Mary Dugan with her Appalachian Dulcimer at the Fall Festival, 2006.
Mellon Plan School. c. 1940.
Sarah Sylves Thompson (1909-1995) with her Patton Twp. classroom.
McCully House. c. 2000. (John McCully)
Young's Grocery and Gas station, near James St. c. 1930.
King's Motel on Route 22. 2005. (razed in 2013)
The Burger King on the north side of Route 22 (across from the Miracle Mile) in about 1970.
Burke Glen Amusement Park (c. 1930).
Mural of Monroeville by prominent Pittsburgh artist, John Johns, at bank building, 2727 Strochien Rd. 1965.
Puttsburgh-Monroeville Airport (aerial view). 1969.
Plaque honoring Dr. John R. Tilbrook from the grateful congregation of the Crossroads Presbyterian Church.
Mellon Plan School - 1970s
Ed and Cathy Johnston at their home in Blairsville, PA., in 2014.
Routes 22 and 48 in the 1970s.
Burke Glen Amusement Park.
Mary Pianting Winkler. 1932.
Route 22 looking east near Rt. 48 (Kaufmann's on right). c.1960.
Rising Sun Inn (as private residence of Sam Dixon family).
Parkvale Bldg. on Route 22. 2005.
Garden City Shopping Center. c1960.
Monroeville Mall under construction. 1968.
Thomas McMasters McElroy and his wife Emily Mattox McElroy.
Catherine McClintock Young (1831-1913).
Monroeville's Municipal Building in 2006.
Eagles' Club - Boyd's Hill - 1970s
Beatty's Restaurant and Gulf Gas Station on Old Wm Penn Hwy near Center Road. c. 1948.
Former Saw Mill - Thompson Run Road. 1970s
The White Swan Bar and Restaurant on Monroeville Blvd in early 1940s-1950s. Original owners Emil and Nick Colbaugh; later Augie Bates.
Beatty's Resaurant and Gulf Station on Route 22 at Strochein Rd. c. 1948.
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.
Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.
Miller/Solomon farm - Miller Family in the 1950s.
Louisa Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - September 1936.
Turnpike Gardens in 2006.
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.
Wm. Penn Motel, Burger King and Sunrise Inn. Route 22. 1995.
Graham Log House (c. 1780) off of Old Ramsey Road in 1976.
Route 22 looking west towards Wlikins Twp. c. 1960.
Office of Dr. McDonald, 3538 Northern Pike in 2005. Extensively remodeled, this structure was the first stagecoach stop in Monroeville -- the Rising Sun Inn.
McCollough House in 2006.
Edward L. Dardanell, for many years publisher and CEO of Dardanell newspapers including Monroeville's Times- Express.at his office in Monroeville.
Union Railroad's Hall Shops and Roundhouse. c 2000.
Monroeville's Public Library in 2005.
Pittsburgh Outdoor Theater, on route 22 near route 48, in the late 1940s.
Methodist Church. c. 1980.
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.
Old Stone Church interior â altar in 2013
Mary Lou Span and Luci at the Fall Festival 2008.
Sam Black Farm House on Mosside Blvd. "Blackridge Farm." (near present-day Sunrise Senior Living Home)
Former Roosevelt School on thomspon Run Rd. c. 1970.
Stella Cain Bachman c. 1920.
Northern Pike towards Route 22. c.1990.
Monroeville Drive-In Theater on Northern Pike.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's.
Patton Heights Elementary School - 1970s
LaBarbe - Old Wm Penn Hwy. - 1970s
Site of Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1987.
Evergreen Elementary School - 1970s.
Miracle Mile with Thrift Drugs in 1987.
Route 22 east at Center and Stroschein (Salamon Brother's Market). c. 1950.
Young's Grocery and Gas Station at Young's Corner near James St. 1930 (rear view).
Pittsburgh Corning Co. 1962.
Union Railroad's diesel engine.
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.
Samuel L. and Nannie Earle Gillis.
Margaret Bing Monroe. c. 1880.
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.
Wedding at Old Stone Church.
Harry Solomon and "Mo." c. 1950.
Route 22 west from overpass. c. 1950.
St. Nicholas Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church. 2005.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Route 22. view from Miracle Mile. c. 1990.
The Chandler House in 2006.
Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.
Roy Chester Elliott (1896-1980) with his Ford Model T.
Monroeville Mall - interior, c. 1980.
Garden City Swimming Pool.
Harold "Chick" Clugston with his car on the family farm. c. 1930.
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).
Toll Gate Motel at Routes 22 & 48 in the 1970s.
A Cole Automobile on a national sales tour is displayed in Pitcairn in 1910.
Jean Winkler Colbaugh and "Lovely Lady." c. 1944.
A.B.Smith Co. (Old Rt. 22 near the Parkway.) 1970s.
