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An Historical Walking Tour of Millionaires' Row, West Fourth Street, Williamsport InyMicbek Mi,Leeran2 PenelopeAuoti,rl .2 Siteson the WalkingTour -- Map .j Popular 19th-Century Styles on Millionaires' Row .4

Attack of the Killer Oatmeal- f'rom 7%e.Bale/'u ofBcutreao anD Otl)er Tutu omNI.ppenooeVaLLey

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A Successful Planned Community: Vallamont Ei,izabetla A. Yo2)er

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..I his year's Jazz/./za/responds to the n'equent requests the Lycoming County Historical Society receives f'or information about Williamsport's stunning and varied residential architecture.I oren tell my friendsin lessarchitecture-rich locales that I'm pretty sure there's at least one example of every kind of American architectural style somewhere in Williamsport, or at least in Lycoming County. In a three-block stretch of West Fourth Street alone, there are twelve distinct nineteenth-century sales on display, a remarkable and valuable attribute. Tn response to requests, the Lycoming County Historical Society,

4 with the help of intern Michele Miller, has beenputting together walking tours of' A/Hlionaires' Row and the [)owntown area. ]n this year's issue of ZZeJozf//za/, we present the Millionaires' Row tour and invite you to stroll along tale avenuelined with the homes of Williamsport's formerly rich and f'amous. In addition to the tour, this issue alsofeatures "The Attack of the Killer Oatmeal," an account based on an oral history. Written bX Becky Day, the story of a trip to the Williamsport Growers' Association Market was told by her mother and is part of' a collec- tion of family storiesabout the Bakersof Bastress.Becky, proprietor of' the Bastress Mountain Food Company, also collects recipes that often accompany her "tales ol' Nippenose Valley. The third feature is a history of the Vallamont Land Company's planned community by Elizabeth Yoder. A development on the former f'arm of Hezekiah Packer, the Vallamont neighborhood, offering G'eshair and elevation above threatening flood water, was origi- nally bounded by Market Street, Rural Avenueand Fifth Avenuelust north of the Williamsport limits in a country setting on the streetcar line. The articles in this issueare basedon historical sourcesof every kind, including post- cards, photographs, maps, newspapers, interviews, and oral histories. I would especially like to thank Vice President Robert Kane, Jr. for his help in identil)nng styles and fea- tures. For further information, you may enjoy reading the following local histories that served as reference materials for these articles. Historical architecture buffs will find the handbook, /?en/ &&zy '4//zrrha/z .,{rcflfecfzzrp indispensable. Accompanied by that book, ama- teur historians can roam the city at large to explore the wealth of styles around us. All the books listed below are available in the Lycoming County Historical Society Library and in the JamesV Brown Library: Sources:

BXumenson, John i. G. raentihirtg Anurkan ArcbitectLLre:A Pictorial Gradeto SHIM anD Tenlu, /60a-/,945.Rev. ed. NY: WW Norton & Co., 1981

Samuel J. [)ornsife & E]eanor Wolfson, Z]oaf mz//&z/7mporf (Montoursvi]]e, PA: PaujhamusLitho, Inc., 1995). Ju mor League of WiJJiamsport,Mzit Fo/zrr S/r.-zrSlaw. (Williamsport, PA: Junior Leagueof Williamsport, 1975). Robert Larson et al, Mz#h/ mporr.'Fro//z Fra/z ar Hz/hyrlo Rey&/za/Ce/z/rr.(Windsor Pubs, 1996) John F. Meginness, /irLfoW oyfyco//z/ny jazz/zq/ (, I L: Brown, Ruck & Company, 1892). Thomas Taper, I ll. ll;W/&//uparf Z; z/zz6er(l:apzla/ (Munch, PA, 1995). An, HhtoricaL ' WraLki,ngTbutr #. -rmire.:f' Row Plannedbp Michele Miller for the Lycoming Count Historical Societe (Two miler, approximately I I)our)

0 nce "the capital of the world,' the lumber industry, Williamsport expandedas well. By WiUiamsport has been the county seat of LNcoming 1850 the population had jumped fr'om 244 residents in County since 1795and the political, economic,and cul- 1810to 1,625.With the outbreak of the Civil War, the tural center of north central . During the lumber industry took an even greater leap as it entered lumber boom of the 1860sand 1870s,the city was the the industrial age. Becauseof lumbering, the population center of the nation's lumbering industry, supplying wood reached16,030 by 1870.Not only did the lumber industry for furniture, ships, and the country's most posh hotels. bring wealth and prosperity to the area,but it also served Prosperity attracted lumber magnates,entrepreneurs, as a magnet for other industries. The city grew in reputa- craftspeople, skilled laborers, and others hoping to cash in tion and, in 1870, it was one of six under considera- on the boom days. By the1870s, Williamsport numbered tion as the state capital. At one point, in 1890, the city's

18 millionaires among its 19,000 residents, more million- population reached 27,132. However, in the late nine- airesper capita than in any other city in the world, and its teenth century, the lumber industry declined as mountains streetswere well accustomedto the steps of the well- were stripped of their forests and a seriesof floods and

heeled. Winiamsport's Downtown area and West Fourth fires repeatedly destroyed the boom and devastated the Street, known as "Millionaires' Row," oFFersome of the countryside. finest examples of' Victorian architecture in Pennsylvania Though the face of Williamsport has changedover in the homesand public buildings built by the lumber time, its features still include the mansionsand monu- barons and entrepreneurs of Williamsport and the Fourth ments built during the city's periods of great prosperity, Street elite. fine examplesof numerous American architectural styles.

Vast forests of' white pine (used for shipbuilding and Many ol' the homeswere designedby the architect Eber houses), hemlock, and other hardwood trees along the Culver, who, along with the ambitious , made Williamsport a good location made "Millionaires' Row" the fashionable address for ror lumbering. But lumbering thrived becauseof the Victorian Williamsport's hoily-tony. The following walk- , built in 1850 by M.amorJames ing tour ot'ferna fascinating range and diversity of' archi- Perkins. An enclosed area used to store logs in the river tecture that reflects the tastesand sensibilitiesof the mil- before they were taken to the sawmills, the boom consist- lionaires of nineteenth-century Williamsport. As you ed of a series of wooden cribs «,eighted with boulders and walk, take time to note the variety of steeples,cupolas, connectedby a chain of floating logs. At the peak of the turrets, and towers adapting medieval English, French, lumbering industW- the boom held up to 300,000,000 Italian, and perhaps even Middle Eastern styles that logs. The boom and the resulting sawmills served as the punctuate the valley. A very useful resource to accompa- major impetus for Williamsport's growth in the late 1800s. ny the walking tour is the compact handbook by John As the Susquehanna Boom improved and expanded J.G. Blumenson, 7azard3/zany.4/?zrr&.z// .,4rc,6decrarz. 2 l First Baptist Church 420 W Fourth St. 2 CIMst Temple Church IFofl tenn St. Pattt~oLtttbe!,att (. 436 W Fourth St. 3 Beth Ha-Shalom 425 Center St. 4 Hiram RhoadsResidence I i 522W Fourth St. b Mcminn-Bowman-A\osse 528]M FoursSt. F t 6 Smith-UJmanResidence ark Stre 634W Fourth St. / The Woman-sClub 414W:llnut St. 8. Church ofthe Annunciatic[1 700 W: Fourth St. 9. TheWeightman Block 754-770W Fourth St. 10.Park Hotel { Maynard Street i f 800M{ Fourth St. 1] 'ilUiV EpiscopalChwch 850W Fourth St 12.Tlaomas T. faber Museum t ofthe lycoming Count t Histori(nl SocieN t 858 W Fourth St. 13.Howard C. Taylor Residerce 904W Fourth St. C.anIDbell Street = l

14. Foresman-Hart-Baier- Clinger R.sidence 912W: Fourth St. l 15.Heidic Double t t 942-944W Fourth St. l l 16.&letzger Residence ® l 1006W Fourth St © 17. Sipe Residence 1028W FoursSt l

18. Peck Residence 1075W Fourth St. 19.John G. ReadingResident 1025W Fourth St. i.'''t 20. Goodrich-Weightman- lt l W:llker-Codlran Resident t t 1005W Fourth St. l 21. Robert Foresman Residenc l 951 W Fourth St [,oci] st Sire pt !

22.14on Residence l l 921W Fourth St. t t 23.Eutermarks-Hagar Residedce 915W FoursSt. 24. Henry Johnson Residence 901W Fourth St. t 25. 1&h\s Garden t 847 W: Fourth St. t 26.Wham Emery Residence C.enter Street !

835 WI Fours St. u.'i'wcx 815W Fourth St. .6;"""" 28. Covenant Central PresbWer 807WI Fourth St. 29. Deemer-Alaneval House 711 W Fourth St. 30. Rowley-RishelResidence 707 WI Fourth St. 31.William V Emery House 535W Fourth St. + 32. Embick Cottage 531W Fourth St. 33. Peter Herdic Residence 407W Fourth St 34. Albert HermanceResidence 405 W Fourth St.

