The White Swan Bar and Restaurant on Monroeville Blvd in early 1940s-1950s. Original owners Emil and Nick Colbaugh; later Augie Bates.
Virginia Sposito Gratton at her home at 271 Wallace Dr. in 2014.
Beatty's Restaurant and Gulf Gas Station on Old Wm Penn Hwy near Center Road. c. 1948.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.
Zayre's in "Zayre's Plaza" in the 1960s.
Connie McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
The Graham House (c. 1780) on Old Ramsey Road is guarded by "Maggie".
Garden City Shopping Center. c1960.
Graham Log House (c.1780) in the 1930s.
Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.
Teresa Mirro - "Woman of the Year, 1982."
Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
Monroeville's Municipal Building in 2006.
Johnny Garneau's Restaurant on Route 22.
Floyd Johnston, his wife and grandson with a team of oxen in the 1976 bicentennial parade.
Putt-putt Miniature Golf Course. 2005.
Park Diner on Route 22. c. 1990.
Route 22 between Northern Pike and Center Road.
Union Railroad train unloading scrap at US Steel's Duquesne works.
George C. Johnston and family, c. 1900.
Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton st. Extension in 2006.
Salamon Brother's Super Market at Route 22 and Center Road. c. 1940.
Menu from Cole's Cottage on Route 22 at Center rd. c. 1953.
Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.
Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.
Brookside Mobile Home Park in 2006.
Monroeville Municipal building. 1998.
Johnstonâs Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
Monroeville Mall under construction. 1968.
Greyhound Bus (type MCI-9, Americuriser) at Monroeville Mall Bus Stop. 2005.
Billy Speelman and "Parson" at the Speelman house.
Ricahrd Maxwell on "Big Red". c. 1950.
Holiday House - Main Dining Room.
John Lucas Schafer in front of thye family home at 2003 Haymaker Road.
Margaret Bing Monroe. c. 1880.
Miracle Mile at night. c. 1950.
Route 22 near Center Rd. (Ruby's Cleaners on left). c. 1960.
Schafer Family (Lena Schafer Johnston, John Schafer, George Schafer, and Grandma Schafer).
George C. Johnston and family, c. 1899.
Henry Duff and Rebecca Monroe Duff.
Maxwell Family (Helen,Jack, Dick & Joan) with "Buckskin" in 1946.
Floyd Johnston with his Clydesdale âHollyâ on the Johnston Farm is 1974.
Monroeville's Holiday House, a well-known night club, went out of business in the 1980s; in 1989 the building, at the 3700 block of Route 22, was torn down to make way for the Holiday Town Centre shopping mall.
Kerr-Campbell House in the 2006.
Municipal Water Authority along Old Route 22.
Garden City under construction in 1956.
Monroeville Mall - ice skating rink, c. 1975.
Tucker's Hotel on Route 22 near Duff Road. c. 1950.
Monroeville Public Library before opening in 1964.
Edward L. Dardanell, for many years publisher and CEO of Dardanell newspapers including Monroeville's Times- Express.at his office in Monroeville.
Family outing at Burke Glen. 1937.
Local traffic on Pitcairn Rd. c. 1920.
Garden City Swimming Pool.
George C. and Mary Johnston in the mid 1930s.
Tom and Isabelle Storey in their Turtle Creek home in 2014.
Cole's Cottage at Route 22 and Stroschien Rd. in 1947.
Young's Grocery and Gas Station, near James St. c.1930. (rear view).
The Third Cross Roads Church building on Mosside Blvd. c.1960.
Center Road at Route 22. c. 1990.
Cole's Custard Stand on Route 48.
Bituminous Coal Research off Hochberg Road.
The Old Windmill Restaurant and Gravity Fill station on Old Route 22. c. 1930.
Dan Nowak, member, Monroeville Historical Society (c.2009).
Monroeville's Maintenance Department on May 25, 1976.Top Row: L. to R.: John Anderson, Herb Spat, John Fisher, Gene Meticvitch, Nick Zdjelar, Chad Honey, Tom McKay, Rib Felton, Fred Otto, Ralph Pivorttio, Den Spritz, James Madejerick, John Mazak, Ron Korner. Bottom Row: L. to R. Bob Jahn, J.P.Taylor, Mark Ruffing, Hank Masters, Bill Speelman, Zig Matuski, Ed Solusky, Walt Sobol, Dan Skiles.
Gravity Fill Gas station on Old Route 22 with staff.
The Householder Family on Tilbrook Road near the Grimm Farm in the late 1920s.
James E. Speelman at a horse show on the Speelman farm (near today's Hill Crest Church) in the 1950s. James Speelman later went on to found the Diamond Cab Company in the east suburbs.
Corn Crib on Wallace Drive (in 2008) - a reminder of Monroeville's agricultural past.
San Juan Motel in the late 1940s.
Robert and Mary Thompson.
Route 22. Pittsburgh Dry Cleaners. c. 1990.
WABCO workers houses on Boyd's Hill in 2006.
Robert Thompson (1873-1944) with grandson Darryl in the 1940s.
Samuel King Beatty (c. 1850).
William and Mary Haymaker c. 1865. (Courtesy Library and Archives Division, Historical Society of Western PA.).
Monroeville Mall - Pub Lounge.
Group portrait of the inhabitants of Mellon Plan/ Boyd's Hill in 1918.
The US Post Office in Monroeville. 2005.
Manor House Apartments (c. 1900). 2446 Johnston Rd. 1982.
Belwood Recreation Center
Office of Dr. McDonald, 3538 Northern Pike in 2005. Extensively remodeled, this structure was the first stagecoach stop in Monroeville -- the Rising Sun Inn.
King's Motel; Rt. 22 at 48 looking east - 1968.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence).
Sportsmen's bar on Old Wm. Penn Hwy. in the late 1940s.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Has been extensively restored by the Bill Johnson family for whom it now serves as a residence.
