Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Rosemont is a neighborhood and census-designated place that is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States on the Philadelphia Main Line. Part of Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, it is best known as the home of Rosemont College. It is the location of the 1894 gothic-revival Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd.

Rosemont, Pennsylvania
The main building at Rosemont College
The main building at Rosemont College
Rosemont is located in Pennsylvania
Rosemont
Rosemont
Location of Rosemont in Pennsylvania
Rosemont is located in the United States
Rosemont
Rosemont
Rosemont (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°01′24″N 75°19′51″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesMontgomery
TownshipsLower Merion
Area
[1]
 • Total0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2)
 • Land0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
341 ft (104 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total3,507
 • Density4,271.62/sq mi (1,650.13/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
19010
Area code610
FIPS code42-66144

Rosemont is served by its own stops on both the Paoli/Thorndale Line of SEPTA Regional Rail and the Norristown High Speed Line.

The community of Garrett Hill is in Radnor Township and in the Rosemont section.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20203,507—
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

History

The Joseph Sinnott Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[4]

The neighborhood of "Beaupre" in Rosemont was once the 200-acre estate of the same name, built for Alexander Cassatt's son, Robert. The original mansion now is part of The Mansion at Rosemont, a senior living community that is part of the nonprofit organization Human Good. The original French iron gates flank entrances from Conestoga Road and South Ithan Avenue.

The Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (1894), is an example of Gothic Revival architecture on Lancaster Avenue in Rosemont

Education

Public schools

Pupils living in the Radnor Township portion of Rosemont attend schools in Radnor Township School District, while students in the Lower Merion Township portion attend schools in the Lower Merion School District.

Until 1980, the Radnor Township, Delaware County portion of the community was served by Rosemont Elementary School, located in the Garret Hill neighborhood of the town. The Rosemont Business Campus now stands on the former elementary school site. Children in these neighborhoods are now bused to the Radnor Elementary School.

Private schools

Holy Child School at Rosemont (formerly Rosemont School of the Holy Child) is a Catholic school within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia but under the trusteeship of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and run by a lay administration. The school is adjacent to Rosemont College, also founded by the same order.

The Agnes Irwin School is located on Ithan Avenue in Rosemont. It is an all-girl, non-sectarian, day school for PreK-Grade 12 founded by Miss Agnes Irwin and her sister Sofie.

The Roman Catholic Saint Thomas of Villanova Parish run by the Augustinian Order also ran a parochial school, which closed in the 1980s, adjacent to their Rosemont chapel and serving the Rosemont community.

Colleges and universities

Rosemont College is in Rosemont on Montgomery Avenue at Curwen Road.

Parks

Rosemont is home to the following parks:

  • Ashbridge Memorial Park (Lower Merion Township)
  • Austin Memorial Park (Lower Merion Township)
  • Emlen Tunnell Park (Radnor Township)
  • Clem Macrone Park (Radnor Township)
  • Unkefer Park (Radnor Township)

See also

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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