Editing Prospect Park, Pennsylvania (section)

== History ==
In 1874, John Cochran of [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]] purchased 103 acres from Joshua Pierson with the intention of dividing the property into lots and selling them.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashmeade|first1=Henry Graham|title=History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania|date=1884|publisher=L.H. Everts & Co.|location=Philadelphia|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655/page/n1113 748]|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref> These properties formed the current community of Prospect Park.

Prospect Hill Baptist Church in Prospect Park claims a prominent role in instituting the phrase "[[In God We Trust]]" on United States coins and currency. A former pastor, Mark R. Watkinson, felt that the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] was going to leave the country with a bad name, "brother fighting brother in a civil war", and wrote a letter to [[Salmon P. Chase]], Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting "God, Liberty, Law," be put on the coins. Chase referred the matter to James B. Longacre, Mint Engraver. A committee later settled on "In God We Trust", and the words first appeared on a 2-cent coin. A plaque on the outside of the church announces the birthplace of the phrase.

The [[Morton Homestead]], one of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>