Comfortable and reliable rail transportation to and from Philadelphia encouraged the development and growth of suburban neighborhoods in Haverford Township, including Llanerch, where prospective home buyers were directed to the trolley station for information. For a nickle, commuters traveled from Ardmore to 63rd Street in 22 minutes on the trolley that ran along Darby Road, stopping at Brookline, Oakmont, Merwood, and Ardmore Junction on its way to Ardmore on the Main Line, and the Ardmore Line operated until December 1966. Llanerch grew on land originally granted to Welsh Quaker Lewis David from the farms of Silas Bewley, Morgan Davis, Mary Albertson, and Charles Taylor, and Mary Albertson is credited with naming Llanerch for a location in Wales. Many of its homes were designed by the architectural firm of Kennedy, Hays and Kelsey, and both Robert G. Kennedy and Frank A. Hays lived there. Frank A. Hays also planned the home of William C. Pritchett, known as "Richland," across West Chester Pike where Gilmore and Olympic Roads are today. Llanerch was the first subdivision in the township to use deed restrictions, setbacks, and minimum home costs, and by 1912 the community had two churches, an elementary school, and a grocery store that is now the Llanerch Fire House.