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Renting an Apartment in Wayne
Wayne is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located
on the Main Line, centered in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United
States. While the center of Wayne is in Radnor Township, Wayne extends
into both Tredyffrin Township in Chester County and Upper Merion
Township in Montgomery County.
The center of the Wayne business district is the intersection of
Lancaster Avenue and Wayne Avenue, its main street. The historic Wayne
station is located one block north of this intersection. The Wayne
business district also includes a post office, a cinema, a library, the
new Radnor Middle School, and several banks, stores, restaurants, and
other commercial establishments. Other institutions and attractions in
Wayne include the Valley Forge Military Academy (with a monument from
the Battle of the Bulge located by the parade ground) and the
headquarters of the Traffic Pulse traffic information service.
History
Wayne was originally named Louella, after founder J. Henry Askin's
daughters Louisa and Ella.
Wayne's development began when a railroad stop called Cleaver's Landing
was established. It was renamed Wayne Station after General Anthony
Wayne. Parcels in the area totalling 293 acres (1.2 km�) were bought by
banker J.H. Askin, where he built Louella House and developed some of
the first homes in the area. The area became a favorite getaway for
wealthy people wanting to enjoy the countryside.
His and surrounding land were bought in 1880 by banker A.J. Drexel and
newspaper editor G.W. Childs, to form a larger development they called
Wayne Estate. More homes and a hotel were then built. In a brochure from
1887 about their development they noted they had provided Wayne with
"water, light and drainage — the three great conveniences of a large
city — by the most approved modern methods." They described Wayne Estate
as follows:
The suburban village known as Wayne, on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
fourteen miles from Philadelphia, differs so much from the ordinary town
allowed to grow up hap-hazard and to develop conveniences as population
increases, that it is necessary, in describing it as it appears, to keep
in mind some facts about its history.
Wayne is not an accidental aggregation of cottages; it is a town built
by design, and provided at the start with all the conveniences to which
residents of cities are accustomed and which they are so apt to miss and
long for when they go into the country or even into the suburbs of a
great city. The scheme of the town was well thought out and planned
before any of the new cottages were built, and, as it was undertaken by
liberal gentlemen of abundant means, no expense was spared in the
preliminary municipal work.
Geography
Wayne is located on the Main Line. The central business district of
Wayne is located at the intersection of Lancaster and Wayne Avenues in
Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The area served by the
Wayne zip code (19087) is large and encompasses areas both in Radnor
Township and in the neighboring adjacent municipalities of Upper Merion
in Montgomery County and Tredyffrin in Chester County, including the
communities of Radnor, Strafford, St. Davids, and Chesterbrook.
Education
Pupils in the Radnor Township portion of Wayne attend schools in Radnor
Township School District, while pupils in the Tredyffrin portion attend
schools in Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. Those in the
northeastern portion of the community in Upper Merion Township attend
the Upper Merion Area School District.
Students in Radnor Township attend Radnor High School. Students in
Tredyffrin Township attend Conestoga High School. Students in Upper
Merion Township attend Upper Merion Area High School.
The Valley Forge Military Academy is also located in Wayne.
The Wayne Art Center was established in 1930 as the first art center on
the Main Line.
Points of interest
* Chanticleer Garden
* Anthony Wayne Theatre - known for its friendly and competent
employees, as well as an eclectic selection of films.
* Church of the Saviour