Morrell Park The 411 on 114
A little bit of History: The land area of Morrell Park was originally the 300-acre summer home estate of Edward and Louise Morrell. The Morrells built their summer home, one of the five homes they maintained, near what is now Morrell and Frankford Avenues.
The Morrells entertained extensively, maintained a horse track, established the first telephone line north of Frankford, built the first electric-light plant in the area, and conducted an amusement park called Torresdale Park, located by the Poquessing Creek behind the trolly barn at Frankford Ave and Knights Rd.
Some Characteristics: Morrell Park is primarily a residential district, with only a handful of small industries, all of which are located within twelve and a half miles of the Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
The residences themselves consist mostly of rowhouses, but Morrell Park is distrinctive in that most of its row homes have garages in the front, facing and with access to the street, something quite different from the traditional Philadelphia rowhouse design.
Most homes have kitchens that face the front, living rooms that face the rear of the property, three or four berooms and about 1,200 sq ft of living space.
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