3 ula,r I. .tHrU on,. e J Style

and Common Architectural Features

Italy,nate, 1840-1880 The symmetrical, two- or three-stoic llalianate building, with its low-pitched roof, wide eave?, and stucco finish was popular f'or public build- ingsas well asror privat; residences.T.ypical el;ments include paired brackets supporting the cornices, tall 6lrst-floor windows and quoins (brick or stone accents at the corners). The Peter Herdic House. like other West Fourth Street , once boasted a tall square tower more characteristicof the Italian Villa style (1830-1880) in placeof the Ttalianatelow, square cupola. The tower oren arosefrom a central petliment characteristic of the Second Empire st)rle. Later, the towers were removed. Other Italian Villa features incorporated in the local Italianate style include addition of a square bay and ; porch tucked between the tower and corner of the house. l Low Pitch Hip Roof 2 Short Square Cupola 3. Large Multiple Scrolled Brackets 4. Paired Brackets 5. Wide Eaves 6. Segmental Window Heads 7. Enriched Consoles CDecor.zr;prBrace:r£O 8. Round Arches 9. Den\l&s(SntcLLL Protru2Lrtg RectarLgLLhrBlocks) 10. Tall First-Floor Windows

Second Entpi,re, 1860-1890 The elegant SecondEmpire style, popular for residenial. commercial.and institutional strum tures, is distinguished by its mansard roof-- flat-topped with straight: sides--adapted glom the French Second Empire style. Below the roof, the two- to three-story residences look much like Italianate mansions, f'eaturing in common wide. bracketed eaves, tall first-floor windows, and stone quoins. Verandasand a central pavilion sometimes rising above the roof are also characteristic elements. The style is at once graceful and imposing

1. M.ansard Roof 2. Tall Chimney with Decorated Caps 3. Bracketed Cornice 4. Paired Brackets Supporting Eaves 5. Projecting Central Pavillion 6. l!&ebrow-like Window Heads 7. Quo\ns(Brkk: or StoneAcceltt.i at tbe Corners) 8. Paired Windows 9. Veranda-like Porch 10. Tall First-Floor Windows 11 Arched Double Doors with Glass Panels l Coloiti.IL Revival 1870-1920 Combining traditional Colonial elements with contempora-y features. the Colonial Revival style communicates balance and stability. A large gambrel or barn-style roof. chen with dormers, and a central portico' are characteristic. The style incorporates columns and pilasters adapt- ed G'om , with decorative elements such as swans'-neck pediments, denti]s (sma]] rectangular blocks under the cornice), and stained glass ««indows. 1. Shingle Roof 2. GambrelRoof 3. Large Entry Portico 4. Classical Columns 5. Large Three-Part Windows 6. Glass-PaneledDoors 7. Over-Sized Side Lights 8. Straight Window Heads 9. Single LightSash

Ricbaraaon.h,n.-ji.onu.nmqm, 1870-1900 Stone and mass lend grandeur to the imposing Richardsonian- Romanesquestyle developed by H.H. Richardson(1836-1886) in rogue.for residential and institutional buildings acrossthe country. Rounded arches and towers are reminiscent of medieval architecture. while the broad roof, recessedwindows and porches, squat columns and chimneys contribute to the overall efEbctof volume and mass. The Richardsonian-Romanesquestructures are counterweights to the nX- away {j2ueenAnnex that line Millionaires' Row l Broad Hip Roof 2. Short Tower 3. Deep-Set Windows 4. Rock-Faced Exterior 5. Belt Course 6. Decorative Flashing Ridge 7. Finial

Queeit Acute, 1880-1900 Structurally varied, complicated,and individualistic, the QueenAnne style gave WHiamsport's busiest architect, Ever Culver his chance to shine. Multiplaned roofs with projecting formers, gables,pavilions, and porches,.tall chimneys, and encircling porches combine in exciting asymmetrical compositions. Decorative elements such as roof wresting turned wooden posts and spindles, terracotta panels, multicolored stone and paint are used with eZzn,and contrasting textures and pat- terns in lattices, pediments, and shingles are juxtaposed for visual excitement. As if Queen Annes aren't interesting enough, many of the West Fourth Street Queen Annex have undergone additions or sub- tractions of elements to keep up with fashion --one was once a Second Empire mansionuntil the addition of a third floor

1. Multiplaned Roof 4. Fishscale Shingles 2. PedimentedProjecting 5. Tall Chimneys' Dormer 6. Turned Wood Posts (Triangular Pediment) 7. Terracotta Panels 3. PedimentedProjecting Attic 8. Roof Cresting Gable with Recessed Porch 9. Dentils (Zrfzny/f&r Pza&m,/zr9 10. Encircling Porch ©ctLking Tour of. riiiLred The West Fourth Street Tour (approximately one hour) beginson the north side of West Fourth Street at the corner of Elmira. Continue west alongthe north side of West Fourth Street.

First Baptist Church, at Fourth and Elmira Streets, Christ TempleChurch, 420 Elmira Street 436 W.Fourth Street + + (Formerly St. Paul's Lutheran Church) Entrepreneur Peter Herdic offered to donate the land for this church attendedby his erst wife, With its unusual hexagonal nave and a dome that Amanda, but the congregation of the First Baptist opens mechanica]]y for natural light and air conditioning. Church considered this westside location, bordered by this Church built in 1898, contains notable original wood- a swampy farm and worn-out nursery, too far out in work craved locally, and the largest expanse of TiFFany the country and initially refused the offer. Once Herdic stained glassin north central Pennsylvania.One window persuadedthem to accept the land, he stipulated that depicts the opening chapters of the Book of Revelation they must build a first-rate houseof worship. And so showing Jesus among the heavenly hosts. Another illustra- they did, contracting Eber Culver, an active member, tion is based on a popular Victorian hymn by IsaacWatts to design and build the church. Unfortunately, two and another commemorates the deaths of two young peo- days after its completion on Juju 1, 1859, a hurricane ple who were part of the congregation. A 12-foot, free- roared through the area, tearing ofFthe roof' and dam- standing Tire'anyglass panel called "Christ in the Lilies agingthe walls of the church. By that fall, the commu- came from the old St. Paul's Lutheran Church on William Street and was donated to the Lycoming County Historical Society in 1998 by St. Paul's congregation. One wall of' the nave is a stretch of stained glassdoors that open dramatically by being dropped to the basementfloor on pulleys. The pipe organ has attracted many of the nation's finest organists eagerfor the opportunity to play this magnificent and rare instrument. This church is a pleasing mixture of 19'"-century English architecture.

Continue west one block to Center Street, then walk noah one block.

