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Convenient, Affordable, Historic
Since 1682, A Good Place to Call Home
"They have a right to criticize who have a heart to help. The rest is cruelty, not justice." William Penn, Fruits of Solitude
DARBY, PENNSYLVANIA
Darby Borough, PA, nestled in the hills overlooking Philadelphia International Airport,and between two creeks,combines strategic location and an excellent transportation network with supurlative history.
Academy of Building Conservation
Marvil Mural
Illuminating Darby
John M. Drew Marker
Clean the Bridge
We have more fun in Darby
Darby T-Shirts
Little Flower/aka Scott Estate, Woodburne,
Heights of Darby
Darby Past  (links to Darby's history going back to 1682)
January 2011 Fire on Main St
Rebuild begins
Darby Present
(views of this unique town )
Harlan Cloud Apothecary
Trolley Travel Booklet
1000 Main Street Legend of the Cobblestones
Darby Future (Assets and Possibilities)
Police box Darby Ram
1904 Darby Trolley Bridge
Old Borough Hall and the Peaceable Kingdom
William Still, Darby, the desegregation of Philadelphia streetcars and the Darby Rt. 11
Picture Gallery
Views of this remarkable town
Darby Greenway(s)
Link Trainer Flight Simulator-Main Street
Darby in 1927
W3R
Darby Historical Commission
Call (610) 583-0788 for information
Ordinance in PDF Format
Proposed Darby Historic District
Darby Time Line
Fred Trent Blue Bell Inn on Cobbs Creek
In Memoriam, Bunting House c 1730-2005
Darby Postcards Buttonwood Park/Darby Transportation Center
Regional Sites and Treasures
OcTrolleyFest , Octavius Catto
Fire Gargoyles
Darby Visions
Endangered Treasures/Future Assets
Darby Historic Trolley Proposal
OcTrolleyFest 2005
Hilldale, Darby and Yeadon World Champions
Raise the Roof for Old Borough Hall
Darby and the Underground Railroad
1006 Main Street , circa 1734
This site is under construction and additional information about Darby is much appreciated. Since Darby was settlled in 1682, there is a lot of history to cover. Please send comments, corrections, suggestions and additions to J.Haiigis, 1006 Main Street, Darby, PA 19023, call 610.583.0788, or e-mail John Haigis.
Rudyard Kiplings's Philadelphia
Darby 150th Anniversary of Incorporation
Your Hosts, Jan and John Haigis
Historic Darby (a Powerpoint presentation.....6 MB ...may take a while to load)
Above: A picture of what may have been the oldest house in Darby, known as the Blunston Bake House, it stood between the Darby Meetinghouse and Darby Library. It was destroyed by a fire in the 1950's
To the left
is 1006 Main, circa 1734 which may be the oldest house remaining in Darby

Both house sites are located in the proposed
Meetinghouse Historic District.