Area less than one acre Year built 1924 | NRHP Reference # 97001251 Added to NRHP 24 December 1997 | |
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Location 1144 S. Gulph Rd., Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania Address 950 S Gulph Rd, Wayne, PA 19087, USA Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours | ||
Hanging Rock, also known as Overhanging Rock, is a historic natural feature located in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a large natural outcropping of shale that protrudes approximately eight feet over the roadway. The roadway, Pennsylvania Route 320 (Gulph Road), was laid out as a public highway in 1711-1712. The road was traveled by General George Washington and the Continental Army into Valley Forge for the winter encampment of 1777-1778. The rock was dedicated as a memorial to that march by the Valley Forge Historical Society in 1924.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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