Beth Ha-Shalom, + 425 CenterStreet The community's original Jewish temple, built about 1871-72,was locatedat the corner of Mulberry and Front Streets.Following the flood of 1889,however, the building structure was extremely weakened, making the temple unsafe. Therefore, a second temple was constructed at this sitein 1904. nile had joined together to raise the church spire However, before it could be secured, a violent wind- Return to West Fourth Street arid continue west. storm tore through town, and the spire was dropped and destroyed. Once more the community showed its Hiram Rhoads Residence, support, donating enough money to build a new + 522 W.FouNh Street steeple. Between 1859 and 1898, Eber Culver designed three different structures for this location. The last Among the many peopledrawn to the areato tap the designs proved too expensive for the congregation,and wealth generated by the lumber boom of the late 1800swas Mr. Denison, of Denison and Hliron, was engagedto Hiram Rhoads. From originally, Rhoads design the present building, dedicated in 1914. This became one of the city's most successful businessmen. In Romanesque-style church is built of native stone with 1879, eager to introduce the telephone to the area, he was leaded glass windows by Young and Bonawitz. The the first to have one installed in his residence and enter- interior reflects the Arts and Crabs style in its display tained guests with demonstrations of the gadget. He also of individual handiwork. organized the Central Pennsylvania Telephoneand Supply 6 Company and served as the company's first president. Ulman brothers were fine tailors and clothing and jewelry Inside, the house features handcarved mahoganywainscot- merchants with prosperous businesses in downtown ing, a solid pecan floor in the living room, and the most Williamsport. In 1968, the structure was purchasedand magnificent chandeliers in Williamsport, as beat the elec- renovatedto replacethe original rectory of the Church of tric company magnate. With steeply pitched, multi-cabled the Annunciation located at the corner of Edwin and roof' and projecting dormer and porch, the Rhoads house Walnut Streets. The Smith-Ulman house is the largest is an exampleof the QueenAnne sale. house of the Victorian Second Empire style surviving in town. The Second Empire style is characterized by a Mcminn-Bowman-Mosher House. mansard roof above a symmetrical square block two or + 528 W.Fourth Street three stories high. Arched doors and tall «dndows are also distinguishing features. Originally built as a simple frame house, this The Woman's Club, residence was home to 414 Walnut Street Mr. and Mrs. John M. + M.cMinn and their This large two-story brick building was the carriage seven children.In 1853 house ror the Smith-Ulman residence. The Woman's Club Mcminn came to the opened on September 2, 1925 and over the years has host- area where he worked ed various civic, cultural, and social functions. Now the as an assistant to club is oren used ror meetings, wedding receptions, lec- Robert Fades, the chief tures, luncheons, and teas. An example of the Italianate engineer tor the con- style, the former stable has become an elegant private club struction of the Sunbuiy and Erie Return to West Fourth Street and continue west. Railroad. He later servedas city engineerand madethe first lithograph map of Williamsport, published in 1857.In 1860 he and the Rev. Church oftheAnnunciation, Cyrus Jeffries published the first edition of ZZe Maf Bra/zc'6 700 W.Fourth Street B/f/b/&z.When the famHymoved to Norfolk, Virginia in This church was established 1869, the residence was purchased by the Benjamin C. on land donated by Episcopalian Bowman family. Among the first to float logs down the SusquehannaRiver from Centre County to Williamsport. Peter Herdic so that the English- ff+lP Bowman achievedgreat renown as a lumber operator and speaking Catholics who were wor- 7 llr at one time served as president of the Susquehanna Boom sniping in [)oebler's Ha]] wou]d ildll Company, president of Lycoming Rubber Company, and have a more suitable place for vice-president of Lumberman's National Bank. Alter dam- worship, while the German-speak ing Catholics retained the church age in the 1889 flood, the house was extensively remodeled in the then fashionable Colonial Revival sale by Benjamin's on Washington Boulevard. Built son, Francis Carlton Bowman. In 1917, Henry S. Mosser of conglomerate rock and sand- purchasedthe house and lived here until 1955,when a stone quarried in Ralston, Amos group ol' physiciansbought the building and converted it Wagner's RomanesqueRevival into olTices.Upon printing of the Journal, this house was design took three years to com- damagedby Hire.Its future is yet unkown. plete. Originally. the church was to have a steeple,but after four stone masonswere killed Smith-Ulman Residence. when the scafl'olding collapsed, the tower was built up only 634 W FourthStreet a little higher before being capped. The largest church in The home of Remy the area built without center columns, it has an elaborate B. Smith, a lumber interiorthat accommodates1,000 worshippers and 43 intri- dealer and his family cately-designedwindows that allow abundant light. until 1874, this resi- The Weightman Block, dence was probably 754-770 W.Fourth Street built in 1870 by Isaac + Hobbs. In 1880 Originally called "the Herdic Block" or the "Opera Moses Ulman bought Block," this three-and-a-half-stolebuilding complex shaped the house, residing in like the letter "U" was the Guststage of a project undertak- it until 1920.The en by Peter Herdic in 1870. Herdic hoped that one day this 7 block would hold the post office and courtroom with an ed until October 1, 1939,when it was shortenedby two opera house to be added later. Designed by Eber Culver. floors to meet fire regulations for a personal care boarding the building was not completed under the direction of home for elderly women. Oddly, the Park Home lights Herdic, who went bankrupt and was forced to sell the f'oiledon its opening day seventy-Giveyears after the block at auction. Its buyer, William Weightman, the Herdic House Hotel opened. This structure exempli6es Quinine King," renamed the block the Weightman the Italianate style that was popular in the area. Block. Weightman, a partner in the Philadelphia firm ol' Powers and Weightman, the first to manufacturesulphate TrinityEpiscopalChurch, of quinine, kept Culver on as architect, and finally in + 850 W.Fourth Street 1888,the block was regarded as complete although whole Builtin 1871-76, sectionswere still unfinished. This Second Empire struc- Trinity Church, like sev- ture, with its mansard roof, multiple textures and colors. FIF '''; eral others on West tall erst-floor windows, and "eyebrow-like" window heads Fourth Street, was con- has sixteen-inch thick plaster walls and concrete floors and was built without steel beams or elevators. structed onland donated by Peter Herdic so that Park Hotel, prominent members of 800 W.Fourth Street the congregation would 0 be closer to their homes. Always a hotel during the nineteenth century, the Two founders of this Park Hotel openedin 1865as the Herdic HouseHotel church were Judge John designedby Eber Culver for Peter Herdic. To persuade W Maynard, Herdic's the railroad company to relocate near his property from f'ather-in-law,and Judge its downtown location, Hlerdic, a man involved in many Ellis Lewis. The church industries in Williamsport, donated the land to the rail- was designed by local road company. According to an agreement with the rail- architect Fred G. Thorn. However,when Thorn movedto road, Herdic built the hotel to provide lodging and food Philadelphia, Ever Culver took over. The spire, designed lor railroad travelers. His plan was to make the Herdic b.y Culver, is 265 feet high. Following completion of the House Hotel and the Weightman Block the hub of down- church, the Maynard family generouslydonated a set of town Williamsport. Herdic alsobuilt a gasworks across Westminster chimes that later became known as the the street from the hotel behind the Weightman Block to 'M.aynard chimes." These chimes were the first of their provide fuel lor his hotel becausethe downtown gas kind in America. In 1987,the tower was renovated and the works did not have enough power for this West Fourth original clock faceswere replaced on the steeple.This Street building. On the day the hotel opened,September church is an example of the Victorian Gothic sale. Its 25, 1865, Herdic planned to make the event dramatic by pointed arches and windows, tower with battlements, mode lighting all the specially installed modern gas lights sup- 6ed flying buttresses, nave, transept, and apse, colored plied by the new gas works. The night was dramatic, all glass, and Tudor arch are elements adapted from principles right, but not exactly in the way that Herdic had hoped. of English On opening day, the entire gas works facility burned to the ground. In order to ensure that his guestswould still Lycoming County Historical Society Museum, have a memorable evening and be able to see the extrava- 858 W.Fourth Street gant interior designs, Herdic sent employees throughout e town searching fbr oil lamps, lanterns and candles. By the This museum, archives and historica] and genea]ogica] time Herdic's guests arrived, the hotel was ablaze with research library complex, which houses the largest collec- lights. The front lawn was fenced in to create a deer park tion of artifacts in north central Pennsylvania,is locatedon where no fewer than three deer were kept. Train sched- the former site ol the William Hepburn residence ules were coordinated with mealtimes so that passengers Hepburn, Williamsport's first judge and senator, settled in could use the hotel as a station restaurant. As they Wi[[iamsport in the late 1700s.The house was ]ater pur- descendedfrom the train, they were met by the Herdic chasedand renovated by Judge John W. Maynard, Peter House chef inviting them to dinner. The specialty was Herdic's father-in-law. Then in 1913, J. Roman Way, a pjanked shad, a lumber camp staple. The enterprising lumber entrepreneur, purchased the home. The house was Herdic was also responsible for establishing a trolley line later procuredby the Historical Societyin the 1930sand in Williamsport and extending it beyond the downtown converted into a museum. On Dec. 22, 1960, a fire area to reach his hotel. Ensconced between the railroad destroyed the museum. The building eventually was torn station and the trolley line, the Herdic Hotel was a lively down and a new modern museum building, designed by social center. About 1908, the hotel, purchased by Budd Frank 'Wagner Associates, was built in 1968. Permanent Stuart, becameknown as the Park Hotel. This hotel last- exhibits include period rooms documenting Lycoming 8 County family life, industry, and agriculture and the in half and each side mirrored the other. Their objectives nationally-recognized Shempp Toy Train Collection. Books were two-Q)Id:to encouragemore people to live in the devoted to local history are available in the gih shop. western end of the city (on Herdic land) and to provide jobs for lumbermen who were unemployed becausethe Howard C. Taylor Residence, lumber industry was waning. The double residence has 904 W.Fourth Street ® had a seriesof owners throughout its history. Different Howard C. Taylor decidedto build his home on land gingerbread trim on two sides of this Second Empire purchased G'om Peter Herdic in 1873. Later it was sold to building makes each side distinctive Daniel Stiltz and then to Garrett D. Tinsman in 1891. Tinsman was president of' the Williamsport Steam Company Metzger Residence, and ran a sawmill near A/maynardStreet. The stucco exterior ® 1006 W.Fourth Street gives a false impression of simplicity compared with many This (queenAnne residencewas built on the site of the other mansions on Millionaires' Row. A niche partway up the curved central staircase madethe staircasewide enough former Hiram Mudge residence,which Judge John J. to accommodate a casket when necessary and the main floor Metzger movedto the back of his lot when he purchased the property in 1905.Nudge, born in Lycoming County, included three large parlors, a dining room, kitchen and q cameto Wi]]iamsport in ]838 and made his fortune in the partly. Like many houses in Willamsport, this house is a mercantile businessand banking. Then from 1887 to 1895, combinationof stylestypical ol' the Victorian era. the Weed family lived in the FormerNudge house. Although it has been greatly altered from its original Foresman-Hart-Bader-Clinger Residence, appearance,the Mudge-Weed house can still be seen 912 W.Fourth Street ® behind this residence. The large house John J. Metzger This twentieth-century home, built in 1905,was con- built became the Jayne Apartments in 1994. structed on the former site of the Chaapel Florist Shop by Henry Melick Foresman, a prosperous lumberman who Sipe Residence, wanted this residenceto resemblea [)utch Colonial man- @ 1028 W.Fourth Street sion in Emporium, Pennsylvania. Foresman 's daughter, An early Victorian farmhousebuilt just after the Civil Martha Allen, movedinto the newly completedhouse War this house was occupied by the William Sipe family. immediately alter her marriage to John H. Mccormick. Behind the house the Sipes also built a small pottery facto- The Flemishbond brick house with its moderatelypitched ry with three potter's wheels,and the family supplied first gambrel roof' has four main Ionic columns seventy-four redware to customers in a hundred-mile radius. then inches around at the base and eighteen feet high and seven. expanded to include terracotta, sewer pipes and stoneware teen small columns. Though the house changed hands sev- with plumes and sprays handpainted in blue. eral times, changes have been minor. Cross the street and go east on West Fourth Street. Herdic Double, ® 942-944 W.Fourth Street Peck House. IQ75 West Fourth Street This structure, ® an example of the With its steeply pitched roof. pointed gables, and tall, first "housing vertical orientation, this residenceis a Gneexample of development" in \nlctorian Gothic style. The decorative bands highlighting William sport, the point of the gable and pointed arches over windows exemplifies the and doors are traditional elementsof' the Gothic style. The Herdic/Culver col. Peck family was living in this houseduring the 1870swhen laborations ofthe a diphtheria epidemic spread h'om Campbell Street to 1870s. In 1875, Susquehanna Avenue, taking the lives of thirteen neighbor- undertaking a real hood children, including two Peck girls under the age of estate venture con ten. A stone cradle in memory of the girls marks their ceived bX Peter gravesite in Wildwood Cemetery. Herdic, who «asked to sell the John G.ReadingResidence, lots he owned 0 1025 W.Fourth Street : along Third and With a black marble fireplace in every room, this resi- Fourth Streets, Herdic and Culver built the erst "double' dence, constructed in 1865,was one of the first buildings house, referred to as such because the house was divided built along West Fourth Street. It was the home of lumber 9 entrepreneur John Reading and his family for about ten Robert Foresman Residence, years. Following the family's decision to move to 4 951 W.Fourth Street Philadelphia, the house becamethe proper'5' of Franldin This residencewas Reading, John's cousin. The mansard roof characterizes the house as Second Empire style. built in the late 1860sby George W. Lentz, a lum- ber manufacturer and Goodrich- Weightman- Walker-Cochran Residence, banker, but the first 1005 W. Fourth Street $ known resident of the The home of "the two-story was richest woman in the Robert Mccormick Foresman, who owned a world," this elegant hotel andlaterserved as residence was origi- nally jointly owned justice of the peace. Like several other West by Peter Herdic, H.E. Taylor, and Fourth Street residences, this mansion was a suc John G. Reading. From 1869 to 1879 cessful combination of' it belonged to the two architectural styles: Italian Villa and Second John Goodrich fam- Empire. However, fol- ily. Goodrich must have lost his lumber lowing fire damageto fortune in the panic the original mansard roof, the homeowners decided to reno- of1878 asthe house vate the house, adding a third sto:y «ith a Queen Anne was sold in a cher style roof and bringing the total number ol ' rooms to over iK's sale. In the fifa. In 1917, this home was converted into the Cleveden Apartments. 1880s, R.J.C. Wa]ker, a successful attorney and 16th District Congressman, bought the house and moved to Lyon Residence, Williamsport to oversee Anne Weightman 's father's + 921 W.FouNh Street investments. The Weightman-Walker house became a Cut stone and hand-hewn shingleswere used to build popular social center fk)r Wijliamsport's elite. The Walkers this roomy home for the Lyon family on land purchased enjoyed horse racing, and R.J.C. owned the renowned from friend and neighbor, John T. Fredericks.Alter the thoroughbred, "Robert J." Anne gave elaborate parties on death of her husband,Mrs. Lyon traveled to Europe where trains going to the races at SaratogaSprings. In 1904, she became interested in French design. She decided to Anne Weightman Walker inherited all of her father's bring a French architect back to the Statesto remodel her estate, which made her the wealthiest woman in the home. Although extensive changes were made to the interi world. Alter Walker's death, Anne married Frederick or of'the house,the only exterior changewas the removal Courtland Penfield, the last American Ambassador to of the front porch. The house later became the home ol ' Imperial Austria, and was present at the Austrian court Miss Henrietta Baldy-Lyon, who was an early advocatefor when World War I was declared. The house became the woman's sut'framein Williamsport. The deteriorating shin- properly of Henry J. Cochran in 1893,though Anne gles were covered with siding around 1970, and the build- Weightman Walker Penfield often returned to thrill mg is now an apartment complex. Williamsport societywith lavish partiesat the Park Hotel. ]n the 1930s, the interior of' the house was greatly altered Eutermarks-farrar Residence, to divide the building into apartments. [)espite theseinte- ® g15 W.Fourth Street rior changes,the exterior of the house remained virtually Like several mansions along West Fourth Street, this the same,an eclectic mixture of Victorian Gothic and residence was built as a wedding present. Designed by Eastlake styles with Italian arched windows and English Eber Culver and constructed about 1870by Samuel and Tudor chimneys. The Eastlake style, namedfor English Emma Otto Filbert for their daughter, Lucy, upon her interior designer Charles Locke Eastlake, combines a love marriage to John Eutermarks. When the city introduced of ornamentation with other styles, such as Victorian an address numbering system, this house was designated as Gothic, Stick Style, and Queen Anne. Making use of 913. The Eutermarks, considering thirteen an unlucky Williamsport's woodworking expertise, this house features number, requested that the number be changed to 915. In porch posts and railings turned on a mechanical lathe 1901,the Elwood Harrar family bought the house.Built in that, along with the complexity of the decoration,identify the Italian Villa style, the house originally had a cupola and it as Eastlake. a porch that extended across the front. 10 HenryJohnsonResidence, Trinity Church across the street were silenced and the $ 901 W.Fourth Street pavements near the Emery house were covered with straw This residence, built in 1890 for Henry Johnson, his to stifle the sound of passingvehicles. Mary's magnificent wif'e and six daughters, was designed by Amos Wagner. home changed hands several times. During WWll, the The Johnsons, so pleased with their own house, decided to house was used as an Army Reserve Center where target hire the builder to construct an identical house beside their practice apparently took place inside, dislodging a thousand home f'or one of their daughters upon her marriage. Henry pounds of plaster onto the oak floors. The residencewas purchased in 1956 bX Dr. Francis Costello, who had the Johnson, a state legislator fr'om Muncy, served in the Senate from 1862 to 1864. Johnson was also responsible housecompletely restored. Now housing law ol'vices,this lor swinging the votes for Abraham Lincoln in solid, massivestructure with its short tower, deep-setwin dowd, and rock-faced coursed ashlar finish is an excellent Pennsy[vaniaand fought in the Civil War. example of the massive Richardsonian Romanesque style Way's Garden, ® 847 W Fourth Street rl/yCA, 815 W.Fourth Street This park is the f'ormer site of the Robert Fades man- & + sion, built circa 1855. Robert Fades, an engineer who The YWCA was helped design the Pennsylvania canal system, was also the built on the f'ormer superintendent of the Williamsport/Elmira Railroad, a site of the Mahlon L. position he used to help runaway slavesescape to freedom. Fisher Residence In 1866,the mansionwas purchasedby John White, a nicknamed the prominent lumberman. Becauseit looked like a Gothic cas- 'Million Dollar tle, the mansion became known as "White's Castle." Acer House." The Park the death of White, the house was put up f'or sale and pur- Hotel was said to have chased by the 'Vt/hites'neighbor, J. Roman Way, who sup- cost$225,000, and posedlybought the properq' to ensurethat it would not be Trinity Church a mere $80,000. Other man converted into a boarding house. Way decided to demolish sions were built f'or the residence so that an attractive garden could be cultivat- under $50,000. ed. Eventually the garden became the property of' the city with an endowment for its maintenanceas a public park Exciting considerable attention because of under the condition that no money be exchangedwithin its rumored price tag, the park. The proviso is still honored today. Way's Garden the elaborateItalian is the site of severalart exhibitions, but artists are not per- Villa mansionwith MlabLott Fblaer Reade tce mitted to sell their works on the premises. twenty rooms added charm and elegance to an already stylish neighborhood. William Emery Residence, Fisher, born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, came to $ 835 W.Fourth Street this area in 1855 and quickly established himself as a lead- Built circa ing citizen of Williamsport. Fisher's son, James Spires 1889,this home Fisher, was a poet and h'iend of still-life artist Severin was the second Roesen,who often painted in exchange for room and residence built board, staying at a number of houses during his time in Williamsport and producing someof his best work. as a wedding Roesen,a German immigrant, lived in Williamsport for present for twelve years. His popularity was a result of lucky circum- Maid Emery stances.His arrival to the United Statescoincided with an on the occasion emerginginterest in still-life art. Roesen'sstyle was influ- of' her second enced by German and Dutch Baroque still-life and reflects marriage. The entrance hall, classical training. His paintings deal with three common subjects: flowers, fruit, or fruit and flowers. Roesen's repu- with a quar- tation as an artist was confirmed in 1962 when Jackie tered oak stair- Kennedy hung two of his paintings in the White House case and a Paintings by Severin Roesen are also on display at the pagoda-style fireplace, is lit by two chandeliers suspended Lycoming County Historical Society Museum and at the from the 35-foot ceiling. M.aiy White Gamble Emery was Metropolitan Museum of Art in City. The so loved bX the community that during her final illness,to Fisher Residencewas demolished so that the YWCA prevent her from being disturbed in any way, the bells of could be built in 1928 during a decade that stands as 11 Williamsport's heyday for the construction of large institu- and Hermance, manuf'acturers of woodworking machinery tional and public buildings. Rowley was born in Rome, New York and moved into the area in 1868. The house was later purchased by J.K. Rishel,a furniture manufacturer who lived there with his Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W.Fourth Street famny until 1932 when it becamethe Convent of the ® Sistersof the immaculate Heart of M.aiy. The many distin- This Romanesque style church resulted from a merger guishing featuresinclude a multi-planed roof, a projecting of the Covenant Church and the Central Church in April attic gable with recessed porch, fish-scale shingles, swabs, 1924.The Covenant Church, founded in 1840,was for- encircling porch, and multi-cabled roof. merly known as the Second Presbyterian Church, and the Central Church was originally designatedthe Third William V. Emery House, Presbyterian Church. ® 535 W. Fourth Street Energetk walkers nta] whb to talk:ecl Lx-to-eight-block aDetrLp Thisbrickandcut here by turtlLng right on Campbell Street .uQ be(Oleg doLLtbto stone structure, built in WreakThird Stl'eet,then emt to IVaLnLLtStreet. At 305 1888 and designed by CatnpbeLLh Lbe ErmQ bouae,otto ofEber Culver'afLncat Qwen Ever Culver. «,as owned Anna. Walk WeptFoLurtb Street wai amignatdam by William vI Emery, AILLLionaLred' Row," We.dt TbLrQ Street wcu Etna wLlb tbe weLL- who was a member of' appoLntaabotltm ofn-Laitageri cute profeddioncLb,alta Weft the Emery Lumber Second Street bontea were bLLdtfor hborera. Both Third Street Company. The house cute Vine Avenue bcLve inanyexan'LpLea of tbe HerQiclCuLver i)OLL- was constructed on the bLebnuam. Ort TbtrQ Street tbe i)oubte bouaei altai'ltcLteWLlb aLrl- f'ormer site of a house gLehomed, ntQ dhgle Loma face Doublebotltta Olt oppodLtedi)ed built circa 1865. With its of tbe dEFeCt. Altotlaer right turn toward tbe OLLtb wiLL take gaLL turret, projecting dorm- Lo Wept SecopOStreet. Tbe ro\p bouiei h tbe 600 block of ers, and multi-planed SecondAvenue werebuilt aroLut21870 M prLvcLte21\peLLtrtga for roof, the house has many workLrLgclara fatllLLim. Returlt to Wmt FoLLrtbStreet ntld Q.ueen Anne features Campbell vh WreakTata Street or VLttecute continueecut. Embick House, Deemer-Maneval House, 531 W. Fourth Street 711 W.Fourth Street @ @ Known as "Embick Cottage," this late-Victorian home In the late 1880s,lum- berman Elias Deemer com. designed by Eber Culver was built about 1880 f'or Colonel missioned Ever Culver to Frederick E. Embick, who fought in the Civil War. Embick became the director of the Demorest Manufacturing design a house for his fami- Company, which turned out an average of fifty sewing ly on West Fourth Street. machinesa day in 1892. When the family movedto New The well-made Queen York City in the early 1900s,the homewas purchasedby Anne style house had sev- enteen rooms and rich Joseph B. Rhoads. The building later became the property of the West Fourth Street Corporation in 1951 and is now chevy woodwork. used for commercial purposes

