Bridesburg
- ISBN-10
- 0738536059
- ISBN-13
- 9780738536057
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Authors
- Frederick Siegle, Teresa Pyott
Description
Bridesburg is located on a bend in the Delaware River in northeast Philadelphia, at the mouth of the old Frankford Creek. Traveling north on the river, the bend gives the illusion of a point of land projecting out into the water, hence the early Colonial name Point-No-Point. In 1800, Joseph Kirkbride envisioned a community at the mouth of Frankford Creek and purchased a large farm for his plan. He laid out lots and roads and operated a ferry across the creek, and with the passing of time, the village reached southward toward Philadelphia. Originally called Kirkbridesburg, the people dropped the "Kirk" and Bridesburg was born.
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