Monroe County Historical Association

Stroud Mansion Museum & Library • Stroudsburg, Pa.

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Monroe County
Historical Association
900 Main Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360-1604
Phone 570.421.7703
Fax 570.421.9199

Contact Us

STROUD MANSION
10 am - 4 pm | Tuesday through Friday
10 am - 4 pm | 1st and 3rd Saturdays
Closed Sundays and Mondays
One-hour guided tours | 11 am & 2 pm

Admission:
Adults | $8
Seniors over 55 | $6
Children 7-17 | $6
Children 6 and under | Free
Groups 10+ | $4
Sponsoring School Tours | $3
Current exhibit only | $2

RESEARCH LIBRARY
Open during Stroud Mansion hours

BELL SCHOOL
1 - 4 pm Sundays in July and August
Other hours by appointment

DRIEBE FREIGHT STATION
Downtown Stroudsburg visitors center, headquarters of the Jacob Stroud Corporation. | 570.424.0325

Edward Marshall

Local History Articles

Pennsylvania’s infamous ‘Walking Purchase’

July 2010 |

When Thomas Penn, one of William Penn's sons, sought additional lands from native Americans for the Pennsylvania colony, it was agreed between the two parties that this new land grant would contain a tract of land beginning at Wrightstown and extending northward as far as a man could walk in one and one-half days. This became known as the infamous "Walking Purchase." Read More...