Log Cabin at 205 Kenmar Drive - originaly built as Hunting Lodge for Jake Shafley in 1939.
Miller/Solomon Farm. - 1957. Clara Louise with two children (Harry to the right). In background is summer kitchen.
Miracle Mile Drive-In near Murrysville in the late 1950s.
Joesph and Mary Mann McClintock.
The 6th generation of Monroeville Johnstonâs (l to r). John, Harry, Bill and Elmer.
The McCully Log House being re-constructed on the McGinley property by MHS members and other volunteers. (John McCully)
Puttsburgh-Monroeville Airport (aerial view). 1969.
Clugston School on Beatty Road.
Mrs. Betty Miller and Piper Cub.
James King Snodgrass and Annie McGinley Snodgrass in 1934.
Advertisement for Monroeville Mall. 1983.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) as modernized in the 1940s.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Sam Black Farm House on Mosside Blvd. "Blackridge Farm." (near present-day Sunrise Senior Living Home)
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22. 1986.
Phoenix Motel on Route 22. c. 1960.
Mosside Blvd in 2011 (Photo by Gene Bolch) .
Monroeville Police Dept. at the Ground Breaking ceremony for the new Municipal Building, Aug. 3, 1957. Full-Time Officers (L. to R. , front row):George Gregowich, Andy Rusbarsky, Edward Irwin, John Secko, Charles Gardener, Sylvester Lisic, Koerth Schwartmiller, John Garofolo. Part-Time Officers (L. to R. second row): Charles Castagnero, Gordon Elwood, Verner Smeltz, Charles Howell, William Lewis, Harold Batchen, Harry Myers, John Duncan, Norman Fiorito, Michael Rosipal, Alfred Pitassi, James Thomas, Carmen Marciano, Anthony Blazovich.
Haymaker Rd. (unpaved). 1950s.
Evening on Route 22 near the Miracle Mile Shopping Center (photo by Gene Bolch).
Dora Urick, collecting eggs from her chicken house on the Urick farm. Dora is collecting the eggs in her apron, which is the way she always collected them, never in a basket. This picture was taken in the early 30s. The chicken house was located on the lower part of Urick Lane across from Urick Court.
First Air Mail at Johnston Field - 1938 (l to r: 1- Herbert F Miller; 2-Johnston; 5-.H. Vogel, instructor ; 6-P. Ball, Gulf Aviation; 7-Teresa James (later USAF Major).
George M. Johnston , wife Anne, and sister Mary Agnes, with Bertha and Mary. 1895.
Mary Martha Maxwell (1846-1918).
Union Railroad's Hall Shops. 2005.
James and Rebecca Carlisle at their wedding at Hill Crest farm.
Assembly of God Church in 2005.
Patton Township Fire Truck from Fire Company Number 1, a 1939 International Pumper, seen here in the Fourth of July parade.
Ice Cream container from Kuehn's Dairy Farm - Monroeville's last functioning dairy farm which ceased operation in the mid-1990s.
San Juan Motel in the late 1940s.
South Junior H.S. - 1970s.
La Barbe restaurant. 2005.
MHS members Lois Alworth, Joan Roolf, and Jan Damon examine the Landmarks plaque awarded by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Society to the Old Stone Church in 1978.
Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 1901.
Routes 22 and 48 facing west in 2005.
Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky in the 1950s on the Miller/Solomon Farm.
Samuel Gillis, with Paul, Wilimar and Genevieve in 1926.
Phoenix Motel on Route 22.
Duff Family, Labor Day, 1915.
Flea market at Jonnett Plaza. 1982.
The Penn Mor Hotel and Restaurant. The Amantea family (bothers Joe, George, Albert, and Adam) built and ran the Penn Mor Hotel at the southern end of Mosside Blvd. The building was erected in 1947 as a hotel for workers who needed convenient rooms and meals. The restaurant expanded to serve a heavy volume of lunch-time customers from local businesses (Westinghouse Printing in Trafford, Westinghouse Electric, etc) with favorites being Hot Sausage on Bun and Pasta dishes. Eventually the brothers expanded the building to included banquet facility with large ballrooms (first and second floors) for dances, wedding receptions, and conferences. The business was sold in 1957.
Route 22 facing East in the early 1950s.
The Speed Hound Roller coaster at Burke Glen. c. 1930.ÿ (Photo courtesy of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh).
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's
Holiday Inn off of Route 48.
Crowds gathered for the regular Horseshows held at the Speelman Farm in at the "upper ring" near Speelman St. and Miller Ave. in the 1950s.
Miller/Solomon Farm. Mrs. Elizabeth ("Betty") Miller.
Evelyn and jane Treher at Hill Crest Farm. 1918.
Monroeville's Time Capsule on display at Monroeville Mall in 1976.
USAF Rockets on display at the opening of the Monroeville Mall. 1969.
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
Northern Pike towards Route 22. c.1990.
Gravel Business - Old Wm Penn Hwy.
Site of Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1987.
Lois Alworth at the MHS's Fall Festival, 2009.
Miller/Solomon Farm. The building in the background is the summer kitchen used to separate milk and cream, and also used as the kitchen for Passover. Foreground is Maurice Miller with his wife, Shirley.
22 Park Shops (Route 22) - 1970.
North American Martyrs Catholic Church. 2005.
Mellon Plan School. c. 1940.
Old Windmill restaurant on Old Route 22. c. 1930.
The Jae family. Children of Elizabeth Jordan Jae.
Chin's Taki Outi on William Penn Hwy (near Center Road) c. 1970.
Glen Cole at the Atlantic gas station on Old Route 22.
Highway Auto Store in the 1940s.
Former Roosevelt School on thomspon Run Rd. c. 1970.
Route 22 heading east at Center Road. c. 1950.
Duck Pond at Monroeville's Restland Cemetery. 1997.
