In 1893, the first hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, was built on the Main Line by Dr. īryn Mawr College was founded in 1885 originally as a Quaker institution but by 1893, it had become non-denominational. The second hotel building is currently occupied by The Baldwin School and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

After a fire destroyed the original building, a distinctive new hotel was designed by architect Frank Furness was built in 1889. To encourage visitors the railroad constructed the Bryn Mawr Hotel adjacent to the new station, which opened in 1872. Wilson after he acquired on behalf of the railroad the 283 acres (1.15 km 2) that now compose Bryn Mawr. The town was renamed by railroad agent William H. Until the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Main Line in 1869, the town, located in the old Welsh Tract, was known as Humphreysville, named for early settlers of the Humphreys family. History Sunset over Goodhart Hall at Bryn Mawr Collegeīryn Mawr is named after an estate near Dolgellau in Wales that belonged to Rowland Ellis, a Welsh Quaker who emigrated in 1686 to Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,879. They became home to sprawling country estates belonging to Philadelphia's wealthiest families during the Gilded Age, and over the decades became a bastion of old money.

Route 30.īryn Mawr is located toward the center of what is known as the Main Line, a group of affluent Philadelphia suburban villages stretching from the city limits to Malvern. It is located just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. National Register of Historic Placesīryn Mawr / ˌ b r ɪ n ˈ m ɑː r/, from Welsh for 'big hill', is a census-designated place (CDP) located across three townships: Radnor Township and Haverford Township in Delaware County, and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Demographics of haverford township