REACH Ambler: Sharon Cooke Vargas - Lindenwold

Sharon Cooke Vargas grew up in West Ambler and recalls how Ambler's history was not taught in school, and she had only vague notions of the man behind Lindenwold and other buildings in town. Vargas continues to be involved in her home community, most recently serving as a research assistant for the REACH Ambler project. She is also a member of the BoRit Community Advisory Group.
*Images*
Aerial view of Lindenwold, 1925
Dallin Aerial Survey Company. Hagley Museum and Library.
Richard Mattison, ca. 1900s
Newton Howard Photograph Collection, Historical Society of Montgomery County
Lindenwold Castle, date unknown
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS PA,46-AMB,11A-5&6
Fountain at Lindenwold Castle, date unknown
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS PA,46-AMB,11A-8
Resources for Education and Action for Community Health in Ambler (REACH Ambler) explores the history, environmental health, and community identity of Ambler, Pennsylvania, through a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF). For more information visit reachambler.chemheritage.org.
Video by Jabari Zuberi.

[@christophertmiller1360]

I lived at St Mary s from 1969 to 1980.

[@youlllog9627]

It's absolutely sad what happened with this land. I remember this place when I was a kid, I didn't know about the development going up - around the castle. I saw the story on 6ABC ("The start of six to eight weeks of blasting of the grounds..") Nothing is sacred!

[@jeffneis553]

WHY WOULD THEY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN THERE??????