09/01/2026
Before Penn State Abington, this land in Abington PA held the Ogontz School, one of the first schools built just for women.
Most girls back then learned at home. Ogontz was different. It had real teachers, full classes, and helped women build careers, especially in teaching. Schools like it helped raise female literacy and opened the door to college for women everywhere.
You can still see pieces of that story on the Penn State Abington campus in Montgomery County: old stone buildings, an archive room full of uniforms and records, and now a cougar statue where the school once stood.
History does not always look like it once did. But it is still here if you look, right in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Part of our Philly area history project with AR Goes, Gamifying the Jawn, and Penn State Abington. UnCoupled Media and Events is digging up the stories hiding in plain sight around Philadelphia and Delco.
This stop sits right along Route 23 and Route 26 in Abington. Next time you drive by, you will know what used to be there.
Check out our YouTube channel for the full stories behind every stop on this history project.