Rowley-Rishel Residence, Peter Herdic Residence, ® 707 W.Fourth Street ® 407 W.Fourth Street Saidto be one of Born in Montgomery County, New York, Peter Herdic the finest examples is a colorful figure in Williamsport's history. At the height .f the Quee« A««e of his success,Herdic, an owner of the SusquehannaBoom style in Company, was involved in nearly every businessin town. Pennsylvania, and Owning most of the land on what would becomeWest certainly one ol' Fourth Street, he bought with an eye to encouraging the Eber Culver's mas- well-heeled citizens of Williamsport to relocate the residen- terpieces, this resi- tial and business center of town. The collaboration of Eber dence was built in Culver, an architect, and Peter Herdic, entrepreneur and 1888for E. A. man of ideas, transformed West Fourth Street into what Rowley of Rowley became known as "Millionaires' Row," an elegant stretch lined with elaborate mansions. Built about 1845 as a pres- that he patented in 1873. Albert married Agnes Leven in ent for Herdic's first wih, Amanda, this house was one ol' 1870, and their house was designed by her uncle, Eber the first homes to be built on Fourth Street west of Elmira Culver, whose career included designing seventeen of the Street. Amanda died in 1856, leaving Herdic a widower homesbuilt by the eighteen millionaires on West Fourth with a young daughter to raise. In 1860, Herdic's marriage Street. to Encie M.aynard, daughter of the prominent judge, John A'maynard, EndWest Fourth Street tour. brought Herdic To returtt to tbe starting pou'lLICOltLU'ILLS e(ut on WeatFoLLrLbStreet social Lo Wdl tn an2 turtt right. TlaeTourbtlnlornm,tbn Centerb on @ respectability. Ebe ecut .jibe of WLLLhin, Street. V In addition to his development Sources: projects,includ- Blumenson, John J . G. 72e/lr &zlmy H//zrrha// ..4rc6zfzrrzzrz..H ing the Herdic Pictorhl Guideto Styka nn:ITernw, 1600-1945.R.ev. ed. tqY= House Hlotel, WW Norton & Co.,1981. Herdic's activi- ties include serv- Dornsife, Samuel J. and Eleanor M.. Wolfson. Zloufllq//&/?uporf ing as M.ayer of M.ontoursville, PA: Paulhamus Lithe, Inc., 1995. Williamsport Ertel, Barbara Griffith, et. al., eds. IFht Forrrf Srrerf Slaw. from October 12, 1869to May 9, 1871,owning the Gczaffr Williamsport, PA: Junior League of Williamsport, 1975. .z//2Bzz/&f//z, and buying his own bank. He also invented the Herdic coach, a horse-dra«,n carriage used for mass trans- Tbe Getlettl Hotel 75tb Attttiperaary Book, ''W:A\leanspoa. \ 997. portation. The coach differed from other stagecoach-like Robert Larson, et al., mz#fz/zuporr;Fra/zz Frp/zr&r /hye fa conveyances in the way the axle was designed. The coach lby&/za/ Cz/zfer.Windsor Pubs, 1996. was Glrstused in Williamsport in 1865 and becamepopular John F. Meginness. //brow d'tyco/ z;ny Caz///O.Chicago, IL: throughout the , especially in New York City Brown, Runk & Company, 1892 and Philadelphia. At the ageof 64, Herdic died of a con- cussionsul'fered after a fall while surveyinga new water- MiLLiott.tired ' Row Hbtork Diatrkt ProperQ Owner.i ' Guide, works in Huntingdon, PA. Alter the accident,Herdic Williamsport, PA refused medical attention and died as a result. Today, the Snyder, Constance M. and Margaret T. Young, eds. Ho/?zei.z/l2 house has been restored and currently is a restaurant called Hzrzfayed'rBe lrbr Br.z/zcfUa/Zey. Williamsport: Junior the Herdic House. Artifacts from the 1800sare on display League of Williamsport, 1968. inside. This square structure, with a low-pitched hip roof '- cupola, wide eavesand brackets and double doors with ThomasTaper, I I I. ll;W/&/7mparfZa/nair Capff.z/.Muncy. glass panels, is a fine example of the veil popular PA, 1995. Italianate style.