School at Haymaker and Saunder's Station in 1927.
Charles Raymond Warner, Sr., heavy equipment operator for Warner Excavators, is seen in the front of Warner's auto garage on Northern Pike (c. 1925).
James "Jimmy" Mirro c. 1970.
Ramsey Elementary School. 2005.
"Lustron" steel house clad in square panels of porcelain enameled steel. (1949). 317 Pinevue Drive.
Roy Chester Elliott (1896-1980) and Abbie Elliott (1903-1996).
Monroeville's Holiday inn. Original Building on Mosside blvd. 1970. (aerial view).
Holiday inn on Mosside Blvd. 2005.
US Post Office on Monroeville Blvd. c. 1980.
Wallace (Naser) House on Moss Side Blvd. (c. 1800). Original property deed by James Irwin to George Miller a private in the Revolutionary War in 1805 It descended to James Michael and then to William Wallace, and most recently to the Naser's. (Razed.)
King's Motel on Route 22. 2005. (razed in 2013)
Frank Urick (1881-1946) with horse "Babe" on the Urick farm c. 1937
John and Pricilla Monroe Weller (daughter of Joel Monroe) with their children in 1907.
Kerr-Campbell House in the 1980s.
Roy Chester Elliott (1896-1980) with his Ford Model T.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm (Monroeville's last family-owned dairy farm) c.1970s.
Old Stone Church. c. 1900.
Vera McBride. 1999.
Cross Roads Presbyterian Meeting House (original church building). c.1890.
Workers building the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Monroeville in the 1950s.
Florence Gertrude Solomon.
School at Saunders Station and Haymaker Rds. 1927.
Holiday House on Route 22. 1970s.
Penn-Monroe Bar and Restaurant on Route 22. c. 1950.
Wedding at Old Stone Church.
Greyhound Bus Station at Zayre's Plaza on Route 22. c. 1980.
Monroeville Municipal Building in the 1970s.
Cinema world in Monroeville Mall Plaza. 1990.
A team of oxen is seen on Northern Pike in front of Warner's Auto Repair in this 1920s photo.
La Barbe restaurant showing outdoor dance floor in back. c. 1950.
Monroevile Mall - G. C. Murphy Co.
Ice skating Rink in Monroeville Mall in 1983. (closed in 1983).
Richard "Dick" McClain. c. 1990.
Entrance to Garden City in 1988.
Darryl Thompson with "Old Shep." c. 1940s.
Good Shepherd Luthern Church on Old Wm Penn Hwy. 2005.
Monroeville School in 1909.
Patty Polce, organist, at Fall Festival, 2006.
Mellon Plan School - 1970s
Thomas McMasters McElroy and his wife Emily Mattox McElroy.
Young's Grocery and Gas station, near James St. c. 1930.
Mary Dugan with her Appalachian Dulcimer at the Fall Festival, 2006.
George Takas' Auto Body Shop in 1970s.
Widening of Monroeville Blvd. in 1970.
Picnic at McMasters' Grove. c. 1910.
Pittsburgh Outdoor Theater, on route 22 near route 48, in the late 1940s.
Route 22 east from overpass near Northern Pike. c. 1950.
McCully House at original location on Queen Drive. c. 1992. (John McCully)
Teresa and James Mirro with James Jr., in 1950.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) after 1990's addition.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Removal of Railroad tracks for mine servicing near Route 22 and Center Road.
La Barbe restaurant. c. 1920.
Holiday House Advertisement - March, 1988.
Miller/Solomon farm - Miller Family in the 1950s.
The Joel Duff Family. (Rebecca Monroe Duff, Olivia Evelyn Treher, Lavinia Weller, Anna Duff, unk., Joel Duff).
Monroeville School. C. 1950.
Joe Taylor family. c. 1900.
Grace Thompson in 1927.
Moss Side Elementary School. c. 1970.
Valley Buick Shopping Center on Route 22 in the 1970s.
Family outing on Tilbrook Road. c. 1920.
Union Railraod - Hall Locomotive Repair Shops
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
"Gene's Waterfall" off Strochein Road. 1998.
Plaque honoring Dr. John R. Tilbrook from the grateful congregation of the Crossroads Presbyterian Church.
Taylor's Auction Barn near routes 22 and 48. c. 1950.
Walko residence. Moderne-style house at 554 Haymaker Road. (Sold May 2005 to make way for townhouses).
Peg Heasley (Rider and trainer) with Jean Colbaugh (mounted on "Lucky Lady")at a horse show in Monroeville at the Speelman farm in the 1950s.
Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.
McGinley and McCully Houses, winter, 2010.
Wedding in the Old Stone Church.
On Northern Pike towards Route 22. c. 1950.
Cross Roads Church Congregation 1918.
Old Stone Church. c. 1920.
Radio Hill along Route 48 (later the Gateway H.S. campus) as seen from Loehmann's Plaza. 1985.
Billy Speelman on Parson (The Pittsburgh Press Sunday Roto Aug, 25, 1945).
Lois Lyman at McGinley House Craft Show. 1982.
William Penn Motel on Route 22.
Chester Beatty in the cab of Beatty Farm delivery van in 1952.
The Bradley House (c. 1860) at 2340 Saunders Station Road, in 2004.
Monroeville's Public Library in 2005.
MacGregor Road Stone Bridge. c. 1970.
Joe Burton. Monroeville Councilman and MHS member, c. 1980.
Temple David Synagogue on Northern Pike in 2009.
Rovesti & Bruce Houses, 770 & 754 Patton St. - in the 1930s.
School children at Clugston School.
Louis Chandler.
Miracle Mile (aerial view). 1985.
Monroeville Mall - interior, c. 1975.
Brunner Farm House in 2005.
Terrace Motel on Route 22. 1969.
Garden City Swimming Pool.
Two ladies riding in an early automobile in front of the Old Stone Church. c.1910.
