Spring-Ford Area Historical Society

Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Spring-Ford Area Historical Society strives to share the history of Royersford and Spring City We can always use more co-hosts! Email us at [email protected].
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Please always check our website, www.sfahs.com, for current information and the status of our hours. We sometimes close on holidays and holiday weekends in order to allow our volunteers to celebrate. It's always a good idea to call before you stop by, just to make sure that our volunteer hosts haven't been called away due to a personal emergency.

Time capsule from the Bicentennial sealed in 1979. Buried in the courtyard of the former high school, now Ninth Grade Ce...
05/13/2026

Time capsule from the Bicentennial sealed in 1979. Buried in the courtyard of the former high school, now Ninth Grade Center, it was opened exactly 47 years later as the country readies to celebrate its 250th. The historical society located articles from The Reporter newspaper and was pleased to be included in the opening.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms of present and past 💐 -Ryan Conroy
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms of present and past 💐

-Ryan Conroy

HELP US CELEBRATE OUR OLDEST MEMBER!Mildred (Mille) Weigner was born on May 26, 1926. This Royersford resident, who reg...
05/06/2026

HELP US CELEBRATE OUR OLDEST MEMBER!

Mildred (Mille) Weigner was born on May 26, 1926. This Royersford resident, who regularly can be spotted walking up and down Main Street, or driving around town, will be turning 100 this month! She recently shared her century of remembrances as part of the historical society's senior memories project. Mille is SFAHS's oldest member and we're planning a SURPRISE celebration on Sunday, May 17 from 1:00-3:00 PM.

We would LOVE to present Mille with more than 100 cards wishing her a happy 100th birthday. Would you please take a minute and send one to the society's post office box and we'll give them to her on the 17th? Feel free to stop by on the 17th and also wish her a happy birthday in person. REMEMBER, IT'S A SURPRISE! [DRW]

Send birthday cards for Mildred (Mille) Weigner to:

Mille's 100th Birthday

c/o SFAHS

PO Box 312

Royersford, PA. 19468

LAST CHANCE! Today is the deadline to order Mother's Day candy. Choose a 25-piece box or a 12-piece box with special M...
05/01/2026

LAST CHANCE! Today is the deadline to order Mother's Day candy.

Choose a 25-piece box or a 12-piece box with special Mother’s Day box lids (these gift boxes also include the history of Mother’s Day) or if you want to treat yourself, choose a box with a Sweet Ashley's lid!

Order online. Go to www.sfahs.com and click on “SHOP”.

The number one reason we always say that if you’re going through old family photos and wondering, "What am I supposed to...
05/01/2026

The number one reason we always say that if you’re going through old family photos and wondering, "What am I supposed to do with these? I don’t even know who these people are," please contact your local historical society!

I’m still working through the Bush/Emery/Tullis family photos that I was lucky enough to receive from a house that was sold with all of its contents. While the little girl in this photo is Kathryn Emery Bush, someone had the foresight to write the other names on the back, which makes all the difference.

The other child is Joseph Buckwalter, and the gentleman is B.I. Latshaw. Knowing that a Latshaw lived on Church Street, I plugged his information into my spreadsheet of all the Royersford Borough addresses and found the address for B.I. Studying the garage in the photo and the house in the background, I’m pretty confident I’ve narrowed down the location. What makes this even more exciting is now we have an actual photo of the person who lived in one of our beautiful homes in the borough in 1923. In fact, I believe he built the home years before, circa 1882. I will be comparing this location over the weekend to see if I can definitely tie it in.

This is exactly why preserving and sharing old family photos matters. Sometimes one labeled photo, or even if it's not labeled because we may recognize something, can help tie a piece of local history together.

Also know that we do not have to keep the photos. We can easily scan them into our archives and return them to the family. So keep your eye out, or maybe dig through that closet and see if you have another piece of our history lingering in the back of a photo! (Amy Demchik)

What did you call her? Mother, Mom, Mum, Ma, Mama, or something else? Grandmother, Gram, Grammy, Memaw, Grandma, Nanna, ...
04/29/2026

What did you call her?
Mother, Mom, Mum, Ma, Mama, or something else?
Grandmother, Gram, Grammy, Memaw, Grandma, Nanna, or something else?
Let us know your name for her in the comments!