Albert Hermance Residence, © 405 W.Fourth Street This Richardsonian- Romanesque house was built in 1887 by Albert Hermance. Hermance was born August 8, 1847 in Saratoga County, New York. His father, Richard Hermance, an inventor,developed an attachment for ranges and cooking stoves that was in general use throughout the country. Like his father, Albert Hermance also dabbled m inventions, creating a woodworking machine 13 ATTAeX KIllEROMMEAI 'a .l:.:B

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tram Tbe BcLki'a ofBmtre.ia unB Other Tctlm ofNLppenoae VcLLLeU Becky Day l t was 4 inthe dark bel r'P dawn. when important information b; a processof experlmenta- ]j:pith Baier and her brother Norbert were awakened bon. Besides,it required several hours of cooking by their mother, Rebecca,to prepare for market. and stirring and an equal amount of sugar to reduce Rebeccahad a cooked breakfast waiting fbr the earlv a potof berries to a thickened jam. When berries risers, who included her husband, Robert (R.C.), and were particularly plentiful, the overflow was stored her sister,Amelia Stopper (Aunt Meal). As soonas in some of the outlying sheds instead of the cellar, they finished the cooked breakfast, the teenagers and Edith and Norbert examined these by the light helped pack the truck for the trip to the Williamsport of a kerosenelantern hung from a rafter for there Market House. They worked at least half an hour, was no electricity outside the house The Bakerscultivated tender leaf lettuce and and longer on some mornings, can)dng the berries from the cellar of the houseto the back of the old sweetbaby beets for the city market. The house gar- van den was planted with perhaps forty rows of onions -- In the cellar there was electricity so they could each spaced exactly three inches apart--fbr spring check the condition of the fruit before packing it for and early summer sale as bunched scallions (tender market. The berries were not held overnight in green onions). By the time the onions «'ere done, the crates; rather in the absence of reh'iteration or cool- ground had warmed sufGlcientlyto plant string ers, the individual wooden quart boxes were set out beans. During the summer months, the old van on tab]es, a]]owing the cool air to circulate around would lumber to Williamsport, hauling the green and them. Edith and Norbert carefully picked through yellow string beans,slicing cucumbersfor salad,and the berries and removed any moldy ones before quantities of tiny gherkins to pickle, tomatoes, crates packing 32 quarts in each crate. Oren times, when of red currants, wild huckleberriesfrom the church the weather was particularly humid, the berries mountain, and red raspberries, black raspberries, would fall out of the box in a block, the entire quart wild black berries from the river thickets, cherries glued together by the fast-growing mold. These both sweet and sour, and the myriad varieties of berries could not be sold. Instead they were poured plums, for which there was little demand at the mar- into large pots and cooked up immediately for jam ket. Edith remembersriding in the rear of the van, for family use. No one ever died h'om eating the jam, oren sitting atop a pile of ten or twenty bushelsof sweet corn. and Edith surmises that the family learned this 14 The family raised long rows of lima beans,but from the milk Edith hauled in pails from the barn when the supply was short, Aunt Meal would pur- each morning and evening. As the supply of fresh pro- chase a few bushels wholesale from another vendor at duce dwindled in late fall, alter potatoes and turnips the M.arket House, and one of the children would sit were done, the children had permission from Aunt at the rear of the stand and shell the tough, flat pods Ellie Danneker to gather bagsof trailing pine from for appreciative customerswho wished to avoid the the Danneker pine woods. Back at the house, the chil- time and trouble of shelling. The sore fingers that dren would dump the evergreenson the floor and resulted from this task were always worth the treat of table of the farmhouse kitchen in the warmth of the a day at the market for a lucky child. wood stove and clean away the dead foliage, the roots, Mid-summer brought golden red peaches,crisp, and any stray dried leaves of forest floor debris. Aunt tart, early apples, and crabapples prized for both jelly- Meal tied the cleaned aromatic vines to a rounded making and pickling. In fall, pears and apples became wire coat hanger to form a wreath. R. C., Edith's abundant, and the incomparable scent of' quince per- father, preferred to make the wire rounds, for he meated the alr. formed perfect circles. He complained that Aunt Meal Rebecca and the younger children-- Rose, Mary, always ended «dth an oval wreath. Then the children Frances, Mimi, and Marcella--also gathered esters, would take the car and scour the back roads around Queen Anne's lace, and other wildHowers to tie into Bastressand Nippenose Valley for stands of the deep bouquets with cultivated blooms from the garden: zin- orange bittersweet, picking all they could find. The nias, snapdragons, and daisies, strawflowers, and bittersweet was bunched to sell alone or tucked into other dried flowers that were always in demand. The the holiday wreaths. While the Baiers' winter apples colorful bouquets,both cheapto raiseand requiring were not a great seller becauseof the mediocre quali- little labor, graced the rough market table, attracting ty, the wreaths and bittersweet were snatched up by additional customers. Throughout the year the family customers eager for fresh holiday greens. sold any excesscottage cheeseand butter produced R.C., Rebecca,and Aunt Meal never grew squash