U.S. Steel Research Labs off Jamison Lane shortly after opening in 1956.
Zayre's on Route 22 - 1970s
Ice skating Rink in Monroeville Mall in 1983. (closed in 1983).
James Street in the 1920s.
Frank and Dora Urick on the Urick Farm.
Richard Maxwell, Jr. and "Daisy." in 1947.
Young's Grocery and Gas Station at Young's Corner near James St. 1930.
Route 22 looking west (with Luzader's 22 Motel on left). c.1960.
Mary Thompson in her "Victory Garden." c. 1940.
MacGregor Stone Bridge near Old Wm. Penn Hwy.
Taylor's Auction Barn in the 1950s.
Donna Ciarcinski, member, Monroeville Historical Society.
Union RR - Hall Locomotive Repair Shops off Thompson Rd.
Graham Log House (c. 1780) off of Old Ramsey Road in 1976.
Wm. Penn Motel, Burger King and Sunrise Inn. Route 22. 1995.
Route 22 with Wm. Penn Fruit Market's open stands. c. 1950.
Strochein Road from Jonette Bldg. looking north. 1993.
Cross Roads Meeting House (The original church building). c. 1880
Cinemette East on Mall Boulevard. c. 1970. One of the last movie theaters in Monroeville was eventually closed and a (Best Buy) retail store erected on the site.
Conley's Motel and Restaurant on route 22. c. 1960.
Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.
Horace W. "Hook" Warner (1897-1985). "Mr. Monroeville" -- a leader in community development and founder of the Monroeville Chamber of Commerce (seen here in a 1953 photo).
St. Nicholas Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church. 2005.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. c. 1990.
Victoria Station restaurant off Stroschein Rd. c. 1980.
Radisson Hotel near Monroeville Mall. 2005. (Currently a DoubleTree)
Miracle Mile in the late 1950s.
MHS event at McGinely House. (Irene Rogotti, Theresa Mirro, & Patti Eithorn). c. 1980.
La Barbe Barbeque and Restaurant. c. 1930.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. 1960s.
Monroevile Mall - skating rink.
Monroeville's Adderly district. 2002.
Bradley House, 2340 Saunders Station Rd. Home of the Geroge Smith family in 1941.
Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton St. Ext. c. 1910.
Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Joseph L. Kiren building the Kiren House on McKinney Road.
Monroeville's first municipal building in 1957.
George Robert Johnston IV during WWII.
Piles of strip mine tailings created a "swimming hole" for local children in the 1930s and 40s. Pictured are Catherine Wray and her cousin, Jimmy Wray.
Evergreen Elementary School - 1970s.
Clarence Aber (1887-1930).
Harold "Chick" Clugston with his car on the family farm. c. 1930.
McCully House. c. 1990. (John McCully)
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Samuel L. and Nannie Earle Gillis.
Johnston's Dairy Farm, established in the late 1700s, was the oldest family farm in continuous operation in Monroeville. It finally went out of business in the early 1980s, and the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.
Originally the Anthony residence, this structure designed by noted architect Henry Hornsbostelÿ for a site along Aber's Creek, was called "Valley Tower."
Ticket for Burke Glen amusement park.
Stella Cain Bachman c. 1920.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.
Pittsburgh Corning Co. 1962.
Route 22 looking east near Rt. 48 (Kaufmann's on right). c.1960.
Former Saw Mill - Thompson Run Road. 1970s
McCully House being reconstructed in 1993. (John McCully)
Daniel and Catherine Jenker McMunn -- descendents of Martha Miers.
Louisa Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - September 1936.
Old Stone Church in 1915.
Valley Buick Route 22 & Route 48. 1970s.
Cathy "Rusty" Westfield at crafts festival. c. 1990.
John and Sarah Graham. Wedding Photo. c. 1910.
Monroeville Water Authority on Old Wm Penn Hwy.
Wilkinsburg-Pittsburgh Air Park (Monroeville Airport). c. 1950.
Children of Robert & Essy McGinley - 1920s.
Sarah Sylves Thompson with Former Councilman James Mirro.
A Cole Automobile on a national sales tour is displayed in Pitcairn in 1910.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Kuehn brothers (Fred, Carl, and Bud) on horse.
Airmail envelope embossed with Johnston's Airport return. 1941.
Mary Martha Maxwell (1846-1918).
Shay Locomotive of the Cunningham Coal Co., servicing the mines of Patton Township is shown here removing tracks on Center Road.
Evelyn Treher, unk., Olivia Treher at Duff Farm.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1947.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 21, 1960 - Miracle Mile Drive-In Grand Opening.
Jean Winkler Colbaugh and "Lovely Lady." c. 1944.
The Palace Inn Motel on Route 48. 2005. (razed 2009. Current location of UPMC Hospital)
Route 22. view from Miracle Mile. c. 1990.
Floyd Johnston with Johnstonâs Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
Leroy and Helen Rush Thompson at their wedding. c. 1940.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) Housing at Boyd Hill. c 1923.
Manor house, 2446 Johnston Rd., May1988.
Penn Monroe Bar and Grill on Route 22 in the 1970s.
Eat 'n Park restaurant on Route 22. c. 1990.
Gateway Middle School. 2005.
Sarah Sylves Thompson (1909-1995) with her Patton Twp. classroom.
The Herb Garden at McGinley House. c. 1990.
George L. Johnston. 1920.
The Holiday House, located on the north side of Route 22 in the 2700 block, was a popular night club that featured "big name" entertainers from the 1950s to the 1980s. It closed its doors in the late 1980s, and the land was sold for development.
Turnpike Gardens entrance sign in 2005.
US Post Office on Monroeville Blvd. 1970s.
Water Fountain at Monroeville Mall - 1978.
Monroevile Mall - interior.
Sarah Sylves (Thompson) with her mother in the early 1900s.
Harry Solomon and "Mo." c. 1950.
