Ambridge Memories

French Point Hotel Economy PA Manuscript Group 354: Old Economy Village Collection Photo Number 390 courtesy of Pennsylvania Historica...

For Ambridge's 1955 Golden Jubilee, merchants handed out not just wooden nickles, but also wooden dimes and quarters. I've never s...

Zion's First Evangelical Lutheran Church Park Rd. and 8th St. November 20, 2013 Zion's First Evangelical Lutheran Church'...

Davidson's Department Store once had two locations in Ambridge. Davidson's ad Milady's Style Parade and Recipe Book for 1...

Kennedy Drive was called Latimer Avenue until December 9, 1963, when Ambridge Borough Council changed the street's name to honor Preside...

A working oil well once stood on 11th Street between Duss Avenue and Beaver Road. Oil Derrick 11th St. between Duss Ave. and Beaver R...

The Canady-Hull American Legion Post 341 at 400 Duss Avenue was once the Ambridge Elks Temple. Canady-Hull American Legion Post 341 J...

"The French Point Monument" at the intersection of Church and Henrici Streets commemorates the arrival of the Harmonists in the ar...

Ambridge's Fourth Street was once named "Charles Street." I do not know exactly when the change from Charles to Fourth happe...