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5 unusual facts about Frankford


Alexander F. Mathews

Alexander F. Mathews born on November 13, 1838 in Frankford, Greenbrier County, Virginia to Eliza (née Reynolds) and Mason Mathews.

Frankford, Philadelphia

In 1881, Alfred and Louis Burk founded Louis Burk, Inc., Philadelphia meat packers, and also built the original Atlantic City Steel Pier in 1898.

Henry M. Mathews

Born in Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, he received an A.M. from the University of Virginia and B.L. from Lexington Law School.

Henry Mason Mathews was born on March 29, 1834 in Frankford, Greenbrier County to Eliza (née Reynolds) and Mason Mathews.

Mason Mathews

He moved to Frankford, Virginia after marriage and there established a mercantile business with partner Henry Erskine, a local businessman and politician many years his senior.


Daniel Webster Flagler

Recognized as an expert on developing and producing artillery and other weapons, Flagler continued his Ordnance service after the war, including assignments at the Watervliet, Augusta, Rock Island, Fort Monroe, Fort Union, San Antonio, Frankford, and Watertown arsenals.

Francis Jacob Harper

Harper was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died in Frankford in 1837, before the assembling of Congress.

Historical Society of Frankford

The Keno brothers (identical twins Leigh and Leslie) of Antiques Roadshow paid a visit to the Historical Society of Frankford at 1507 Orthodox St. “That day was incredible,” Leigh Keno recalled of the visit to the Historical Society during a recent phone interview with the Northeast Times.

Northwood, Philadelphia

Northwood is bounded on the north by Roosevelt Boulevard, on the northeast by Cheltenham Avenue, on the west by Oakland Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, Juniata Park and Frankford Creek, and on the southeast by Frankford Avenue.

Pennypack Theatre

The Pennypack Theatre is an historic Art Deco style movie house located on the 8000 block of Frankford Avenue of Holmesburg in the northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tacony, Philadelphia

The most significant event in the development of Tacony was the acquisition of land there in 1846 for a ferry-wharf by the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, which had first laid tracks through the town in 1834, along the route from its depot at Frankford Avenue and Palmer Street, Kensington, to Trenton, New Jersey.

Thomas Apthorpe Cooper

His daughter, Priscilla, having married the son of President John Tyler, he held various public offices, among which were that of military storekeeper in Frankford, Pennsylvania, during 1841, and later the office of surveyor to the ports of New York and Philadelphia.

William Harold Lee

Lee designed the Pennypack Theatre in Art Deco style, located on the 8000 block of Frankford Avenue of Holmesburg.

William Walker Foulkrod

Foulkrod was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served until his death in Frankford.

Wissinoming, Philadelphia

With entrances at Charles Street and Comly Street, Charles Street and Cheltenham Avenue, and Frankford Avenue and Comly Street.


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