Union Railroad's Steam Locomotive. 1940s.
Tom Beatty on the Beatty Farm on Logan's ferry Road in 1940.
Robert Maxwell (1840-1928).
The University Park Garden Club members prepare for the April Garden Market to held at Kubrick's Nursery on Rt 22, in 1961. L to R: Bob Kubrick, Kay Oswalt, Aenese Straufenberg, Geraldine Giola, Elinor Chadwick, and Alice Witkovich.
Wedding picture George Bachman and Stella Cain Bachman - Oct. 1908.
Jean Winkler Colbaugh and "Taxi." c.1944.
The Schafer Farmhouse in 2005.
Alice Jane (Berger)Hall on her wedding day in 1914.
A & L Motors on Route 22.
Beatty's Resaurant and Gulf Station on Route 22 at Strochein Rd. c. 1948.
Monroeville's Time Capsule being buried at Flag Plaza near the Old Stone Church in 1976.
Fountains in Monroeville Mall from second floor. 1969.
Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. In front, Mary Solomon Linhart and Clara Louise. By side porch, Betty Miller.
John Gill grave marker in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Robert J. & Essie Glendenning McGinley with daughter Hazel
Young's Grocery and Gas Station at Young's Corner near James St. 1930 (rear view).
Ethel May McGinley (b. 1912).
Northern Pike Shopping Center at Route 48. 1970s.
Graham Farmhouse (now gone) near today's Garden City.
Tailings from strip mine at Old William Penn and Center Road. Catherine Wray, long time resident of Monroeville, is pictured. (c.1930s).
Best Buy in Monroeville Mall plaza. 2006.
PPG Industries, 440 College Park Drive. In 2012.
Rebecca Carlisle with Nellie Bishop Gillis and Evelyn Treher Gillis.
Monroeville Mall in 2005.
Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).
The Ice Skating Rink at Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Sunrise Inn on Route 22. c. 2000.
Taylor's Auction Barn on route 22. c. 1950.
Veterans Celebrations at the Old Stone Church - c.1900.
chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.
First Monroeville Borough Council. January 10, 1952.
Northern Pike Elementary School. c. 1970.
Cross Roads Church Sunday School. c. 1910.
Burke Glen amusement park. Original oil paining by Kathleen Ferri.
Taylor's Auction Barn on Route 22 in the 1950s.
Lang Log House at 249 Wallace Dr. 2005.
Beatty Farm Meat Market on Old William Penn Hwy in 1952.
Northern Pike & Mosside Blvd. 1971.
Old Stone Church (interior). c. 2000.
Gulf Gas Station located on the southwest corner of Old Route 22 and Center Road. In the late 1950s, the station was owned by the Hamilton family.
Lynn Chandler and Mary Lou Span. 2005.
McCully Log House after being modernized. (c. 1985). (John McCully)
Miracle Mile Shopping Center in the 1960s.
Holiday House - Rose Room.
US Steel Research Center (aerial view). c. 1960.
La Barbe Resaurant c. 1970.
Taylor's Auction Barn on Route 22. c. 1950.
James and Jennie Myers headstone in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Northern Pike Elementary School. 2005.
Henningsen contemporary log house.
Harvest Home picnic held at McMaster's Grove, August, 1916.
Caroline Vercelli and âSugarfootâ- Mar. 26, 1972.
Holiday House - Double H Grill.
Old Stone Church interior â altar in 2013
Monroevile Mall - fountain.
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
The Penn Mor Hotel and Restaurant. The Amantea family built and ran the Penn Mor Hotel on Mosside Boulevard in the 1940s and 50s. This 1955 photo shows Adam and Joe Amantea tending the restaurant's bar.
Horseback riders in Turnpike Gardens. 1962.
Display card for Monroevill'e Time Capsule on display in 1976.
Olivi Mary, Evelyn Charlotte, and Beatrice Jane Treher in Turtle Creek in 1918.
Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.
Burke Glen amusement park with a boardwalk over the stream.ÿ c. 1930s.
Patton Township Coal Mine in 1922
Route 22 looking West in 2005.
Former Saw Mill on Thompson Run Road, now Eles Brothers Cement Co. 2005.
Penn-Monroe Bar and Grill on Route 22. 2005.
Jordan School on Grandview - 1970s.
Miracle Mile shopping center. 1987.
George M. Johnston, with wife,Ann; sister, Mary Agnes, and daughters Bertha and May in 1895.
Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky on the farm's racetrack.
Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).
Stroschein's Cross Roads Atlantic Gas Station. c. 1930.
WABCO Workers housing on Boyd's Hill.
William Penn Motel at 4139 Wm. Penn Hwy. c. 1960.
Krusey's Cement Block Co., on Wallace Drive, in 2008.
Tyke's Gas station at Route 22 and Stroschien Rd.
View from Cross Roads Cemetery looking north in 2001.
Burke Glen Amusement Park (c. 1930).
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. c. 1990.
Union High School in 1913. (2nd row, 2nd from left - Leonora Beatty Warner).
Old Stone Church front entrance in 2013.
WPSL, Monroeville's radio station. c. 1970. The station signed on the air in September 1964 with call letters taken from the name of the founder. Punchy Sylvis Leib. When she died, her sister Sarah Sylves Thompson, took over as President of The Monroeville Broadcasting Company. The station was sold to out-of-town interests, and the call letters changed in 1980.
Elsie Strochein Johnston with George Robert and Edythe Johnston.
Johnny Garneau's Restaurant and smorgasbord on Route 22.
"Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.
Veteran's Memorial across from Borough Building.
Claire Nissen, Organist at the San Juan Motel. 1948.
Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - C. 1930s.
Hohmann Farmhouse near Young's Corner in 2006.
Lois Lyman in the McGinely House Herb Garden. c. 1980.
Miracle Mile with Thrift Drugs in 1987.
