Horsham Township began as a farming and residential community. Today; the Willow Grove Naval Air Station is Horshams largest employer and its most recognized feature. The predecessor of the air station was the Pitcairn Airfield. Here; Harold Pitcairn built the Mailwing airplane; delivered airmail along the East Coast; formed Eastern Air Lines; developed the Autogiro; and entertained celebrities such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Photographs in Horsham Township show the Quaker meetinghouse; which is the oldest religious building in Horsham and is still in continuous use; the highways that served the township farmers; such as Limekiln Pike; York Road; and Easton Road; and the trolley cars from Doylestown to Willow Grove that connected the township to Philadelphia.
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