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A dP Store Lrt 012.4{arket Hou.ie betweenMlarket a,n2 CbLtrcb Stl'eeU 15 or pumpkins, even fbr their own use. carried hand-sewn bags of heavy fabric, Edith remembers the novelty of a much like canvasor denim. Some of spaghetti squash her f'asherbrought these bags could hold four quart boxes in home from a farm where he had spent the bottom. Paper shopping bags were used and reused until they wore out. It the day threshing grain. The family con- sidered it an oddity, but the experience was more convenient to carry produce did not convince them to plant squash too,in handled bags or baskets. for themselves. At the age of sixteen, Edith began to While other families baked cookies, work in Omer Audet'srestaurant, located pies, and breads for market, Edith along an entire wall of the market build- thinks her mother had difficulty just ing. Edith estimatesthe fountain-style supplying the f'amity'sbaking needs,and seatingaccommodated up to thirty-five so there was no excess to seU. people. Mrs. Auden worked all day and Edith began to help Aunt Meal at the all night before market days. She baked M.arket House when she was about thirty dozen of her famous sugar cookies twelve or fourteen, at an ageto be and another thirty dozen of her raisin- filled cookies. The restaurant used about responsible and of somereal assistance. The Market House was open for busi- fifty pies each day, too, which Mrs. ness on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Audet baked herself: coconutcream, but- year round, the vendors arriving at 5 or terscotch meringue, lemon meringue, 5:30 a.m., and customers starting the and, of course, apple, peach, belly, and promenadethrough the aisles by 7 pumpkin pies in season.Customers had a There was a raw, moist odor in the open choice of two entrees, one of which was building, the cement floors always oren chicken potpie. li:ditz remembers seemedgreasy, and the smell of' both dropping the potpie dough into two large fresh and smoked meats permeated the kettles of homemadeboiling chicken air around the butchers'stalls. broth. Meat loaf was served, or roast beef Customers packed the aisles, eyeing the or roast pork. Customers could have goods, probing, hunting the best and potatoes with the meal and vegetables. the freshest,the first or the scariest lce cream was another selection offered, and soh ice cream was also available. produce. Loyal customers were app'ec '' ated, and a special item might be held Edith gaveher entire sala-yto the family for them behind the counter. Edith during the years sheworked at the loved to spend the day at market, but restaurant. But she pocketed the tips only when all the produce sold. from a favorite customer:Mr. Egli, the Leftovers had to be ped(Heddoor-to- butcher, who appreciatedher serviceand door on the way home so nothing was tipped accordingly. wasted, and Edith hated ped(Ding. For years the family relied on an old Edith remembers shredding newspa- delivery truck, a van that R. C. pur- pers with a paper cutter to provide bed- chased specifically to carty the large ding in the hutches for the rabbits that quantities of produce necessary for the were killed, dressed and sold at market market. The van was bumped and dent- when customers ordered them. ed, rusted brown, with little of the origi- Likewise, pigeons were grown and sold nal paint still visible. It was distinguished as squabs--a delicacy akin to a Cornish by the separate seats in the front and the game hen --but there were few buyers wide flat windshield through which the interested in this specialty. driver viewed the road over the rusted The Baiers bought brown paper bags hood. R. C. spent little money on repairs; for produce, bags just big enough to he was no mechanic as we understand hold two-quart boxesof berries. Many the term today. His trust in the efficacy customers carried splint baskets on of baling wire was well known in the their arms to hold the berries. Others family. Baling wire, used to bind layers of dry hay into 100-pound bundles, was zle of steaming water. A short distance used extensively for farm and tractor aheadwas a pull-over, and Norbert repairs before the invention of duct tape. began the maneuver to steer the van to However, the old van must have been a the roadside. But before he reached the f'ormidable vehicle, for despite its decrepi- pull-over, a thick, hot substance spouted tude and R. C.'s mechanical talents, it volcano-like out of the radiator and rolled on for years. back on the windshield. Norbert and About 1938,when Edith was seven- Edith both froze, speechless at the Jness 2«a5. ""l-U teen or eighteen, the old van's radiator obscuring their view, the substance now began to leak, and so each trip to boiling out and down over the front Williamsport necessitated a stop along fender, too. As it became impossible for Route 654 to add water to prevent over- Norbert to seeclearly, he stuck his head heating. One of the children would grab out the side window, but the hot drops the glass gallon jug stored in the van and spattered on his face, widening its run down to the SusquehannaRiver for attack as the radiator boiled more furi- water. Or water was obtained from the ouslV. stream that bordered the road above 'It looks like cooked cereals" lj:dith Nisbet. One day Rob Baier, Edith's older cried incredulously. brother, told his f'ather about a compound "Cereal!" yelled Norbert. "How can that could be addedto the radiator to it be cereal?" plug the leaks. R. C. liked the idea; he He nlnallyfound spaceto pull the had no intention of replacing the leaky van off the road. Nervously. he and radiator, and water was being added so Edith descendedto the safety of flat frequently that someonehad lost the radi- ground and gingerly inspected the goo ator cap, too. Hle approved of a cheap, still spurting from the mouth of the quick Gw.Unbeknownst to anyone, R. C. radiator. The substancewas indeed went to the barn and addeda quantify of cereal, however difficult it was for the finely chopped grain to the radiator. He sister and brother to believe. They took expectedit to sink to the bottom and plug the jug to the stream, carried «,iter to the cracks. the steaming van, and finished without So, one dark summer morning, Edith further incident the last miles home and Norbert rose early to pack the van Norbert related the stoic to R.C., for market. Becausethe day promised who laughed and laughed, finally rain, Edith would stay at the M.arket admitting he had added the chopped House to help Aunt Meal. But after they grain and showing no remorsefor the had arrived at the market at 5:30 and trouble he caused.For sixty years this unloaded the van with the wheeled carts has been Edith's favorite stoic of her provided by the management,the sky father, the stoic R.C.'s grandchildren began to clear, and Aunt Meal decided to love best to hear. It tells so much about send Edith back home to pick berries. a man we never knew. Only the oldest The van had performed well on the down- of his almost 100 grandchildren remem- hill trip to Williamsport, but the return to ber him, and only vaguely. But in this, the farm proved a problem. As Norbert and other tales, his spirit lives on in his rounded Dead Man's Curve above Nisbet tammy. for the pull up the mountain, he knew there was trouble. He and Edith could tell Relatedrec+w: Spbe2 CrabcLppLm,ZHu. by the noise that it was worse than the AIQet'a SugcLrCook:im, RmpberQ Jam, perpetually overheating radiator problem; QuinceHoney, E2Ltb'dRa,ctrl-FLLk2 Cookie, there was no f'amiliar hiss of steam. CottcLgeChee..Je, anB mN own peraorLCLLrecipe Rather, the front of the van had begun to for BrecLkfait OcLtmeal gurgle and plug, emitting thick, heavy noisesinstead of the normal hiss and siz- 17 ,neD Co-

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Fifth Avenue, the area just north of Williamsport's When WiJliamsport, Pennsylvania celebrated its centennial in 1906, the mZ//&/7zaParfSan hailed city limits. Over the next few years, Krause became involved with a shifting group of investors. Vallamont as "Our City's Ideal Suburb For Ideal Homes." The development of Vallamont as a desir- able residential community on land just north of :::£;::::U:=';J;.*hhirVi:=" Lundy, and Dr. J.D. Hill. In 1890, Westfall and his Williamsport's 1839 city boundaries was no acci- dent. M.onths alter the city suffered devastating wife, Mary A. Westfall, bought out all of the part- lossesin the flood of 1889,a group of men led by ners except f'or Krause (m//&/7mPorfSa/z 2..July 1906: 8-9). Then in July 1891, the Westfalls sold James B. Krause purchased the "Packer Farm" for half interest in the Packer Farm to J. Henry and the formation of the planned community of Avis A. Cochran and Eugene R. and Emily A. Vallamont, arguably Williamsport's first such com- Payne for $40,000. These transactions made prehensive housing development. Westfall, Krause, Cochran, and Payne Vallamont owners. Vallamont's developers, who formed the Packer Land and Improvement Company, were all promi- nent businessmen with many interests throughout <:NGamspoK (Daily Gaatte an2 BuLktin 'Z6. November 1891:1ti. Cochran, described by Thomas Taper as the "acknowledged leader of the lumber industry in the West Branch Valley," owned lumber mills and" was part own :r with Payne,. also a mill H owner, of the Susquehanna Boom Company (Tiber 75). The 1890 city directory lists "lawyer" as Krause's occupation, while Westfall served as Panorantic View -- WiLLiatmport superintendent for the Pennsylvania & Erie

