Sellers Hall

Sellers Hall is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Delaware County, dedicated 1985.

Delaware County · dedicated 1985 · N. side Walnut St. between Copley and Glendale Rds., Upper Darby (on bank behind chain link fence)

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First permanent home in Upper Darby, built about 1684 by Samuel Sellers who occupied it with his bride, Anna Gibbons. Their son, Samuel Sellers, Jr., was the first of many family members active in mechanical and scientific pursuits. Birthplace of John Sellers, a founder of the American Philosophical Society. In 1769 he served on a select committee that observed the planet Venus in its passage across the sun.

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