Parks and Recreation
Director
PAUL J. RADZEVICH, JR.
Office
Manager
SHIRLEE SHERMAN
Program
Assistant
RICK HARDESTY
Winter 2009 NEWSLETTER &
PROGRAMS
- To
view the Newsletter as a PDF file, please click here.
The Upper Southampton Township Parks and Recreation Department
(P&R) administers a number of park and recreation related
facilities and programs.
Tamanend Park, located off Second Street Pike, was part of the
William Penn land acquisition of 1683 from Chief Tamanend. In 1975, the Upper
Southampton Township and Centennial School District joined to
purchase Tamanend Park, part of the former Leedom homestead, for
nearly one million dollars. The school district built Klinger Middle
School on a portion of the land, while the rest is used for our
natural park and recreation areas.
The farmhouse in the park may date back nearly 300 years, while
the carriage house dates back to the early 1800s. The carriage
house, barn, and spring structures were recently given a historic
designation by the Heritage Conservancy of Doylestown, PA. The
farmhouse is already on the conservancy's Registry of Historic
Places.
Tamanend Park includes picnic pavilions, building rentals, tennis courts, tot lot,
gazebo, gardens, walking trails, softball fields, and picnic tables.
For a "Facilites Use Application" please click here.
The park office is closed on Election Day, Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
UPPER SOUTHAMPTON SPORTS CLUBS
UPPER SOUTHAMPTON CLUB INFORMATION
Tamanend Park: New Playground
Equipment
Upper Southampton Township recently purchased and installed new
playground equipment at Tamanend Park (see photo below). The new
equipment, purchased off the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's "state
contract," meets the standards and codes for playground safety, and
complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Questions about Parks and Recreation? E-mail: uspr@comcast.net
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