Preservation Successes
Langhorne Heritage Farm
Langhorne Heritage Farm is located at 222 North Green Street. Originally named “Save-the-Farm”, our organization was founded in October of 1984. Faced with the potential loss of Langhorne’s last remaining working farm to townhouse development,...
Catawissa Nature Preserve
Shortly after completing its work on the Orthodox Quaker Meetinghouse project, Langhorne Open Space mobilized once again to preserve a 5+ acre parcel in the heart of the Borough. A developer had submitted plans to build 28 high-density townhouses...
Revolutionary Soldiers’ Burial Site
This parcel is located at the corner of Flowers and S. Bellevue Avenues. Once a burial ground for American soldiers who died from wounds sustained in the battle of Trenton, the history of this small plot of land had been lost over the generations....
Orthodox Quaker Meetinghouse Viewscape
This parcel is located at the corner of East Watson and North Bellevue Avenues. This building was originally constructed in 1841 as a meetinghouse for the Orthodox Friends, which had split from the Society of Friends Meeting that is located on West...
Keen’s Field
Earl Keen was a veteran of WWII, and a paratrooper who jumped into various European sites, including Normandy on D-Day. He found great enjoyment in feeding local birds and in watching the local wildlife from his back porch.
Langhorne Meadow
Very few passersby realize that there is a meadow in the center of the block surrounded by Watson, Pine, Bellevue, and Marshall. It came into the borough’s hands when officials saved the lovely Victorian house from demolition on the Attleboro...