Contrasts, trends, narratives about change, development.
Theme 5: Well-being & Community: The Good Life at Pennswood (concluding with Shadowlands, a short play written about our founders) Theme 4: Community – A Splendid Patchwork Quilt Theme 3: Environmental Stewardship, Community Spaces, and the Wider World Beyond Theme 2: Early Marketing & Intergenerational Community Theme 1: Celebrating our Heritage Topics: not assigned community | Environmental […]
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Pennswood Village’s building names honor certain prominent Quakers who manifested important values by letting their lives speak. The PDF below tells their stories. They inspire now as they did in their own times. Topics: not assigned Alice Paul | Audland | Barclay | Benson | Caton | Daisy Newman | Dyer | Ellwood | Fell | Gervase Benson | Gurney | Holme | Ingram | J. Harold Passmore | John Audland | John Kinsey | John Woolman | Jordan | Joseph John Gurney | Kinsey | Loe | Lucretia Mott | Margaret Fell | Mary Dyer | Mildred Scott Olmsted | Mott | Newman | Olmsted | Paul | Penn | Pennswood | Pennswood Village | Quaker | Quakers | Richard Jordan | Robert Barclay | stories | Thomas
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Written in March 2005, this play was first performed as part of Pennswood’s 25th Anniversary. It was funny then and remains funny now. Topics: not assigned Edgar Stromberg | Folklore | Fun | Pennswood | Tales
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The development of the Pennswood Meadow was a pioneering example of enlightened problem solving. Nancy Spears and Evan Stone guided the process through the development of the concept, winning the support of the Pennswood Community and its corporate directors, and finally constructing it successfully. It is a celebrated achievement that is both an engineering achievement
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A river runs through it–sometimes. Our picturesque meadow may seem very natural, but it is actually meticulously designed and engineered to serve a practical storm water management purpose. It captures runoff so that the land can reabsorb it. Unlike conventional stormwater management systems, the meadow doesn’t simply control the rate of outflow, it frequently prevents
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AUDLAND – A Light Within Every Person Pennswood’s “A” Building Quakers believe there is “that of Light/God/Love/Truth within each person. John Audland (d. _____) was a farmer, a textile merchant, and a preacher. He became a “seeker” after “spiritual truth” during the time of the Protestant Reformation that was happening throughout Europe. Audland heard George
[What’s Behind the Names of Pennswood’s Buildings?] Pennswood’s “B” Building One of Quaker core beliefs is living “integrity and truth,” expressed as “Let your life speak.” Quakers do not take oaths on a Bible, believing that a person’s word should always be truthful. Gervase Benson (d. _____) was an influential lawyer of his time, a notary public, an alderman,
RICHARD YARNALL (d., 2013) was a graduate of Germantown Friends School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and his Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II, he served in the American Field Service with the British Sixth Armored Division in the Italian campaign. He was a sole proprietor
It’s hard to imagine that before 1980 this beautiful campus was a humble cornfield and pasture. The contrasts between then and now are numerous. This section tells about Pennswood’s heritage. Topics: not assigned Buildings | community | community | Customs & Culture | Customs & Culture | Demographics | Demographics | Environmental Stewardship | Environmental Stewardship | events | Events | Intergenerational Activities | Intergenerational Activities | Land | Land | performing arts | Performing Arts | PV Services | PV Services | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present
Residents read selections from past Village Voices issues that reveal the Pennswood community’s spirit. Topics: not assigned community | Customs & Culture | dramatic reading | dramatic reading | Events | events | history | Pennswood | Pennswood community | Performing Arts | performing arts | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present | spirit. | Video | Voices from the Past
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