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Holy Saviour Parish

Norristown didn’t have a Catholic Church until St. Patrick’s opened in 1834, mainly to serve Norristown’s Irish population. In the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, immigrants from southern and eastern Europe began coming to America, and Norristown became home to hundreds of newly arrived Italians. Although the word “catholic” means universal and Catholic services… Read More »Holy Saviour Parish

Garibaldi’s Row

By guest blogger, Michael Green. Do you recognize any of the children in this picture?  The picture captures what was known as “Garibaldi’s Row” in Ambler in 1961, just before it was demolished.  Nineteen-sixty-one was quite significant in the demolition of residential structures and the West Chestnut Street properties associated with Keasby & Mattison Industries of… Read More »Garibaldi’s Row