Richard Maxwell, Sr. on "Bob" and Stan Morse on "Teddy," in 1947.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1976.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Sewing Club - Cross Roads Church in the 1910s.
Family Picnic at McMasters' Grove. 1909.
Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 2006.
Swimming Pool at Burke Glen.
Clair Chandler at McCully house. c. 1990.
Monroeville Fire Company #5 began in 1955 in the side garage bay of the Gulf Service Station located at Strochein Road and Business Route 22. The company later (1964) moved to a new location on Seco Road in Monroeville's Business Park.
Holiday House on Route 22. c. 1980.
The Old Stone Church. 1934.
Mural of Monroeville by prominent Pittsburgh artist, John Johns, at bank building, 2727 Strochien Rd. 1965.
Lynn Chandler, MHS President, at the Fall Festival, October, 2009.
Monroeville Public Library. c. 1980.
Beauty Supply Salon at Rt. 22 and Center/Monroeville Trestle Rd. in 1988. This corner was once the location of Salamon Brother's Market.
Adeth Jeshurn Congregation and Jewish Center, 3815 Northern Pike. 2005.
Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.
Hindu Jain Temple in University Park. 2005.
Coal Mine near modern day Caruso Plan in 1920s.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1946.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Steam Locomotive (Baldwin type 0102) built for the Union Railroad in the 1940s.
Lucas Schafer, "Weedy " Prvts, and John L. Schafer.
Speelman (McCollough) Farm House (c. 1840). At 2215 Monroeville Road, as it appeared in the 1970s (Razed).
Cenotaph marking Abers gravesite in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Hugh Maxwell (1800-1860).
Miniature Golf Course at Burke Glen. 1968.
Rebecca Gillis Sooy, Great- Great- Great-Granddaughter of Joel Monroe showing deed to the Monroe property.
Penn-Super Pharmacy on Route 22, with Joann Schwartzmiller at the Soda Fountain. c. 1950.
Patton Township coal mine in 1922.
Connie McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Red Hohman, Anthony Winkler, Jean Winkler Colbaugh, and Blondie". c. 1945.
Henry Bowden at the Fall Festival 2008.
Route 22 looking west towards Wlikins Twp. c. 1960.
School Children at Clugston School.
Toll Gate Motel at Routes 22 & 48 in the 1970s.
James Maxwell (1836-1862).
Samuel Beatty Homestead on Logan's Ferry Road, built in 1901. ca.1940.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Boyd Hill shortly after construction in 1918.
Rising Sun Inn (as private residence of Sam Dixon family).
McCully House being restored in the 1990s. (John McCully)
Jennifer Lis and Mary Dugan at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Pianting Family (Elizabeth, Frances, Lilly, Peggy, "Dog", and Charles). c. 1912.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (Later, the Johnston Family's residence). This photo shows the house before it was restored.
Several facilities of the Westinghouse Company were consolidated in late 1970 with the move to the newly-constructed Westinghouse Nuclear Center, near the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The building was built to serve as the design and engineering center for Westinghouse's pressurized reactor systems. Eventually, the facility became the Westinghouse Energy Center, the name it bears today (2008).
The Chandler House in 2006.
Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.
Ed and Cathy Johnston at their home in Blairsville, PA., in 2014.
Ed and Cathy Johnston with their daughter and the family's Clydesdales in 1976 parade.
George R. Johnston and his Piper Cub. c. 1940.
John Maxwell (1832-1867).
The Monroeville Expo Mart. 2005.
John Alexander (1849-1889) and Susanna Hoy Thompson (1851-1917).
Jack Speelman driving the pony wagon with his brothers Tom and Bill, his uncle Will, and his mother.
Routes 22 and 48. c. 1960.
McGinely House (Modernized) in 1963.
US Steel Research Labs. 1955.
Robert Thompson House (razed) on Beatty Road (near present day University Park and College park Drives).
Old Stone church Rose Window in 2013
Turnpike Gardens in 2006.
Fountains in Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
Johnston's Field in the 1950s.
Mrs and Mrs Richard Maxwell Sr. in 1986.
Boyce Park Administrative Building newly-constructed in 1966.
Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.
Monroeville Borough Building. 1957.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Advertisement for the Monroeville Mall's Ice Palace.
Myrtle, Alice and Edna Holt with the family's 1915 Studebaker.
Lang's Gas station on route 22. c. 1920.
Marilyn Chandler and Libby Enos at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Grimm Farm houses on Tilbrook Road.
Robert and Mary Thompson with their grandchildren. c. 1940.
Conley's Motel on Route 22.
Thokar House in the 1940s.
Joe Urick Jr, the son of Joe and Rose Urick, grandson of Frank and Dora. c. 1940. In the background is the turkey shed that the family moved into when their farmhouse burned down. All the turkeys were moved to one end, when the family took over the other end for themselves. they lived there for maybe a year. They had been in the process of building a new chicken house. When the house burned down, they finished that building as a house for themselves. Needless to say, it had extremely low ceilings. But that became the new farmhouse.
A Monroeville Historical Society event held at McGinely House in 1982 (L. to R. Michelle, Lois Lyman, Marilyn Chandler, Lynn Chandler, Lois Alworth)
The Burger King on the north side of Route 22 (across from the Miracle Mile) in about 1970.
Gateway High School. c. 1980.
Catherine McClintock Young (1831-1913).
Parkvale Bldg. on Route 22. 2005.
Monroeville's Time capsule in 1976 with Eugen Bloch, Project Supervisor, Hamill Mfg. Co.
Tucker's hotel on route 22. c. 1946.
Bellwood School - class of 1924.
MacGregor Road Bridge. 1998.
Groundbreaking for Kaufmann's Store. 1960.
Milan Drakulic a former chauffeur for Westinghouse Corp, who was instrumental in getting the Old Stone Churchâs bell tower built in 1976 as a memorial to his heroes Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse.