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.
Louise Waterman, MHS's official greeter. 2005.
Directional sign for Burke Glen amusement park located on Wm Penn Hwy. (1926-1974).
School Children at Bellwood School. 1933.
The Schafer Farmhouse in 2005.
La Barbe Resaurant c. 1970.
Billy Speelman and "Parson" at the Speelman house.
Christmas card from the Wilcox family at Willow Springs Farm.
Corn Crib on Wallace Drive (in 2008) - a reminder of Monroeville's agricultural past.
Flea market at Jonnett Plaza. 1982.
Jordan School on Grandview - 1970s.
Holiday House on Route 22. 1970s.
Young's Grocery and Gas Station, near James St. c.1930. (rear view).
Monroeville Mall (aerial view). 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.
Route 22 with Wm. Penn Fruit Market's open stands. c. 1950.
MacGregor Road Bridge. 1998.
Monroeville's Time Capsule on display at Monroeville Mall in 1976.
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).
Robert Thompson (1873-1944) with grandson Darryl in the 1940s.
Groundbreaking for the Miracle Mile , November 1953. (Don Casto & J. Skillen).
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1880's.
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.
Dan Nowak, member, Monroeville Historical Society (c.2009).
Theresa Kiren in front of the Kiren House.
Holiday House Advertisement - March, 1988.
Best Buy in Monroeville Mall plaza. 2006.
Mrs. Betty Miller and Piper Cub.
Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1947.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
PPG Industries, 440 College Park Drive. In 2012.
Olivia and Evelyn Treher at Hill Crest Farm.
Farkas House (c.1930) in 2006.
Graham Farmhouse (now gone) near today's Garden City.
Holiday House - Double H Grill.
The Speed Hound Roller coaster at Burke Glen. c. 1930.ÿ (Photo courtesy of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh).
Robert Maxwell (1840-1928).
Patton Twp. Girlâs Drum & Bugle Corp, with Firemen from Co. No 1 at Youngâs Corner â Summer 1940
Richard Maxwell, Sr. on "Bob" and Stan Morse on "Teddy," in 1947.
Adeth Jeshurn Congregation and Jewish Center, 3815 Northern Pike. 2005.
John Gill grave marker in Cross Roads Cemetery.
22 Park Shops (Route 22) - 1970.
Group portrait of the inhabitants of Mellon Plan/ Boyd's Hill in 1918.
Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).
Lois Lyman at McGinley House Craft Show. 1982.
Tailings from strip mine at Old William Penn and Center Road. Catherine Wray, long time resident of Monroeville, is pictured. (c.1930s).
McCully House at original location on Queen Drive. c. 1992. (John McCully)
Connie McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) fully restored.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Penn-Monroe Bar and Grill on Route 22. 2005.
Menu from Cole's Cottage on Route 22 at Center rd. c. 1953.
William Sposito, Ken Krusey, and Rich Gessinger before the Lang/Sposito log house as it was being modernized in 1939.
Brinton House Log Cabin on McGinley Road in the 1920s. (Razed in the 1940s).
South Junior H.S. - 1970s.
McCully Log House after being modernized. (c. 1985). (John McCully)
Henry Bowden at the Fall Festival 2008.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence).
Monroeville's Time capsule in 1976 with Eugen Bloch, Project Supervisor, Hamill Mfg. Co.
Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 1901.
Penn Super Pharmacy on Route 22 in the 1950s.
Jack Speelman driving the pony wagon with his brothers Tom and Bill, his uncle Will, and his mother.
Holiday inn on Mosside Blvd. 2005.
Zayre's Shopping Plaza on Route 22.
Floyd Johnston, his wife and grandson with a team of oxen in the 1976 bicentennial parade.
Manor house, 2446 Johnston Rd., May1988.
La Barbe restaurant. c. 1920.
George M. Johnston , wife Anne, and sister Mary Agnes, with Bertha and Mary. 1895.
Coal Mine near modern day Caruso Plan in 1920s.
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.
Route 22 near Center Rd. (Ruby's Cleaners on left). c. 1960.
Krusey's Cement Block Co., on Wallace Drive, in 2008.
The Herb Garden at McGinley House. c. 1990.
Miller/Solomon Farm. Mrs. Elizabeth ("Betty") Miller.
Bradley House, 2340 Saunders Station Rd. Home of the Geroge Smith family in 1941.
R.J. Lee Company on Hochberg Rd. 2005.
Taylor's Auction Barn on route 22. c. 1950.
Groundbreaking for Kaufmann's Store. 1960.
John Lucas Schafer in front of thye family home at 2003 Haymaker Road.
Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 2006.
Lois Lyman in the McGinely House Herb Garden. c. 1980.
John Alexander (1849-1889) and Susanna Hoy Thompson (1851-1917).
