About
About Edgewold
Edgewold is a private community of thirty-nine homes in Upper Providence Township, just north of Media, Pennsylvania.
Unlike most subdivisions of its era, Edgewold was built around a preserved parcel of shared woodland rather than dividing every square foot into private lots. Title to that parcel — a little more than an acre and a third — is held by the association today, and the land continues to define the neighborhood.
How we got here
Edgewold Civic Association was incorporated in 1954 as a Pennsylvania nonprofit. Through much of the mid-twentieth century, the association operated as both a civic group and a neighborhood swim club, with a pool that anchored summer life until it was removed around 2015.
Since then, Edgewold has functioned as a pure civic association: shared park, common-area upkeep, and the quieter work of keeping a neighborhood working. The legal framework — charter, deed, and the 1992 amended bylaws — is archived in the bylaws section of the site. The 1954 original bylaws have not been located.
December 1953
house+home
Hillside houses · Edgewold featured
While Edgewold was still being built, House + Home magazine featured the development as a model of how to build neatly on hilly land. The article credits the builder–architect– engineer team — Seal & Turner, George Hay, and G. D. Houtman (the same engineer named in the 1954 deed) — and shows the original one-acre park and swimming pond that became the heart of the neighborhood. Hay won a regional NAHB Better Neighborhood award for the design.
Read the article
What the association does
The board manages:
- The park and common ground
- Annual dues (currently $75 per household)
- The pedestrian bridge, walls, and other shared infrastructure
- Communication among residents
- Long-term planning around governance and shared assets
The board is composed of resident volunteers. Every household has a voice; decisions of consequence go to the membership.
Where we're going
For a number of years the association operated with minimal activity beyond basic maintenance and annual administration. In 2026 the board began a deliberate process of modernizing the operation: bylaw restatement, better record-keeping, an honest inventory of infrastructure work that needs doing, and this site — built to make all of it easier to see and easier to participate in.
There's no agenda beyond keeping Edgewold what it has been: a small, wooded place that residents have taken responsibility for themselves.