Join the Friends of Graeme Park as we celebrate the founding of Pennsylvania with a FREE tour of the Keith House and demonstration of Colonial parlor dances by the Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble. This annual statewide event commemorates the granting of the Pennsylvania Charter to William Penn and many of the historic sites along the […]
Do you have a passion for history? An interest in getting involved in the community? A desire to meet new people? Maybe you’d like to become a Graeme Park volunteer! Whether you want to give tours, help with event planning and execution, or perform light maintenance and grounds keeping duties, we might be a good […]
It’s the dead of winter, 1919, and you’re invited to join us for a theatrical, historically-based séance in the spooky, candlelit parlor of the Keith House at Graeme Park. The experience will be conducted in the style of an early 20th century séance when “mediums” and “psychics” took advantage of those for whom death was […]
Ask any Horsham resident about Graeme Park and they’ll tell you it’s haunted! Over it’s 300-year-old history, the Keith House at Graeme Park has seen sorrow and tragedy, death and infidelity, and not all of the former residents rest easy. Your Lantern Tour guide will take you through the shadowy rooms and halls and relate […]
Ask any Horsham resident about Graeme Park and they’ll tell you it’s haunted! Over it’s 300-year-old history, the Keith House at Graeme Park has seen sorrow and tragedy, death and infidelity, and not all of the former residents rest easy. Your Lantern Tour guide will take you through the shadowy rooms and halls and relate […]
“My family went to church with Margaret at the Church of the Messiah in Gwynedd PA in the 1950’s and 60’s. She always wore a lovely hat. When someone inquired why she did this, she said “I think the Lord wants us to look our best”. She was a great support and friend to all […]
As part of our 300-Year Celebration we’d like to collect your memories of and stories about Graeme Park. Did you tour the house or visit with Mrs. Strawbridge? Sneak over to hunt for ghosts when it was still an old abandoned house? Work or volunteer here? Please share your memories with us and we’ll share […]
Governor William Keith, the first owner of Graeme Park, helped to rid the port of Philadelphia from the scourge of Blackbeard the Pirate. The Schooner Pursuit Historical Society will be here with their mobile museum to educate visitors on the difference between pirates and privateers, sign up recruits, and tell you about life at sea […]
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. (Attributed to Mark Twain) In the summer and fall of 1793 yellow fever gripped Philadelphia, the capital of the United States. Benjamin Rush, the most prominent doctor in Philadelphia, wrote to his wife Julia Stockton in Trenton on September 13, 1793. “My Dear Julia, Alive! And tho […]
Mention Graeme Park to a Horsham resident, and most will tell you it’s haunted! The stories of Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson’s ghost have been circulating since her death in 1801 and continue to be experienced by our staff and volunteers today. The Horsham police dread the nighttime alarms they are sometimes called upon to answer at […]