page_title: Erdenheim Farm
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Erdenheim Farm / Early history
context_page_description: Erdenheim Farm is a 450-acre working farm in Springfield and Whitemarsh Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located just outside the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, it is bordered by the Morris Arboretum to the east, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club to the south, Carson Valley School to the north, and Corson's Quarry to the west. The Wissahickon Creek flows through the farm, and Stenton Avenue crosses it. All but 23 acres of the land is now protected from development by preservation easements.
context_section_description: In 1765, Johannes Georg Hocker (1733-1820), a German immigrant, paid £1,600 to buy 200 acres in Springfield Township west of the Wissahickon Creek. He named his farm "Erdenheim," meaning "Earthly Home."
caption: Detail of Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. Erdenheim Farm is located where the "Whitpane Creek" (now Wissahickon Creek) passes through "Gulielma Maria Penns Man.r of Springfeild" (now Springfield Township).
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