Zayre's in "Zayre's Plaza" in the 1960s.
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.
Ball Famiy's Studebaker stuck in the mud of the (unpaved) Haymaker Road. c. 1950s.
Grimm Farm houses on Tilbrook Road.
Robert J. & Essie Glendenning McGinley with daughter Hazel
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. 1960s.
Family Picnic at McMasters' Grove. 1909.
James Street in the 1920s.
Patton Township Coal Mine in 1922
Routes 22 and 48. c. 1960.
A team of oxen is seen on Northern Pike in front of Warner's Auto Repair in this 1920s photo.
Ethel May McGinley (b. 1912).
Roy Jackson Elliott (b. 1927) and Alice Smith Elliott (b.1930). 2007.
Union Railroad train unloading scrap at US Steel's Duquesne works.
Mary Cole at Cole's Restaurant (1947). In the background are tailings from the strip mine where the Miracle Mile is now (2008) located.
"Lustron" steel house clad in square panels of porcelain enameled steel. (1949). 317 Pinevue Drive.
Sunrise Inn on Route 22. c. 2000.
USAF Rockets on display at the opening of the Monroeville Mall. 1969.
Cole's Cottage Booklet c.1950.
Miracle Mile at night. c. 1950.
James Albert and Catherine Alberta Zimmerman (c.1914) with children on the family farm on Old Texas Road.
Holiday House on Route 22. 1970s.
John and Pricilla Monroe Weller (daughter of Joel Monroe) with their children in 1907.
Radisson Hotel near Monroeville Mall. 2005. (Currently a DoubleTree)
Sawka House (c1924) on Patton St. Ext.,in 2006.
Hohmann Farmhouse near Young's Corner in 2006.
Monroeville Mall - ice skating rink, c. 1975.
chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.
Gravel Business - Old Wm Penn Hwy.
Monroevile Mall - interior.
McCully House being reconstructed in 1993. (John McCully)
Conley's Motel on Route 22.
Jennifer Lis, Spinster, at the fall festival 2006.
Gateway High School. 1964.
Gravity Fill Gas station on Old Route 22 with staff.
Louis Chandler.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's
Route 22 between Northern Pike and Center Road.
Victoria Station restaurant off Stroschein Rd. c. 1980.
Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.
Wilkinsburg-Pittsburgh Air Park (Monroeville Airport). c. 1950.
Shay Locomotive of the Cunningham Coal Co., servicing the mines of Patton Township is shown here removing tracks on Center Road.
Lang Log House at 249 Wallace Dr. 2005.
Old Windmill restaurant on Old Route 22. c. 1930.
Grimm Farmhouses on Tilbrook Road.
Haymaker Rd. (unpaved). 1950s.
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth Thompson (1862-1937).
George C. Johnston and family, c. 1899.
Lois Alworth at the MHS's Fall Festival, 2009.
The Holiday House and Route 22. c. 1950.
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
Bauman Farmhouse in 2006.
Monroevile Mall - fountain.
The US Post Office in Monroeville. 2005.
Johnston family hauling Time Capsule in parade in 1976.
The Householder Family on Tilbrook Road near the Grimm Farm in the late 1920s.
Penn-Super Pharmacy on Route 22, with Joann Schwartzmiller at the Soda Fountain. c. 1950.
Hugh Maxwell (1800-1860).
Union Railraod - Hall Locomotive Repair Shops
Lucas Schafer, "Weedy " Prvts, and John L. Schafer.
Ticket for Burke Glen amusement park.
Kerr-Campbell House in the 2006.
James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1790s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence). Photo c.1920's
First Air Mail service to leave Johnston's Air Port in 1938.
Monroeville's Holiday inn. Original Building on Mosside blvd. 1970. (aerial view).
Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Boyd Hill shortly after construction in 1918.
Monroeville Mall - Schraft's Restaurant.
johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.
Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.
North American Martyrs Catholic Church. 2005.
Swimming Pool at Burke Glen.
Duff Family, Labor Day, 1915.
Family outing at Burke Glen. 1937.
Clair Chandler at McCully house. c. 1990.
Virginia Sposito Gratton at her home at 271 Wallace Dr. in 2014.
"Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.
Union Railroad's Steam Locomotive. 1940s.
Dick McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
On Northern Pike towards Route 22. c. 1950.
Center Road at Route 22. c. 1990.
Beatty Family (Ann, Robert, Stewart, & William). c. 1909.
Local traffic on Pitcairn Rd. c. 1920.
Glen Cole at the Atlantic gas station on Old Route 22.
Taylor's Auction Barn near routes 22 and 48. c. 1950.
King's Motel; Rt. 22 at 48 looking east - 1968.
