The definition of a small town, Ambler covers less than one square mile, but despite its diminutive size, it’s amazingly complete!

 

It has a host of shops, restaurants, bars and special events that keep the streets bustling.

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Unassuming and unpretentious, Ambler has retained a historic gentility and independent spirit that are the pride of this tightly knit community.

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Originally known as the Village of Wissahickon, Ambler was renamed in 1869 in honor of Mary Johnson Ambler, a Quaker resident who helped lead rescue efforts during the Great Train Wreck of 1856.

 

The town served as a manufacturing hub in the 19th century.

 

This circumstance gave rise to a long retail corridor on Butler Pike, the stretch of ornately crafted Victorian buildings encircling the town and row homes typical of that era’s working-class housing.

 

Ambler has since reinvented itself for the 21st century.

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