to Warrington to live, farm, and worship.    Schools were established within each village of the township by community and religious organizations for teaching religious fundamentals via the bible, followed by reading, writing, and arithmetic.  In the 1840s, a township wide school district was organized to oversee and maintain the four school house structures.  From this point forward, religion, although still an important part of the school’s curriculum, followed the teachings of reading, writing, and arithmetic.  To read the complete article, click here.

 

Warrington/Newville Village c.1960
Neshaminy/Warringtonville Village c.2008
Tradesville (Mill Creek) c.1860
Eureka/Pleasantville (Folly Road) c.1900
Warrington Historical Commission Structure Criteria

To be eligible for recognition as a historical building in Warrington Township, a building must:

  1. •Be at least fifty years old

  2. •Be architecturally or historically significant on the local level ; been associated with events, persons, and/or designs which are likely to yield information important to our history

  3. •Retained some integrity of its period; even if has additions and/or alterations, the original structure must be obvious

  4. •Be occupied

  5. •Be in a reasonable state of repair ; building presents an exterior appearance that reflects favorably of the recognition program.  Determination may be made by a visual inspections by the Warrington Historical Commission members

The Warrington Historic Commission reserves the right to waive any of the above criteria after careful consideration of special circumstances.

WHS Meetings

Meetings are held at the Township Administration Building on Easton Road, on the 2nd Monday of every month at 8:00pm, directly after the Historical Commission meeting.

 

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