Joseph Taylor (in coveralls) owner of Taylor's Auction Barn. c. 1950.
Teresa and James Mirro with James Jr., in 1950.
Forbes Regional Hospital. c. 1980.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) Housing at Boyd Hill. c 1923.
Putt-putt Miniature Golf Course. 2005.
William Penn Motel at 4139 Wm. Penn Hwy. c. 1960.
Valley Buick Shopping Center on Route 22 in the 1970s.
Route 22 and Center Rd. 1998.
James McClintock at Decoration Day, Hannahstown, May 30, 1926.
Monroeville Borough Building. 1957.
Route 22 heading east at Center Road. c. 1950.
Penn Monroe Bar and Grill on Route 22 in the 1970s.
McKean Cadillac dealership on Route 22.
Union Railroard train at the North Bessemer shops of the P&LE RR. c. 1950s.
Patty Polce, organist, at Fall Festival, 2006.
Marilyn Wempa. 2006.
Monroeville Municipal building. 1998.
Rev. Jonathan Gill headstone in Cross Roads Cemetery.
The Old Stone Church. 1934.
James and Rebecca Carlisle at their wedding at Hill Crest farm.
Cenotaph marking Abers gravesite in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Log Cabin at 205 Kenmar Drive - originaly built as Hunting Lodge for Jake Shafley in 1939.
Beauty Supply Salon at Rt. 22 and Center/Monroeville Trestle Rd. in 1988. This corner was once the location of Salamon Brother's Market.
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. c. 1990.
Greyhound Bus Station at Conley's Motel. (Jospeh Matthews, Station Manager). c. 1990.
Terrace Motel on Route 22. 1969.
Route 22 at Center Road; looking east. c. 1990.
Turnpike Gardens entrance sign in 2005.
Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Pianting Family (Elizabeth, Frances, Lilly, Peggy, "Dog", and Charles). c. 1912.
Robert and Mary Thompson.
Hamilton House (Triangle Restaurant) on old Route 22 near Center Road.
Christmas display on Mt. Pleasant Drive. 1996.
Garden City under construction in 1956.
The Miller Family in the 1950s
San Juan Motel on Route 22. c. 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.
Hindu Jain Temple in University Park. 2005.
Strochein Road from Jonette Bldg. looking north. 1993.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Mellon Plan in the 1920s.
Union High School in 1913. (2nd row, 2nd from left - Leonora Beatty Warner).
Richard Maxwell, Jr. and "Daisy." in 1947.
Monroeville Mall in 2005.
Samuel Gillis and Michael Powers with their wives.
Cross Roads Presbyterian Meeting House (original church building). c.1890.
Ida Mae Elliott Sherman and Fred Kuehn in front of the Elliott farm house near Old Wm. Penn Hwy. & Elliott Rd. Built 1905.
Mary Martha Maxwell (1846-1918).
Gateway High School. c. 1980.
Ice Cream container from Kuehn's Dairy Farm - Monroeville's last functioning dairy farm which ceased operation in the mid-1990s.
McMasters' Grove - Cross Roads Church Sunday school Picnic.
Airmail envelope embossed with Johnston's Airport return. 1941.
C. M. Graham (1808-1890).
Graham Log house (c. 1780) off Old Ramsey Road. 1985.
Bellwood School. c. 1930.
Originally the Anthony residence, this structure designed by noted architect Henry Hornsbostelÿ for a site along Aber's Creek, was called "Valley Tower."
Robert and Martha Johnston. c. 1880.
Richard "Dick" McClain. c. 1990.
Route 22 looking east from the overpass in 1997.
Colbaugh house, 2033 Monroeville Rd. (c. 1880). 1982. (July 14, 1982)
Former Saw Mill on Thompson Run Road, now Eles Brothers Cement Co. 2005.
Evening on Route 22 near the Miracle Mile Shopping Center (photo by Gene Bolch).
Northern Pike Shopping Center at Route 48. 1970s.
Henningsen contemporary log house.
George L. Johnston. 1920.
Miller/Solomon Farm. - 1957. Clara Louise with two children (Harry to the right). In background is summer kitchen.
Valley Buick Route 22 & Route 48. 1970s.
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.
Coal Tipple (remodeled) on Old Route 22 (2009).
"Gene's Waterfall" off Strochein Road. 1998.
Manor House Apartments (c. 1900). 2446 Johnston Rd. 1982.
Speelman (McCollough) Farm House (c. 1840). At 2215 Monroeville Road, as it appeared in the 1970s (Razed).
Monroeville Airport. 2005.
Young's Grocery and Gas Station at Young's Corner near James St. 1930.
The Jae family. Children of Elizabeth Jordan Jae.
Veteran's Ceremonies at the Old Stone Church. c. 1910.
Bellwood School - class of 1924.
James "Jimmy" Mirro c. 1970.