Whatever you called her, tell her you love her with a box of delectable candy from Spring-Ford Area Historical Society’s fundraiser with Sweet Ashley’s.

Choose a 25 piece box or a 12 piece box with special Mother’s Day covers (these gift boxes also include the history of Mother’s Day) or if you want to treat yourself, choose a box with a plain cover!

Ordering deadline is Friday, May 1st. Order online using the QR code or go to www.sfahs.com and click on “SHOP”.
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Tomorrow the PA State Historic Preservation Office of the PA State Historical & Museum Commission will be visiting us to...
04/28/2026

Tomorrow the PA State Historic Preservation Office of the PA State Historical & Museum Commission will be visiting us to do a walking tour and survey of Royersford Borough and Spring City Borough and documenting historic properties. We are happy to be picked to participate and we are thrilled to have them checking out our towns! President Ryan Conroy and Treasurer Dave Willauer will be hosting and joining them for the day in case you see them around the towns! For more info, see info graphic attached!

-Ryan Conroy

IT'S DUCK RACE TIME AGAIN!!We're asking each of our supporters to purchase at least two Duck Race tickets ($10 total). T...
04/24/2026

IT'S DUCK RACE TIME AGAIN!!

We're asking each of our supporters to purchase at least two Duck Race tickets ($10 total). These tickets not only give you two chances to win fantastic prizes—including $1,000, $500, and $250 cash top prizes, as well as more than 100 other valuable prizes—but also to directly support our mission of preserving the past for future generations. We have prize winners every year!

To purchase your tickets and make an additional donation, please use the QR code, or visit our online store. Go to www.sfahs.com, and click on SHOP. Duck Race tickets will be near the top of the page. When you go to check out, your cart will include an opportunity to make an additional, tax-deductible donation. We will fill out and submit your tickets to the race. Your emailed receipt will be your proof of purchase.

For more information, click on the letter, below. Thank you!!! [DRW]

04/23/2026

Royersford and Spring City have been selected for a community-wide documentation survey on April 29.

DON'T FORGET! There is one week left to order a special treat for Mother's Day! Order deadline is Friday, May 1, and a...
04/23/2026

DON'T FORGET! There is one week left to order a special treat for Mother's Day! Order deadline is Friday, May 1, and all orders of Sweet Ashley's Chocolate purchased will have a vintage 1950's Mother's Day card on the box lid and a card with the history of Mother's Day inside. Use the QR code or go to www.sfahs.com and click on "SHOP". Thank you...and Mom will thank you, too! [DRW]

It's been a while since we talked about the Bush family artifacts that I had stumbled upon after attending a yard sale i...
04/21/2026

It's been a while since we talked about the Bush family artifacts that I had stumbled upon after attending a yard sale in the borough. Through the kindness of the new homeowner, who purchased the house with all of the contents, so much history was saved.

Although the Bush Brothers are well documented in our museum, the women of that family are not. It's not very often that you are able to have so many photos and information on the line of women who also played a part in our borough story. Soon I will introduce you to Lillian, Kathryn, and Sharyn and their story will become part of our Family History Room.

For now, here are some fantastic photos that show some areas in the borough in the very early 1900's. These could have been lost forever. I am also fortunate enough to have a handful of deeds in which Jacob Mowrey is listed. He was a builder of many of the homes in town, including his own which stood on Main street. Today, only the steps survive. It's one of the biggest architectural losses in town, in my opinion.

Being able to preserve all of this information and artifacts is why it is so important that if you know of a house locally that is getting cleaned out, or you yourself are ready to downsize, please reach out to us at the museum if you have old photos or any items that may help piece together our story. I've been lucky enough to be invited to a number of homes that fall into these categories. Even if there weren't many actual items to take to the museum, I was able to document the older home through pictures. You never know if there may even be something in the background of a photo that solves the mystery of something that we have been trying to figure out! (Amy Demchik)

Address

526 Main Street
Royersford, PA
19468

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 3pm
Sunday 1pm - 3pm

Telephone

(610) 948-7127

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