Sellers Hall
Posted by: Gosffo
N 39° 57.414 W 075° 15.692
18S E 477661 N 4423006
First permanent home in Upper Darby!
Waymark Code: WM8JM2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2010
Views: 5
Marker Text: First permanent home in Upper Darby, built about 1684 by Samuel Sellers who occupied it with his bride, Anna Gibbons. Their son, Samuel Sellers, Jr., was the first of many family members active in mechanical and scientific pursuits. Birthplace of John Sellers, a founder of the American Philosophical Society. In 1769 he served on a select committee that observed the planet Venus in its passage across the sun.
Marker Name: Sellers Hall
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 10/25/1985
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: N. side Walnut St. between Copley and Glendale Rds., Upper Darby
Category: Buildings, Early Settlement, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations
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