School at Haymaker and Saunder's Station in 1927.
John and Sarah Graham. Wedding Photo. c. 1910.
Moss Side Elementary School. c. 1970.
Grace Thompson in 1927.
Monroeville Public Library. c. 1980.
McGinley and McCully Houses, winter, 2010.
Samuel Beatty Homestead on Logan's Ferry Road, built in 1901. ca.1940.
Salamon Brother's Super Market at Route 22 and Center Road. c. 1940.
Taylor's Auction Barn on Route 22 in the 1950s.
John Maxwell (1832-1867).
George Robert Johnston IV during WWII.
Route 22 east from overpass near Northern Pike. c. 1950.
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.
Gateway Middle School. 2005.
Assembly of God Church in 2005.
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.
Route 48 view North. 1995.
Good Shepherd Luthern Church on Old Wm Penn Hwy. 2005.
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.
Chin's Taki Outi on William Penn Hwy (near Center Road) c. 1970.
Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.
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.
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22. 1986.
Stroschein's Cross Roads Atlantic Gas Station. c. 1930.
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.
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).
US Post Office on Monroeville Blvd. c. 1980.
Fountains in Monroeville Mall from second floor. 1969.
Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.
James and Jennie Myers headstone in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Temple David Synagogue on Northern Pike in 2009.
Sarah Sylves Thompson with Former Councilman James Mirro.
Children of Robert & Essy McGinley - 1920s.
U.S. Steel Research Labs off Jamison Lane shortly after opening in 1956.
Wedding picture George Bachman and Stella Cain Bachman - Oct. 1908.
US Post Office on Monroeville Blvd. 1970s.
Monroeville Mall - Pub Lounge.
Max and Elizabeth Miller (top left) with family and friends. 1932.
Park Diner on Route 22. c. 1990.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 21, 1960 - Miracle Mile Drive-In Grand Opening.
Samuel Gillis, with Paul, Wilimar and Genevieve in 1926.
La Barbe restaurant. c. 1950.
Brunner Farm House in 2005.
Zayre's on Route 22 - 1970s
Greyhound Bus (type MCI-9, Americuriser) at Monroeville Mall Bus Stop. 2005.
Garden City Center in 1970s
Original Beatty Farm House. c. 1870.
Entrance to Garden City in 1988.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm (Monroeville's last family-owned dairy farm) c.1970s.
Smith Family gathering at the Bradley House on Saunders Station Road. c. 1940.
Boyce Park Administrative Building newly-constructed in 1966.
Radio Hill along Route 48 (later the Gateway H.S. campus) as seen from Loehmann's Plaza. 1985.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1946.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Alphina and Anton Winkler. c. 1900.
Greyhound Bus Station at Zayre's Plaza on Route 22. c. 1980.
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.
The McCully Log House being re-constructed on the McGinley property by MHS members and other volunteers. (John McCully)
The Logan House on Tilbrook Rd. in 2006.
Jennifer Lis and Mary Dugan at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Bill Johnson in his log house. c. 1980.
Johnston's Airport - 1960s.
Myrtle, Alice and Edna Holt with the family's 1915 Studebaker.
Nick Marie's Esta-Esta Restaurant on Route 22.
Roy Chester Elliott (1896-1980) and Abbie Elliott (1903-1996).
"Charo" on stage at the Holiday House. 1983.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Penn Super Pharmacy on route 22. c. 1950.
James King Snodgrass and Annie McGinley Snodgrass in 1934.
Old Stone Church. c. 1920.
Monroeville Municipal Building in the 1970s.
Monroeville Public Library before opening in 1964.
Evelyn and jane Treher at Hill Crest Farm. 1918.
"Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.
MacGregor Road Stone Bridge. c. 1970.
The 6th generation of Monroeville Johnstonâs (l to r). John, Harry, Bill and Elmer.
Joseph L. Kiren building the Kiren House on McKinney Road.
Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.
Penn-Monroe Bar and Restaurant on Route 22. c. 1950.
Route 22 facing east in 2005.
Display card for Monroevill'e Time Capsule on display in 1976.
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.
Teresa Mirro - "Woman of the Year, 1982."
Graham Log House (c.1780) in the 1930s.
Auction Barn (Thomas Berry, Auctioneer with John Palak). c. 1950.
School Children at Clugston School.
Taylor's Auction Barn on Route 22. c. 1950.
Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky on the farm's racetrack.
Robert Maxwell (1840-1928).
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.
Auction Barn -- Behind the auctioneer's stand (Linda Schafer, Dan Schafer, & Rudolph "Weedy" Prvts. (1955).
Haymaker School. c. 1920.
Monroeville Road near the US Steel labs. c. 1950.
Cross Roads Meeting House (The original church building). c. 1880
Claire Nissen, Organist at the San Juan Motel. 1948.
