PERKASIE PARK
Perkasie Park was chartered in 1882 by the Perkasie Park Association, a group of Perkasie businessmen and Evangelical ministers, as a grove for Sunday school picnics and church camp meetings. The first camp meeting was held in July 1882; attendees stayed in tents on the Park grounds. The Park soon attracted crowds of 20,000 or more and in 1887 the Association built the first simple cottages. Noted local architect Milton Bean designed the new park layout, and between 1887 and 1900, 65 cottages were built. In June 1900, a devastating fire destroyed 21 cottages. By the next camp meeting, these cottages were rebuilt on a grander scale, adding kitchens and bathrooms. Another fire in 1921 destroyed three cottages that were never rebuilt. The grounds today look very much as they did in 1901. Perkasie Park was added to the US National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
1890s
Living History Cottage
In 2023, the Foundation bought Cottage #50, one of the only cottages in the Park never raised to two stories. The cottage will be furnished like a Perkasie Park "company cottage" from the Victorian 1890s, and will be open to the public for Founders' Day and other times, by request.
Historical Ghost Tour
Each year, on the last weekend in September, step back in time and become immersed in the Park's history after dark. Hear people who died in or near the Park tell their stories of life and death. Follow us on Eventbrite to be notified when tickets to this sell-out event go on sale.