l 18 own a home in Vallamont (LCHS). Hunting The street is now know as Hollywood Circle Springs Grove, a beautiful, wooded area with natu- .Nthough large lots were advertised, Vallamont ral springs running through it was reservedas a was not intended only for the wealthy. The south- public outdoor site and soon became known as eastern section of' the development between Walnut Vallamont Park (Daf/y Ga,afXz ,z/z2Ba/&f&z ,26 Street and Market Street of'Feredsmaller lots for November 1891:1). those of "moderate means," while the section "west Not only did developerscapitalize on of WalnutStreet has been divided into 1,000lots Vallamont's desirable setting, they also had a plan which are being reserved for future palatial homes,' f'or creating an appealing neighborhood. Streets the developers explained to a -Da£Zy(.;cz,ariz ,z/z2 measured60 feet in width and were lined with .8zz/bf;fz reporter (26 November 1891:1). Indeed, magnolia, elm, poplar, and maple trees (11%//&z/7zapprr examination of a map published in 1898 reveals Sa/z 2 July 1906:8-9). Large lots offered space and that smaller lots routinely measured 50 feet in t luxury to the potential homeowner.Though lots width while more extravagant properties stretched ranged in size from 30' x 150' to 262' x 202', the more than 260 feet across. In the case of C.R. tlypica[ [ot measured 60' x 16] '. Deve]opers adver- Harris, an entire block along Prospect Terrace tised "Proper and Eflfective Restrictions" regarding (now known as Vallamont Drive) served as the character of buildings to ensure that the quality grounds for his greystone mansion. The of the neighborhood would be maintained (LCHS). Williamsport Hlome for the Friendless also appears The.Z)af/y Ga f/ea/z B/z/bff/z,in an 1891article on this map on Vallamont's southern border. extolling the virtues of Vallamont, noted the Packer Land and Improvement Company's choice to "pro- hibit slaughter houses,pig sIXesand other things of that kind which might prove offensiveor contami- natethe air or water" (26 November1891:1). Even the name Vallamont, combining the French or Latin roots lbr valley and mountain, gave an air of sophistication and beauty to the burgeoning suburb ( m//&z/7mpa/"f Sa// 2 July 1906: 8-9). Street names such as Woodmont, Glenwood, Fairview, Oakland, Glen Echo, and Holly Wood also evoked pleasant, pastoral images. Interestingly, Holly Wood appears as two words as early as 1898 bel'ore the advent of the movie industry that made Hollywood famous.

\ Home for tbe Friett2Lma g'.'-f© a Vallamont was a community designed to serve as home for people from a wide range of financial means,from the wealthy to the indigent, with the upper --middle class targeted as residents although lot sizes did not encourage the random dispersion of those from different economic groups. Large lots were grouped together in the higher northwestern areas,further from the city, while sma]]erlots were clustered along Vallamont's southeastern corner, still within walking distance from Williamsport's vi:$'''' businessdistrict. And of course,the Home for the flit'tllei' lilt tri)) trlpri.L ;all oti(ll ' iiehlt-css. Friendless safely confined the poor to one block along Vallamont's southern border. Perhaps the location of this facilitly within the neighborhood had Bea.LLtdul Suburb -- Vale,n'Lotte more to do with soothing the consciencesof the 19 wealthy, who were becoming increasingly con- cerned with helping the less fortunate Krause, Westfall, Cochran, and Payne had put togethera plan that, by controlling site use,lot size, and street appearance, painted a beautiful picture of life on the hillside. Only one further inducement was necessaryto persuade city dwellers to abandon the activity and convenience in town for the bucolic expansesVallamont had to offer. A convenient form of transportation was absolutely essential. The Vallamont Traction Company completed a trolley line through Vallamont by 1893. Cochran, who owned interests in this railway company as well as in the housing development, fueled their combined Entraftceto Vale nontPark growth. Vallamont was part of a larger national park, located between Belmont Avenue and trend in which transit lines spurred the growth of Prospect Terrace (Vallamont Drive) proved to be suburbs, making commuting possible. an ideal spot for a wide range of activities. In 1894, Onlookers gathered on the day the trolley cars construction was begun on a two-story pavilion, madetheir first run through Vallamont carrying housing a bandstand on the upper stony and a railway o£6lcialsand Vallamont owners. The cost of restaurant below, with plans for the installation of a round trip was 5 cents (Pall/y Gaafrz ei'.B/z/&fzn 5 electric lights throughout the park (Z)a;4y G.zmffe June 1894:5). The route, which took twenty min- ,z/z?.BzzZbf;rz5 June 1894:5). Concertsand theatri- utes to complete, began at M.arket Street and trav- cal performances, popular forms of entertainment eled north to Glenwood Avenue. From Glenwood for the time, attracted many during the summer Avenue the line ran north on Chevy Street, west months. When the Fisk Military Band performed in the newly opened park, over 7,000 people crowded onto the Hunting Springs Grove hillside to hear the conceG,CDcLLLN Gamble anl) BuLkttn \E)hugun., 1894:8). The pavilion's formal opening in 1897 1'ea- tured Gilbert and Sullivan's opera -/ZM.S.Z'&aMorr at a cost of 6 cents for the ahernoon performance and 10 cents for evening seats (Z)af/y Grz.affz a/z Bzz/&r&z ] I June 1897:5). The family entertainment and natural sur- rounding of Vallamont Park continued to attract many visitors as it expanded its offerings. At some point in its 25-year history, the park boastedan