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.
Women of Cross Roads Church. c. 1915.
Billy Speelman on Parson (The Pittsburgh Press Sunday Roto Aug, 25, 1945).
Miracle Mile with Kroger's.
Tyke's Gas station at Route 22 and Stroschien Rd.
Robert Thompson House (razed) on Beatty Road (near present day University Park and College park Drives).
The Sampson Family.
Ricahrd Maxwell on "Big Red". c. 1950.
Connie McClain at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Cole's Cottage at Route 22 and Stroschien Rd. in 1947.
Water Fountain at Monroeville Mall - 1978.
Johnny Garneau's Restaurant and smorgasbord on Route 22.
Bituminous Coal Research off Hochberg Road.
The Joel Duff Family. (Rebecca Monroe Duff, Olivia Evelyn Treher, Lavinia Weller, Anna Duff, unk., Joel Duff).
Tucker's hotel on route 22. c. 1946.
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.
George C. and Mary Johnston in the mid 1930s.
Union Railroad Tracks from Route 22.
US Steel Research Labs. 1955.
"The District" at Monroeville Mall. 2005.
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.)
Municipal Water Authority along Old Route 22.
Joesph and Mary Mann McClintock.
Clugston School on Beatty Road.
Ice skating Rink in Monroeville Mall in 1983. (closed in 1983).
Ed and Cathy Johnston with their daughter and the family's Clydesdales in 1976 parade.
Gimble's Department store at the anchor slot at the west end of Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Thokar House in the 1940s.
US Steel Research Center (aerial view). c. 1960.
San Juan Motel in the late 1940s.
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.
Holiday House - Rose Room.
Route 22 at Stroschien Rd. in 2005.
Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.
Olivi Mary, Evelyn Charlotte, and Beatrice Jane Treher in Turtle Creek in 1918.
Burke Glen amusement park and roller coaster. c. 1920.
Garden City Swimming Pool.
Cinema world in Monroeville Mall Plaza. 1990.
The original of Monroeville's Holiday inn Bldg on Mosside Blvd. c. 1970.
Vera McBride. 1999.
Miniature Golf Course at Burke Glen. 1968.
The Monroeville Expo Mart. 2005.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) after 1990's addition.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Old Stone Church - Dec. 2008. (Photographer: John Howard, Jeanette, Pa.).
Jean Winkler Colbaugh and "Taxi." c.1944.
The Jonnet Building. 2005.
Robert and Mary Thompson with their grandchildren. c. 1940.
Beatty Farm Meat Market on Old William Penn Hwy in 1952.
Kaufmann's Department Store on Route 22 near Route 48.
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).
Paul D. Bullock, member, Monroeville Historical Society.
Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).
Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center in the 1960s.
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.
Mary Martha Maxwell (1846-1918).
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).
Route 22. Pittsburgh Dry Cleaners. c. 1990.
Harold and Emma Clugston. 1955.
St. Bernadette's School in Garden City.
Patton Township Fire Truck from Fire Company Number 1, a 1939 International Pumper, seen here in the Fourth of July parade.
Caroline Vercelli and âSugarfootâ- Mar. 26, 1972.
Johnston's Field in the 1950s.
Monroeville's first municipal building in 1957.
Holiday House - Main Dining Room.
Old Stone Church. c. 1900.
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.
Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.
Mary Thompson in her "Victory Garden." c. 1940.
Northern Pike Elementary School. c. 1970.
Mrs. Betty Miller on the Miller/Solomon Farm.
Ice skating Rink in Monroeville Mall in 1983. (closed in 1983).
Cathy "Rusty" Westfield at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Marilyn Wempa & Lois Alworth at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Joe Burton. Monroeville Councilman and MHS member, c. 1980.
William and Mary Haymaker c. 1865. (Courtesy Library and Archives Division, Historical Society of Western PA.).
Family outing on Tilbrook Road. c. 1920.
Cross Roads Church Congregation 1918.
Rebecca Gillis Sooy, Great- Great- Great-Granddaughter of Joel Monroe showing deed to the Monroe property.
The Penn Mor Hotel and Restaurant under construction at the lower (southern) end of Mosside Boulevard in 1947.
Cole's Custard Stand on Route 48.
La Barbe Barbeque and Restaurant. c. 1930.
Tom Beatty on the Beatty Farm on Logan's ferry Road in 1940.
Monroeville School. C. 1950.
Monroevile Mall - skating rink.
Monroeville Mall recently completed in 1970.
Burke Glen amusement park. c. 1930.
Monroevile Mall - G. C. Murphy Co.
Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
Florence Gertrude Solomon.
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.
Lynn Chandler and Mary Lou Span. 2005.
Sportsmen's bar on Old Wm. Penn Hwy. in the late 1940s.
