Talk:Paoli, Pennsylvania

Reference to Wilson Farm
The Philadelphia Folk Festival insists that Wilson Farm is in Paoli in all its histories: I suspect that is the source of the erroneous reference to "Wilson Farm in Paoli" which I removed. It's not in Paoli--it's too far north and east to be in Paoli.

Here is a map of the Farm, which is now a Tredyffrin Township park. At the bottom of that page is a link to a Mapquest map for directions to the park, including the address: 600 Lee Road, Wayne, PA.

I had heard that there used to be a folk festival held on what is now a 4 house development, Hidden Way, which is off Swedesford Road. (tabeeb) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.58.204.226 (talk) 21:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Answer
The Wilson Family owned at least 500 acres in Tredyffrin, as well as sons marrying into other families. Wilson Farm Park is misnamed as it was inherited by a daughter in the Siter family who married a Wilson, and the was named Elda Farm. A mile or two down the road was a "Homestead" of the Wilson family starting in 1760. A 112 acre division of that property was where Colley Wilson owned the site of the PFF. It IS in Paoli. The property has been subdivided since and although remnants of the house exists as part of a new construction, the land is no longer open. Chubby Checker bought one of the lots decades ago, and was still living there at my latest knowledge. Another Wilson family descendant has acquired the Wilson Farm name for their property, and it is NOT where the PFF was located. 108.52.237.79 (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2020 (UTC)