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on Belmont Avenue, south on Woodmont Avenue, west again on Glenwood Avenue for a block, and finally south on Campbell Street, H'om which point it madeits way back through the city to Market Street (Graves & Steinbarger 1898). With the audi bon of this service and the plan ror further services such as gas and sewer lines, Vallamont was well on its way to becoming a thriving, successfulsuburb. While Vallamont'spopulation was growing, Vallamont Park attracted more visitors, residents and non-residents alike. With the trolley stop locat- ed within feet of the park entrance, a more access- Eritra,Fleeto Vale,nlotttPark ible day in the country could hardly be had. The 20 ] amphitheater, a pavilion, a meme-go-round, a band- idealsuburb" (8-9). stand, an adjoining 9-hole golf course, and for at As progress marched on, and more lots were least a short time, a skating rink (MZ/&z wporfS/z/z 3 GHled,some ol' Vallamont's initial attractions began J-ly 1905: 8-9). to fall by the wayside. Alter the death of its manag- Nearby Athletic Park provided even more out- er, W:HI. Acer, in 1918, the park's pavilion, whose door recreational space. Located along Cheng playhouse had been host to countless productions Street where Cochran Elementary School now over the years, did not reopen. The general manag- stands, it was built by the Athletic Park Association er ol' the Wijliamsport Railway Company, which in 1890 to accommodate outdoor sports controlled the park and theater, cited possibleplans ( m7/zb//zaporfSa/z 2 July 1906: 8-9). improvements to make the park a playground (IF7/7&z/vzaporfSa/r 23 and additions to the race track and grandstand March 1918: 7). It was not long, ho«,ever, before were made by the Vallamont Improvement and the park was divided into lots and sold. Perhaps Land Company (formerly the Packer Land and Vallamontwas, in somesense, a victim of its own Improvement Company) in preparation for hosting success.]t became more profitab]e to se]] lots than the Lycoming County Fair (Z).zf/y G.z,affz a/z2 to continue the entertainment offering that had .8a/bf&z 14 November 1894:5). originally made the neighborhood a desirable place In the decadeI'allowing its birth, Vallamont saw to live. Anne Linn Cheyney, in a 1932 1{4/7&/zzaporf many improvements. Trolley lines and sewagesys- Sa/zcolumn, remembers with nostalgia the pleasant temslinked it to the city center.Most Vallamont summer evenings spent at Vallamont park, drinking homes reportedy put in gas when it was piped to from the spring, enjoying a performance at the the neighborhood in 1898 ( m/&z/zzaporf Szz/z22 pavilion, and picnicking under the trees. "We may September 1898:1). Plans in 1894 were made to not be-grudge [sic] the ]and those ]ove]y homes,'' organize a volunteer fire department (Z).zz7y Gzz.afro she writes, "but we do miss our days of clean enter- .z/z2.BzzZbfzlz 12 November 189'4:5). A breakthrough tainment" (20 January 1932: np). Cheyney's col- in postal servicesoccurred in 1900 with a plan for umn, "Jacqueline's Letter to the Home Folks," ran residents to erect private boxes for the collection of from ]927-1932. She recalls in several issues the mail, replacing a system of coming to the mail joys of Vallamont Park, and before that, Packer wagon when the whistle blew ( m/ZZz//?aporfSa/z 2 Farm. October 1900:1). The parks highlighted Vallamont slowly evolved from a suburban com- Vallamont's carefully cultivated pastoral character. munity towards a oily neighborhood. In the 1920s In 1894 a local reporter observed that Vallamont Vallamont experienced a major change as a commu- had become a "thriving community" whose "echoes nity. Loyalsock Township, of which Vallamont was are awakened now by the warning sound of the a part, only served grammar school students. High trolley car gong bearing scoresof people to happy, school provisions were bacny needed.This was, in suburban homes" (Da;/y Gzz,a/iz a/z2 Ba/bf&z ]2 no small part, the reason behind the push that final- November 189'i:5). Vallamont possessedthe con- ly resulted in Williamsport's annexation of venience of the city and the serenity of nature. Vallamont, Grampian, and the East End districts to The progress experienced across the nation the city (Gzz,affz,?/z2 B/z/bf&z 2 September1922: 1). early in this century was also felt by Bus lines replaced trolleys through Vallamont in the Williamsporters as they watched Vallamont "lflorge early 1930s,a transition madethroughout ahead and grow until now it is a little city by itself Williamsport (Sz//z Ga.a/fz I August 1958:6). nestled comfortably and healthfully high above the While many changesoccurred within Vallamont, level of the river" (lta//&//zaporfSa// 2 Juju 1906:8- it retained a distinct neighborhood atmosphere. In 9). By Williamsport's 1906 centennial, Vallamont addition to the subdivision of the park area, a few boasted "over 250 houses, two churches, two school of the larger lots were also carved up into smaller houses,two parks, a golf club house and the Home properties. Hlowever,Vallamont never experienced for the Friendless." The 1{4//&z/7mporf S/z/z writer the decay that resulted on Williamsport's West continues praising the community in a glowing Fourth Street as many former mansions of the lum- report: "With its wide well-cared for streets, its ber baronswere split up into apartments,drastical- handsome houses, its numerous shade trees, its ly altered to serve business interests, or simply sewer systems, its invigorating atmosphere, and the demolished. Ironically, most of the men responsible restrictions placed on the construction of buildings, JlbrVallamont's development owned grand homes Vallamont cannot do otherwise than become an on West Fourth Street. 21 The history of one property in particular, the Vallamont Drive" was maintainedby his wife, Ann greystone built by C. R. Harris along the present Perley, after his death in 1926 (Lloyd 652-3). VaUamont Drive. offers a useful examination of The 800 block of Vallamont is one of the finest Vallamont's evolution. In 1894, Charles R. and that early Vallamont developers had to offer. Ida HI. H.arris purchased Inglenook, described in Throughout its one hundred-year history, it has the deed as "part of a larger tract of land heretof'ore been a]tered but remains a desirab]e p]ace to live known as the 'Packer Farm' and now known as Compare this to Williamsport's West Fourth Street. 'Vallamont '" for $6,000. The property stretched Many of the beautiful mansions built by lumber acrossan entire block of what was then known as barons in the latter nineteenth century have suf Prospect Terrace. The hillside was bounded on the fered greatly from neglect,mutilation, and in many west by Glen lj=choRoad and on the north by cases,demolition. One need only see old photos of Belmont Avenue's extension (approximately where West Fourth Street to realize what has been lost. Campbell Street now continues alter intersecting Fortunately, some restoration efforts are now being Vallamont Drive). Restrictions on this lot exempli- made. Many of the factors that contributed to fy the efforts of Vallamont's planners to maintain a Vallamont's success were likely reasons for the bucolic setting. The property deed specified "no decline of what was once Williamsport's finest more than t«,o (2) d«,elling houses,"and "said neighborhood, West Fourth Street. Floods repeat- dwelling house shall cost at least the sum of six edly ravaged the oily. With the availability of pub- thousand dollars." in addition, 30 trees were to be lic transportation, escapingthe crampedcity life leh along Glen Echo road for the preservation of for high, spaciouscountry land becamea tempting the road's natural beauty (Lycoming Co. [)eed option. Vallamont's planners successfully built their 144:233). development to take advantage of these concerns Hlarris Wified the elite class of Vallamont's andtrends. wealthiest residents. His invention and manufac- Vallamont has weathered its first hundred years ture of the suspender buckle created his fortune well. Over time, of course it has seenits share of (Z).z/4yG.z,affz a/z2 Ba/&f&z 12 November 1894:5) . changes,the most notable being the conversion of The house, described as "one of the finest country Vallamont Park into lots on which housesnow residencesin the state," next became home to stand. While it remains a pleasant, desirable loca- another of Williamsport's most prominent citizens tion to live, Vallamont is by no meansthe costliest (Z)adl/yG.zw/fz .z/z2 Ba/&/hz 12 November 1894:5). In neighborhoodin the Williamsport area.New, pres- 1900 the property was purchased by .Mien P tigious developments with enormous, extravagant Perley for $10,000. Perley was involved in the lum- homesspread lbrther up the hillside eachyear. But ber businessas a manufacturer and dealer with Vallamont essentially remains the community it was interests in numerous companies. Hle also served as planned to be. Long-time residents describe it as a president of the West Branch Valley Bank of peaceful, wholesome, f'amity-oriented neighborhood Williamsport. His residence,listed as "Greystone, with attractive, unique homes (Sa/z-G.zaf/e 8 September 1996: A-2). The quiet, wide, tree-lined streets and well-cared for homes that span the neighborhood reflect the plan expressedby Vallamont's early developers.

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DKnns Inglenook: Block A," Z-#ro/zany Ca///z .Deep,Vo1. 144,p. 233. Packer Farm," tyco/ zzlnyGaze/z/y-Z)eea, Vo1. 121, p. 201; Vo1.128, p. 573. ;820 Vallamont," fgca/zzlnyColl/z/yZ)eca Vo1. 1089, p. 152; Vo1. 550, P. 18; Vo1. 313, P. 298; Vol 170, P. 199; Vo1. 144 P 233 830 Vallamont," tyco/zzzny Coli/zQ .Z)re& Vo1. 308, p. 592. 840 Vallamont," fWco//zzlayCall/rQ Z)rr& Vo1. 304, P. 506.

MAPS Atlas of Surveys of the City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania and Suburbs" (Boston and Philadelphia, Graves and Steinbarger, 1898), Vallamont, Index. 'Williamsport's Beautiful Suburb, Vallamont" (Lycoming County Historical Society)

BOOKS Boyd, Hana and William H. Boyd. m//&nmparrZ)hec/a/:y.. /#y0. Williamsport, PA: A.D. Lundy and Co., Booksellers, 1890 ChudacofEHoward P. and Judith E. Smith. Z%e.Ep.7Zaf&,/z o#''l/zzcr&a// Urea// Socio. 3rd ed. EnglewoodCliffs, NJ: Prentice Hlal1,1988. Dornsife, Samuel J. and Eleanor M. Wolfson. Z«paf11;27/&z/zmporr. Montoursville, PA: Paulhamus Litho, Inc., 1995. Lloyd,Thomas W. J7L/a/y oyf#ro/zzl;ny Coli/zfy. Topeka, IN: HistoricalPublishing (:o., 1929. 'hegxnness, 3(Xxn 'F. HiatoW ofLNcolllhg CotutQ, Petuta'yLvaltktIrLcLuaLrtg ltd AborLgtrm.LHiatorU. (IAAca.g,o-.Brawn. Run&t a.na Co. , 1892 . Robert Larson, et al., m#h//zaporr;Frp/zf&r Hz'/fzgrto Rfg&/za/Ce/zrzr. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 198'{ Taper,Thomas, Jll. mall/7uporfZ)a//z6er Capzf.z/. Muncy, PA, 1995.

ARTICLES Cheyney,Anne Linn. "Jacqueline's Letter to the Home Folks." [l2W/&//uparrSa/z 23 June 1930;20 June 1931;20 January 1932. Elliott, Lynn. "S]eepingPorches, " OZP ]Zo/rir Jazz/ /z.z/ Juju /August1995: 38.

NEWSY)APERS DaLLNGcLmtte .tnB BttLleLLrt Fisk Military Band Gives Concert at Vallamont" 15 August 1894:8. Lycoming Fair: Option Secured by Vallamont Improvement Co." 14 November 1894:5 Out at Va]]amont" 26 November 1891:1. Vallamont Fire Company: Volunteer Service" 19 April 1894. Vallamont Park" Formal Opening of Pavilion" 1 1 June 1897: 5. Vallamont Park: Pavilion Built" 5 June 1894:5. Vallamont Park: Skating Rink Burned to the Ground" 25 March 1895. Vallamont Suburb: Development and Progress" 12 November 1894:5. Williamsport's Street Car Service: Opening of Vallamont Line 31 July 1893:5.

Gautte cute Bt Lktln 'Annexation of Vallamont, Grampian and the East End Districts" 2 September 1922: 1

Salt-Gazette RememberHow the Old Vallamont Trolley Ran?" I August 1958:6. 'Vallamont Neighborhood Treasures Family Living" 8 September 1996: A-2

N/U,Lh-nuportStart Look to the East from Vallamont," Vallamont Land CompanyAdvertisement, 10 August 1912 Stott of Vallamont,Our City's Ideal Suburb for Ideal Homes" 2 July 1906:8-9. Vallamont Park" 21 August 1953:7 Vallamont Park Not to Be Opened"23 March 1918:7. Va[[amont'sFree Mai] De]ivery" 2 October 1900:1. Williamsport: Gas, Piping in Vallamont" 22 September1898. 23 Hedi House (PcLrk:Hotel) Bgq:J.tQfGovertLor.4 Bruce C. Buckle, President [)avid Frey Robert E. Kane, Jr., lst Vice President Betty Gardner Roger D. Shipley, 2nd Vice President Judith Gedroiz Mary Jane Arnold, 3rd Vice President [)avid Heiney Sally E. Hilsher, Treasurer Nancy Kayarian Susan K. Beidler, Secretary Karla Sexton Carolyn Bullock Ralph Spinner Eiderson Dean Bernard Strosser Joseph Fisher Joseph Stewart Boa,rQ of Trustee.:i John L. Bruce. Jr. William H. Hawkes lll John F. Piper, Jr., Ph.D Renee Laychur .IUmeum, Sta,.

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