Miracle Mile Drive-In near Murrysville in the late 1950s.
Darryl Thompson with "Old Shep." c. 1940s.
Red Hohman, Anthony Winkler, Jean Winkler Colbaugh, and Blondie". c. 1945.
Old Stone Church in 1915.
Monroeville Mall - interior, c. 1975.
Crowd at Burke Glen with the "Speedhound" roller coaster at the right.
Highway Auto Store in the 1940s.
Bill and Louisa Amantea at their store at Pierceâs Corner in 1945.
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.
George Takas' Auto Body Shop in 1970s.
Wedding outside the Old Stone Church.
Picnic at McMasters' Grove. c. 1910.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. c. 1990.
Monroeville's Adderly district. 2002.
Cross Roads Church Sunday School. c. 1910.
Lynn Chandler, MHS President, at the Fall Festival, October, 2009.
Willow Springs Farmhouse in 2006.
Harvest Home picnic held at McMaster's Grove, August, 1916.
First Monroeville Borough Council. January 10, 1952.
Marilyn Chandler and Libby Enos at crafts festival. c. 1990.
Conley's Motel and Restaurant on route 22. c. 1960.
San Juan Motel in the late 1940s.
Elsie Strochein Johnston with George Robert and Edythe Johnston.
Garden City Entrance. c. 1950s.
Workers building the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Monroeville in the 1950s.
Corner of Monroeville Blvd. and Jamison Lane. 1998.
General Alexander Hays
Johnstonâs Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. In front, Mary Solomon Linhart and Clara Louise. By side porch, Betty Miller.
Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.
Burke Glen amusement park. Original oil paining by Kathleen Ferri.
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.
School children at Clugston School.
Evelyn Treher, unk., Olivia Treher at Duff Farm.
Ramsey Elementary School. 2005.
Old Stone Church front entrance in 2013.
Old Stone church Rose Window in 2013
Veteran's Memorial across from Borough Building.
Two ladies riding in an early automobile in front of the Old Stone Church. c.1910.
Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - C. 1930s.
MHS event at McGinely House. (Irene Rogotti, Theresa Mirro, & Patti Eithorn). c. 1980.
The Kiren stone house on McKinney Road in 2008.
Maxwell Family (Helen,Jack, Dick & Joan) with "Buckskin" in 1946.
Kuehn brothers (Fred, Carl, and Bud) on horse.
The Warner Auto Repair Garage on Northern Pike.
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.
Routes 22 and 48 facing west in 2005.
Northern Pike & Mosside Blvd. 1971.
Horseback riders in Turnpike Gardens. 1962.
Miracle Mile (aerial view). 1985.
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
Kerr-Campbell House in the 1980s.
Belwood Recreation Center
Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton st. Extension in 2006.
The Old Windmill Restaurant and Gravity Fill station on Old Route 22. c. 1930.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Miracle Mile (Murphy's Meats and Islay's). 1991.
Patton Twp. Road crew with Andrew J. Elliott, Supervisor, on far left.
Patton Township coal mine in 1922.
Route 22 looking West in 2005.
Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Beatty's Restaurant on Route 22 near Strochein Road.
Monroeville's Time Capsule being buried at Flag Plaza near the Old Stone Church in 1976.
Natashia Lobo.
School at Saunders Station and Haymaker Rds. 1927.
Union RR - Hall Locomotive Repair Shops off Thompson Rd.
Clarence Aber (1887-1930).
La Barbe restaurant showing outdoor dance floor in back. c. 1950.
"Zayre's Plaza" with Monroe Theater - 1968.
Wedding in the Old Stone Church.
Donna Ciarcinski, member, Monroeville Historical Society.
Advertisement for Monroeville Mall. 1983.
Harry Solomon and pony. c. 1950.
Monroeville Water Authority on Old Wm Penn Hwy.
Advertisement for the Monroeville Mall's Ice Palace.
Route 22 at Northern Pike. 2005.
William Penn Motel on Route 22.
Gavity Fill Gas Station on Old Route 22 with gasolene supplied from railroad cars on adjacent hill. c. 1930.
Old Stone Church (interior). 2006.
Libby Enos. Member Monroeville Historical Society.
Lang's Gas station on route 22. c. 1920.
George M. Johnston, with wife,Ann; sister, Mary Agnes, and daughters Bertha and May in 1895.
Joe Taylor family. c. 1900.
The Bradley House (c. 1860) at 2340 Saunders Station Road, in 2004.
Monroeville School in 1909.
Taylor's Auction Barn in the 1950s.
Alice Jane (Berger)Hall on her wedding day in 1914.
Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.
Leroy and Helen Rush Thompson at their wedding. c. 1940.
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.
Phoenix Motel on Route 22.
