Gibbons, Joseph, 1799-1880
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gibbons Home (Springfield, Pa.) records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-106
Abstract
The Gibbons Home was a residential home in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pa., for elderly women of limited income. It was established in 1918 by the will of Sallie P. Gibbons, the last survivor of a family which had local Quaker roots. The Home was finally opened in the family house on Baltimore Pike in 1940. The house was torn down in 1970 to make way for a mall, and the Gibbons Home moved to a new building on Lincoln Avenue in Springfield. In 2000 the assets of the Home were...
Dates:
ca.1880-ca.1987 (bulk: 1892-1969)