Mary Cole at Cole's Restaurant (1947). In the background are tailings from the strip mine where the Miracle Mile is now (2008) located.
Johnston's Airport - 1960s.
Route 22 west from overpass. c. 1950.
Union Railroad's diesel engine.
Wedding outside the Old Stone Church.
Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.
Corner of Monroeville Blvd. and Jamison Lane. 1998.
The Sampson Family.
The Jonnet Building. 2005.
The Logan House on Tilbrook Rd. in 2006.
Old Stone Church (interior). 2006.
Route 22 at Center/Stroschein Rds. c. 1970.
First Air Mail service to leave Johnston's Air Port in 1938.
General Alexander Hays
Max and Elizabeth Miller (top left) with family and friends. 1932.
School children with Jean Young, teacher, at Mt. Pleasant School. Patton Township, 1908-1909.
Urick farm. The Urick's raised turkeys and the gentlemen seen here were friends, or "hangers-on" who, according to family lore, came to the farm every weekend to "freeload." c. 1930.
Theresa Kiren in front of the Kiren House.
Penn Super Pharmacy, Community Hardware, Hair Supply. c. 1990.
William Sposito, Ken Krusey, and Rich Gessinger before the Lang/Sposito log house as it was being modernized in 1939.
Burke Glen amusement park and roller coaster. c. 1920.
Hamilton House (Triangle Restaurant) on old Route 22 near Center Road.
James Albert and Catherine Alberta Zimmerman (c.1914) with children on the family farm on Old Texas Road.
Greyhound Bus Station at Conley's Motel. (Jospeh Matthews, Station Manager). c. 1990.
Union Railroard train at the North Bessemer shops of the P&LE RR. c. 1950s.
Holiday House on Route 22. 1970s.
Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
Milk Bottle from Johnston's Dairy Farm (1908-1980). The Johnston's were among the very first settlers in Monroeville; their original land grant dating back to 1789. In 1908, the family farm went into the dairy business, opening a dairy store on their property on the southern side of Northern Pike.
A.B.Smith Co. (Old Rt. 22 near the Parkway.) 1970s.
Route 22 looking east from the overpass in 1997.
Burke Glen Amusement Park.
San Juan Motel on Route 22. c. 1960.
Graham Log house (c. 1780) off Old Ramsey Road. 1985.
McCollough House in 2006.
Alphina and Anton Winkler. c. 1900.
Civil War Cannon Proving Grounds.
Farkas House (c.1930) in 2006.
Jennifer Lis, Spinster, at the fall festival 2006.
Olivia and Evelyn Treher at Hill Crest Farm.
Route 48 view North. 1995.
Gavity Fill Gas Station on Old Route 22 with gasolene supplied from railroad cars on adjacent hill. c. 1930.
School Children at Bellwood School. 1933.
Bill Johnson in his log house. c. 1980.
Miracle Mile (Murphy's Meats and Islay's). 1991.
Monroeville Mall - interior, c. 1980.
Rev. Jonathan Gill headstone in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22 near Route 48.
Union Railroad Tracks from Route 22.
Harold and Emma Clugston. 1955.
LaBarbe - Old Wm Penn Hwy. - 1970s
McCully House. c. 2000. (John McCully)
Union Railroad's Hall Shops and Roundhouse. c 2000.
James McClintock at Decoration Day, Hannahstown, May 30, 1926.
Auction Barn (Thomas Berry, Auctioneer with John Palak). c. 1950.
Robert "Bob" Elms, MHS member, Fall Festival, 2006.
McCully house with siding stripped away. c. 1992. (John McCully)
Grimm Farmhouses on Tilbrook Road.
Smith Family gathering at the Bradley House on Saunders Station Road. c. 1940.
Natashia Lobo.
Route 22 at Stroschien Rd. in 2005.
A demonstration of fire fighting techniques at the original station of Monroeville's Fire Company #5 located behind a gas station at Strochein Road and Business Route 22. (c.1950s).
The Miller Family in the 1950s
Penn Super Pharmacy on Route 22 in the 1950s.
Boyd Log House (unrestored). 2005.
R.J. Lee Company on Hochberg Rd. 2005.
Monroeville Mall - Schraft's Restaurant.
Patton Heights Elementary School - 1970s
Route 22 facing east in 2005.
Colbaugh house, 2033 Monroeville Rd. (c. 1880). 1982. (July 14, 1982)
Robert Maxwell (1840-1928).
Gimble's Department store at the anchor slot at the west end of Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Burke Glen amusement park. c. 1930.
Cole's Cottage Booklet c.1950.
Hohman's Market, 1224 James St.. c. 1990.
Mt. Pleasent School. c. 1920.
Johnston's Dairy Farm. The oldest family farm in Monroeville, Johnston's Dairy farm finally went out of business in the early 1980s when the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.
Robert and Martha Johnston. c. 1880.
Patton Twp. Road crew with Andrew J. Elliott, Supervisor, on far left.
Ida Mae Elliott Sherman and Fred Kuehn in front of the Elliott farm house near Old Wm. Penn Hwy. & Elliott Rd. Built 1905.
Looking south across Route 22 before Cochran Motors in 2001.
Miracle Mile with Kroger's.
Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - Summer 1935.
Auction Barn -- Behind the auctioneer's stand (Linda Schafer, Dan Schafer, & Rudolph "Weedy" Prvts. (1955).
Beatty Family (Ann, Robert, Stewart, & William). c. 1909.
La Barbe restaurant in 1926.
"Zayre's Plaza" with Monroe Theater - 1968.
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth Thompson (1862-1937).
Mary Lou Span and Luci at the Fall Festival 2008.
McMasters' Grove - Cross Roads Church Sunday school Picnic.
Patton Twp. Girlâs Drum & Bugle Corp, with Firemen from Co. No 1 at Youngâs Corner â Summer 1940
Route 22 and Center Rd. 1998.