Steam Locomotive (Baldwin type 0102) built for the Union Railroad in the 1940s.
Route 22 looking west (with Luzader's 22 Motel on left). c.1960.
Tucker's Hotel on Route 22 near Duff Road. c. 1950.
Burke Glen amusement park with a boardwalk over the stream.ÿ c. 1930s.
Walko residence. Moderne-style house at 554 Haymaker Road. (Sold May 2005 to make way for townhouses).
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.
Chester Beatty in the cab of Beatty Farm delivery van in 1952.
Mosside Blvd in 2011 (Photo by Gene Bolch) .
Duck Pond at Monroeville's Restland Cemetery. 1997.
Holiday Inn off of Route 48.
Penn Hall Academy. 1970s.
Veterans Celebrations at the Old Stone Church - c.1900.
Northern Pike Elementary School. 2005.
Schafer Family (Lena Schafer Johnston, John Schafer, George Schafer, and Grandma Schafer).
McCully house with siding stripped away. c. 1992. (John McCully)
Union Railroad's Hall Shops. 2005.
Robert "Bob" Elms, MHS member, Fall Festival, 2006.
A & L Motors on Route 22.
Daniel and Catherine Jenker McMunn -- descendents of Martha Miers.
Penn Super Pharmacy, Community Hardware, Hair Supply. c. 1990.
A Monroeville Historical Society event held at McGinely House in 1982 (L. to R. Michelle, Lois Lyman, Marilyn Chandler, Lynn Chandler, Lois Alworth)
Phoenix Motel on Route 22. c. 1960.
Westinghouse Nuclear Center
Frank Urick (1881-1946) with horse "Babe" on the Urick farm c. 1937
Hohman's Market, 1224 James St.. c. 1990.
La Barbe restaurant in 1926.
The Graham House (c. 1780) on Old Ramsey Road is guarded by "Maggie".
Frank and Dora Urick on the Urick Farm.
The Ice Skating Rink at Monroeville Mall. c. 1970.
Tom and Isabelle Storey in their Turtle Creek home in 2014.
Henry Duff and Rebecca Monroe Duff.
Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.
Brookside Mobile Home Park in 2006.
Old Stone Church. c. 1980.
La Barbe restaurant. 2005.
Civil War Cannon Proving Grounds.
Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky in the 1950s on the Miller/Solomon Farm.
MacGregor Stone Bridge near Old Wm. Penn Hwy.
The Third Cross Roads Church building on Mosside Blvd. c.1960.
George C. Johnston and family, c. 1900.
Rovesti & Bruce Houses, 770 & 754 Patton St. - in the 1930s.
Fountains in Monroeville Mall shortly after opening in July 1969.
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.
Mt. Pleasent School. c. 1920.
Removal of Railroad tracks for mine servicing near Route 22 and Center Road.
Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton St. Ext. c. 1910.
Sewing Club - Cross Roads Church in the 1910s.
Floyd Johnston with his Clydesdale âHollyâ on the Johnston Farm is 1974.
Sarah Sylves (Thompson) with her mother in the early 1900s.
Route 22 at Center/Stroschein Rds. c. 1970.
Johnny Garneau's Restaurant on Route 22.
View from Cross Roads Cemetery looking north in 2001.
Widening of Monroeville Blvd. in 1970.
Boyd Log House (unrestored). 2005.
Mrs and Mrs Richard Maxwell Sr. in 1986.
George R. Johnston and his Piper Cub. c. 1940.
McCully House being restored in the 1990s. (John McCully)
Looking south across Route 22 before Cochran Motors in 2001.
Old Stone Church (interior). c. 2000.
The Palace Inn Motel on Route 48. 2005. (razed 2009. Current location of UPMC Hospital)
James Maxwell (1836-1862).
Holiday House on Route 22. c. 1980.
Floyd Johnston with Johnstonâs Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
WABCO Workers housing on Boyd's Hill.
Miracle Mile Shopping Center. 1960s.
McKinney Farmhouse in 2006.
McCully House. c. 1990. (John McCully)
Miracle Mile shopping center. 1987.
McGinely House (Modernized) in 1963.
Crossroads Church on Haymaker Road. 2005.
Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - Summer 1935.
The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1976.
Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.
Samuel King Beatty (c. 1850).
School children with Jean Young, teacher, at Mt. Pleasant School. Patton Township, 1908-1909.
Eat 'n Park restaurant on Route 22. c. 1990.
Route 22 facing East in the early 1950s.
Rebecca Carlisle with Nellie Bishop Gillis and Evelyn Treher Gillis.
Miracle Mile in the late 1950s.
Joseph Horne Co., in Monroeville Mall. 1969.
Clarence Hall with his US Mail Truck in 1948.
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.
WABCO workers houses on Boyd's Hill in 2006.
