Ardmore contained the nation's first suburban branch of a major department store, the former Strawbridge & Clothier which opened there in 1930 the former Suburban movie theater-now Not Your Average Joe's Restaurant the newly relocated Ardmore Farmer's Market an Apple Store, and the usual selection of mall shops. Suburban Square, opened in 1928 as one of the earliest shopping centers in the United States, is located just north of the Ardmore train station. Similarly, the eastern portion of Ardmore along Lancaster Ave is home to several car dealerships, offices, and apartments, as well as the Wynnewood Plaza Shopping Center. The western end of downtown features more traditional retail establishments, including the Ardmore West and Ardmore Plaza Shopping Centers. Īrdmore's downtown, primarily centered around Lancaster Ave, Rittenhouse Place, and Cricket Ave, is home to many shops, restaurants, and small businesses. Ardmore is adjacent to Wynnewood (east), Haverford (west), Gladwyne (north), and Havertown (southwest). Census Bureau, Ardmore has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km 2), all land. Today, Ardmore consistently ranks among the most desirable suburbs of Philadelphia. The factory closed in 1954 during demolition in 1956, a major fire broke out that threatened the downtown area before it was extinguished. The Autocar Company moved its headquarters to Ardmore in 1899 and constructed a factory on the edge of the downtown area.
Originally named "Athensville" in 1853, the community and its railroad station were renamed Ardmore in 1873 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, on whose Main Line, west out of Philadelphia, Ardmore sits at Milepost 8.5. Īrdmore is a suburb on the west side of Philadelphia within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and Haverford Township in Delaware County. The population was 12,455 at the time of the 2010 census and had risen to 13,566 in the 2020 census. Ardmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) spanning the border between Delaware and Montgomery counties in the U.S.
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