Editing Glen Rock, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
In 1826, William Heathcote, the town's founder and a native of Cheshire, England, moved to Pennsylvania in 1826. In 1837, he purchased a farm, hoping to tap into the adjacent river's [[hydropower]] potential, and constructed a brick [[woolen]] mill on the ruins of an abandoned sawmill on his property, attracting mill workers and farmers to the area. Later that decade, the area received its own passenger train station, followed by a post office, church, iron foundry and machine shop in 1840s. In December 1843, Heathcote suggested that the town be named Glen Rock, taking inspiration from various lines from the poem ''[[Marmion (poem)|Marmion]]''.

By 1858, Glen Rock had grown to a population of 200 people. It officially incorporated as a borough on August 29, 1859, following petitioning from its residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.century21core.com/blog/history-of-glen-rock-pa/ |title= Learn the History of Glen Rock, PA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024113126/https://www.century21core.com/blog/history-of-glen-rock-pa/ |archive-date=2021-10-24 |website=Century 21}}</ref> The mill, currently the oldest surviving building in Glen Rock, closed for renovations in the 1980s and reopened as a [[boutique hotel]] and restaurant. In 2022, the mill received a Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant from the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] and [[American Express]] to outfit the building with architectural elements closer in-line with the era in which it was built.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=O'Connell |first1=Kim |last2=Walser |first2=Lauren |title=Fare Share: Take a Look Inside These Historic Small Restaurants |url=https://savingplaces.org/stories/fare-share-take-a-look-inside-these-historic-small-restaurants |magazine=Preservation Magazine |date=Winter 2024}}</ref>

The [[Glen Rock Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>