Beatty's Restaurant on Route 22 near Strochein Road.
Penn Hall Academy. 1970s.
Monroeville Road near the US Steel labs. c. 1950.
Mary Pianting Winkler. 1932.
Penn Super Pharmacy on route 22. c. 1950.
Crowd at Burke Glen with the "Speedhound" roller coaster at the right.
Methodist Church. c. 1980.
The Kiren stone house on McKinney Road in 2008.
Marilyn Wempa & Lois Alworth at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Louise Waterman, MHS's official greeter. 2005.
Monroeville Drive-In Theater on Northern Pike.
Harry Solomon and pony. c. 1950.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's
Veteran's Ceremonies at the Old Stone Church. c. 1910.
Bellwood School. c. 1930.
"Charo" on stage at the Holiday House. 1983.
Samuel Gillis and Michael Powers with their wives.
Garden City Entrance. c. 1950s.
Eagles' Club - Boyd's Hill - 1970s
Bill and Louisa Amantea at their store at Pierceâs Corner in 1945.
Monroeville Mall (aerial view). c. 1980
Gateway High School. 1964.
Brinton House Log Cabin on McGinley Road in the 1920s. (Razed in the 1940s).
The Holiday House and Route 22. c. 1950.
Robert Pitcairn (1836-1909). When it became apparent that the PRR’s Pittsburgh Yards at 28th Street were much too small to accommodate the large number of trains expected for expanded operations, Robert Pitcairn, Superintendent of the Railroad’s Pittsburgh Division, began to look for more open space to relocate the Pittsburgh yard. In 1874, he ordered the purchase of 215 acres of land in the Turtle Creek Valley. The new rail yards would grow into a sprawling works; the Yard, and the surrounding town, would come to bear his name.
Original Beatty Farm House. c. 1870.
"Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.
Libby Enos. Member Monroeville Historical Society.
Mrs. Betty Miller on the Miller/Solomon Farm.
Johnston family hauling Time Capsule in parade in 1976.
Forbes Regional Hospital. c. 1980.
Christmas display on Mt. Pleasant Drive. 1996.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's.
Directional sign for Burke Glen amusement park located on Wm Penn Hwy. (1926-1974).
Haymaker School. c. 1920.
Routes 22 and 48 in the 1970s.
St. Bernadette's School in Garden City.
Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.
Route 22 at Center Road; looking east. c. 1990.
Monroeville Airport. 2005.
johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.
Ball Famiy's Studebaker stuck in the mud of the (unpaved) Haymaker Road. c. 1950s.
Crossroads Church on Haymaker Road. 2005.
Westinghouse Nuclear Center
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. 1960s.
Clarence Hall with his US Mail Truck in 1948.
Zayre's Shopping Plaza on Route 22.
La Barbe restaurant. c. 1950.
Women of Cross Roads Church. c. 1915.
Route 22 at Northern Pike. 2005.
Dick McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Mellon Plan in the 1920s.
Christmas card from the Wilcox family at Willow Springs Farm.
Willow Springs Farmhouse in 2006.
Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.
C. M. Graham (1808-1890).
The Warner Auto Repair Garage on Northern Pike.
Route 22 east at Center and Stroschein (Salamon Brother's Market). c. 1950.
Joseph Horne Co., in Monroeville Mall. 1969.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) fully restored.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Nick Marie's Esta-Esta Restaurant on Route 22.
Sawka House (c1924) on Patton St. Ext.,in 2006.
"The District" at Monroeville Mall. 2005.
Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Marilyn Wempa. 2006.
George Bachman (1873-1934) was a butcher by trade who had a small store at the corner of Maine Street and Monroeville Road (near Turtle Creek) in the early 1900s. The family-owned store was in business for many years, finally closing in 1948.
Joseph Taylor (in coveralls) owner of Taylor's Auction Barn. c. 1950.
Garden City Center in 1970s
Johnston/Gosnell Family house. c. 1970.
In time, the house passed to the family of Wilmer (“Moke”) Gosnell who had married Esther Johnston. Wilmer Gosnell was to work at the Homestead Mills of US Steel until his retirement in 1969. About that time, the Gosnells sold the house and property to developers who were planning the Ivanhoe Apartments on the site. The old house was torn down and the remains were buried to make way for the apartments.
Bauman Farmhouse in 2006.
Old Stone Church - Dec. 2008. (Photographer: John Howard, Jeanette, Pa.).
The auto is being used to advertise Waner's Auto Repair on Northern Pike. The Warner farmhouse (once the Rising Sun Inn) is seen in the background of this 1920s photo.
Paul D. Bullock, member, Monroeville Historical Society.
McKinney Farmhouse in 2006.
Amantea House, 485 Hillside Ave. Guiseppe and Filomena Amantea came from Italy to settle in Patton Township where they bought a house and 23 acres in 1918. The family went on to build and run a number of local businesses. In time a portion of the land was sold to become the Rush Valley subdivision of homes, while another portion was donated by the Amantea family to the Municipality of Monroeville as a land conservancy named Mosside Slopes. Rose Amantea is shown here in front of the family's original 3-room house.
McKean Cadillac dealership on Route 22.
Roy Jackson Elliott (b. 1927) and Alice Smith Elliott (b.1930). 2007.
Monroeville Mall recently completed in 1970.
The original of Monroeville's Holiday inn Bldg on Mosside Blvd. c. 1970.
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1880's.
Coal Tipple (remodeled) on Old Route 22 (2009).
The Penn Mor Hotel and Restaurant under construction at the lower (southern) end of Mosside Boulevard in 1947.
Monzo's Howard Johnsons. Located on Route 48 near the intersection with Route 22, this motel lost the "Howard Johnsons" designation but continued on in business into the 2000s. Eventually it was closed and the land sold as the site for a future hospital.
Groundbreaking for the Miracle Mile , November 1953. (Don Casto & J. Skillen).
