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McGinley House. c. 1980.

Rovesti & Bruce Houses, 770 & 754 Patton St. - in the 1930s.

McCully House being reconstructed in 1993.

Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.

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.

Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.

Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.

Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.

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.

McCully House. c. 2000.

McCully House at original location on James street. c. 1990.

McCully house with siding stripped away. c. 1990.

McCully House. c. 1990.

Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).

James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1990s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence).

James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1990s. (Later, the Johnston Family's residence). This photo shows the house before it was restored.

Johnston house built by James McCully in the 1880s.

Built by James McCully, this house was later the Johnston residence. It is shown here in 1920s.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1976.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

Graham Log House (c. 1780) off of Old Ramsey Road in 1976.

johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.

Speelman (McCollough) Farm House (c. 1840). At 2215 Monroeville Road, as it appeared in the 1970s (Razed).

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Office of Dr. McDonald, 3538 Northern Pike in 2005. Extensively remodeled, this structure was the first stagecoach stop in Monroeville -- the Rising Sun Inn.

Originally the Anthony residence, this structure designed by noted architect Henry Hornsbostelÿ for a site along Aber's Creek, was called "Valley Tower."

McCully House being restored in the 1990s.

The McCully Log House being re-constructed on the McGinley property by MHS members and other volunteers.

Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Duff Farm. c. 1930.

Graham Log house (c. 1780) off Old Ramsey Road. 1985.

Log Cabin at 205 Kenmar Drive - originaly built as Hunting Lodge for Jake Shafley in 1939.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) after 1990's addition.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) fully restored.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

 

The Graham House (c. 1780) on Old Ramsey Road is guarded by "Maggie".

Probably built by John McCully in 1790, this log house on the James St. Extension has been extensively restored by the Bill Johnson family for whom it now serves as a residence.

Samuel Beatty Homestead on Logan's Ferry Road, built in 1901. ca.1940.

Brinton House Log Cabin on McGinley Road in the 1920s. (Razed in the 1940s).

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1946.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1947.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.

Johnston Log House in the 1920s.

Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.

"Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.

Original Beatty Farm House. c. 1870.

Boyd Log House (unrestored). 2005.

The Herb Garden at McGinley House. c. 1990.

William Sposito, Ken Krusey, and Rich Gessinger before the Lang/Sposito log house as it was being modernized in 1939.

Lang Log House at 249 Wallace Dr. 2005.

Walko residence. Moderne-style house at 554 Haymaker Road. (Sold May 2005 to make way for townhouses).

Valley Tower in 2006.

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.)

Grimm Farm houses on Tilbrook Road.

Colbaugh house, 2033 Monroeville Rd. (c. 1880). 1982. (July 14, 1982)

Manor House Apartments (c. 1900). 2446 Johnston Rd. 1982.

McGinley House. 1998.

Christmas display on Mt. Pleasant Drive. 1996.

Graham Farmhouse (now gone) near today's Garden City.

Robert Thompson House (razed) on Beatty Road (near present day University Park and College park Drives).

Graham Log House (c.1780) in the 1930s.

Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.

Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.

"Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.

Bradley House, 2340 Saunders Station Rd. Home of the Geroge Smith family in 1941.

Sam Black Farm House on Mosside Blvd. "Blackridge Farm." (near present-day Sunrise Senior Living Home)

Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).

Manor house, 2446 Johnston Rd., May1988.

WABCO Workers housing on Boyd's Hill.

chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.

Ida Mae Elliott Sherman and Fred Kuehn in front of the Elliott farm house near Old Wm. Penn Hwy. & Elliott Rd. Built 1905.

Boyd Farmhouse in 2005.

The Schafer Farmhouse in 2005.

Willow Springs Farmhouse in 2006.

Brunner Farm House in 2005.

Grimm Farmhouses on Tilbrook Road.

Seaman House in 2006.

Matlack House in 2006.

Hohmann Farmhouse near Young's Corner in 2006.

The Logan House on Tilbrook Rd. in 2006.

McKinney Farmhouse in 2006.

Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 2006.

Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 1901.

Bauman Farmhouse in 2006.

Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton St. Ext. c. 1910.

Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton st. Extension in 2006.

Sawka House (c1924) on Patton St. Ext.,in 2006.

Cheripka House in 2006.

Matelan House in 2006.

Pivorotto House in 2006.

Thokar House in the 1940s.

Thokar House in 2006.

WABCO workers houses on Boyd's Hill in 2006.

Farkas House (c.1930) in 2006.

Garden City in 2006.

Garden City Swimming Pool.

Zarrella House in 1957.

Zarrella House in 2006.

Walko House in 2006.

Conley House in 2006.

McCollough House in 2006.

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.

Turnpike Gardens in 2006.

Alpine Village in 2006.

Brookside Mobile Home Park in 2006.

Kerr-Campbell House in the 1980s.

Kerr-Campbell House in the 2006.

The Chandler House in 2006.

Kuehn's Dairy Farm.

Smith Family gathering at the Bradley House on Saunders Station Road. c. 1940.

McGinely House (Modernized) in 1963.

Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.

Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.

Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Mellon Plan in the 1920s.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Boyd Hill shortly after construction in 1918.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) Housing at Boyd Hill. c 1923.

The Bradley House (c. 1860) at 2340 Saunders Station Road, in 2004.

"Lustron" steel house clad in square panels of porcelain enameled steel. (1949). 317 Pinevue Drive.

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.

Garden City under construction in 1956.

Christmas card from the Wilcox family at Willow Springs Farm.

Henningsen contemporary log house.

The Kiren stone house on McKinney Road in 2008.

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.

Rising Sun Inn (as private residence of Sam Dixon family).

McCully Log House after being modernized. (c. 1985).

Speelman Farm House.

McGinley and McCully Houses, winter, 2010.

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.

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.

Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.

James McCully House - 1920's.

Johnston’s Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
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McGinley House. c. 1980.

Rovesti & Bruce Houses, 770 & 754 Patton St. - in the 1930s.

McCully House being reconstructed in 1993.

Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.

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.

Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.

Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.

Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.

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.

McCully House. c. 2000.

McCully House at original location on James street. c. 1990.

McCully house with siding stripped away. c. 1990.

McCully House. c. 1990.

Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).

James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1990s. (later, the Johnston Family's residence).

James McCully built this house on James St. Extension in the 1990s. (Later, the Johnston Family's residence). This photo shows the house before it was restored.

Johnston house built by James McCully in the 1880s.

Built by James McCully, this house was later the Johnston residence. It is shown here in 1920s.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1976.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

Graham Log House (c. 1780) off of Old Ramsey Road in 1976.

johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.

Speelman (McCollough) Farm House (c. 1840). At 2215 Monroeville Road, as it appeared in the 1970s (Razed).

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Office of Dr. McDonald, 3538 Northern Pike in 2005. Extensively remodeled, this structure was the first stagecoach stop in Monroeville -- the Rising Sun Inn.

Originally the Anthony residence, this structure designed by noted architect Henry Hornsbostelÿ for a site along Aber's Creek, was called "Valley Tower."

McCully House being restored in the 1990s.

The McCully Log House being re-constructed on the McGinley property by MHS members and other volunteers.

Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Duff Farm. c. 1930.

Graham Log house (c. 1780) off Old Ramsey Road. 1985.

Log Cabin at 205 Kenmar Drive - originaly built as Hunting Lodge for Jake Shafley in 1939.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) after 1990's addition.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) fully restored.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

 

The Graham House (c. 1780) on Old Ramsey Road is guarded by "Maggie".

Probably built by John McCully in 1790, this log house on the James St. Extension has been extensively restored by the Bill Johnson family for whom it now serves as a residence.

Samuel Beatty Homestead on Logan's Ferry Road, built in 1901. ca.1940.

Brinton House Log Cabin on McGinley Road in the 1920s. (Razed in the 1940s).

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1946.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

The Haymaker/Maxwell House (c.1793) in 1947.

Originally the home of William N. Haymaker at 1256 Northwestern Drive, off Haymaker Road.

Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.

Johnston Log House in the 1920s.

Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.

"Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.

Original Beatty Farm House. c. 1870.

Boyd Log House (unrestored). 2005.

The Herb Garden at McGinley House. c. 1990.

William Sposito, Ken Krusey, and Rich Gessinger before the Lang/Sposito log house as it was being modernized in 1939.

Lang Log House at 249 Wallace Dr. 2005.

Walko residence. Moderne-style house at 554 Haymaker Road. (Sold May 2005 to make way for townhouses).

Valley Tower in 2006.

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.)

Grimm Farm houses on Tilbrook Road.

Colbaugh house, 2033 Monroeville Rd. (c. 1880). 1982. (July 14, 1982)

Manor House Apartments (c. 1900). 2446 Johnston Rd. 1982.

McGinley House. 1998.

Christmas display on Mt. Pleasant Drive. 1996.

Graham Farmhouse (now gone) near today's Garden City.

Robert Thompson House (razed) on Beatty Road (near present day University Park and College park Drives).

Graham Log House (c.1780) in the 1930s.

Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.

Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.

"Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.

Bradley House, 2340 Saunders Station Rd. Home of the Geroge Smith family in 1941.

Sam Black Farm House on Mosside Blvd. "Blackridge Farm." (near present-day Sunrise Senior Living Home)

Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).

Manor house, 2446 Johnston Rd., May1988.

WABCO Workers housing on Boyd's Hill.

chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.

Ida Mae Elliott Sherman and Fred Kuehn in front of the Elliott farm house near Old Wm. Penn Hwy. & Elliott Rd. Built 1905.

Boyd Farmhouse in 2005.

The Schafer Farmhouse in 2005.

Willow Springs Farmhouse in 2006.

Brunner Farm House in 2005.

Grimm Farmhouses on Tilbrook Road.

Seaman House in 2006.

Matlack House in 2006.

Hohmann Farmhouse near Young's Corner in 2006.

The Logan House on Tilbrook Rd. in 2006.

McKinney Farmhouse in 2006.

Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 2006.

Beatty Farmhouse on Logan's Ferry Extension in 1901.

Bauman Farmhouse in 2006.

Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton St. Ext. c. 1910.

Rovesti and Bruce Houses on Patton st. Extension in 2006.

Sawka House (c1924) on Patton St. Ext.,in 2006.

Cheripka House in 2006.

Matelan House in 2006.

Pivorotto House in 2006.

Thokar House in the 1940s.

Thokar House in 2006.

WABCO workers houses on Boyd's Hill in 2006.

Farkas House (c.1930) in 2006.

Garden City in 2006.

Garden City Swimming Pool.

Zarrella House in 1957.

Zarrella House in 2006.

Walko House in 2006.

Conley House in 2006.

McCollough House in 2006.

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.

Turnpike Gardens in 2006.

Alpine Village in 2006.

Brookside Mobile Home Park in 2006.

Kerr-Campbell House in the 1980s.

Kerr-Campbell House in the 2006.

The Chandler House in 2006.

Kuehn's Dairy Farm.

Smith Family gathering at the Bradley House on Saunders Station Road. c. 1940.

McGinely House (Modernized) in 1963.

Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.

Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.

Fourth of July celebrations at Grimm Farm, on Tilbrook Road.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Mellon Plan in the 1920s.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company Housing at Boyd Hill shortly after construction in 1918.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) Housing at Boyd Hill. c 1923.

The Bradley House (c. 1860) at 2340 Saunders Station Road, in 2004.

"Lustron" steel house clad in square panels of porcelain enameled steel. (1949). 317 Pinevue Drive.

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.

Garden City under construction in 1956.

Christmas card from the Wilcox family at Willow Springs Farm.

Henningsen contemporary log house.

The Kiren stone house on McKinney Road in 2008.

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.

Rising Sun Inn (as private residence of Sam Dixon family).

McCully Log House after being modernized. (c. 1985).

Speelman Farm House.

McGinley and McCully Houses, winter, 2010.

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.

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.

Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.

James McCully House - 1920's.

Johnston’s Dairy Delivery Trucks in 1954.
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