This picture is of South Ave. in Glenolden. You are looking up South Ave. from Chester Pike toward MacDade Blvd. This picture is from about 1920.
Note: The decade of the 1920's was a time of growth for Delaware Co. Builders were buying up farms etc. mainly in eastern Delco and building like crazy. I also included the 1920 census numbers to give you an idea of what the county was like then. The boro with the smallest population was Parkside with 374 residents, the smallest township was Edgmont with a population of 474.
CHESTER TIMES
August 2, 1922
BUILDING BOOM HITS THE COUNTY
Glenolden, Colwyn and Drexel Hill to Have Many New Homes
Milt
Staley, of Collingdale, has purchased the old Rice property, consisting of five
acres, extending from Chester Pike along Oak Lane, backing against the
Pennsylvania Railroad right of way at Glenolden. Mr. Staley, it is understood, is immediately
to commence building operations on this tract.
Provision is being made for the letting of contracts for the erection of
forty-eight semi-detached houses, which are to be placed on the market on the
partial payment plan.
William
Hatton, a Colwyn builder, is erecting two hollow tile and stucco bungalows on
Chester Pike. They are to be of seven
rooms, with garage in the rear.
Approximately
fifty new houses have been erected in Glenolden this season and sold. The total sum represented in new construction
is about $400,000.
There
is considerable home development under way at Folcroft. The Oliver S. Kelley operation is situated
along Elmwood Avenue, between Folcroft and Sharon Hill. It consists of about 500 lots, 45 by
125. This is a purely semi-bungalow
proposition, construction being of stone and frame, of seven rooms. Sixteen of this class of buildings are now being
erected, twelve having been sold.
Along
Bee and Elmwood Avenues, the Fasdick operation shows to good advantage. The lots average 40 by 150 feet, and the
style is semi-detached stucco, five and six rooms. Twenty-four have been completed and
sold. There are thirty now under
construction. M. J. Melhorn is selling
agent.
From
reliable and conservative sources it is estimated that the capital invested in
home construction at Drexel Hill thus far this year overlaps thee $1,000,000
mark. This sum total is represented in
the homes that are now occupied by their owners. Not speculative building operations which
remains on the market and unsold.
Probably
one of the largest tracts under development is the so-called Aronomink section
to Drexel Hill. There are 270 acres in
this tract, which extends from School Lane to 1500 feet above State Road. While the tract is plotted in 30 foot units,
no lots are being sold of less than 60 foot frontage and 150 feet in depth. Electric lighting, gas and water systems are
installed. Since the first of the year
this company has concluded the transfer of property to home owners which
amounts in round sums to $500,000. There
is extensive construction under way at present, and all of this is done under
individual contract. No speculative
building is done on the Aronomink section, the character of these houses are of
a high order, detached of stone and stucco.
CHESTER TIMES – June 25, 1920
DARBY, LARGEST BOROUGH, POINT OF POPULATION
Official Figures Credit It 7922; Parkside, Smallest, 374
Apropos
of the total population of Delaware County of 173,084, announced by the Census
Bureau, and published yesterday in the Times, the following figures are given
as the number of inhabitants in the various separate districts in “Little
Delaware.” The list is official and is
given alphabetically:
Aldan
Borough: 1138
Aston
Township: 2017
Bethel
Township: 558
Birmingham
Township: 676
Chester
Township: 675
Clifton
Heights Borough: 3469
Collingdale
Borough (P. O. Darby): 2834
Colwyn
Borough: 1850
Concord
Township: 1237
Darby
Borough: 7922
Darby
Township: 3077
East
Lansdowne Borough: 1561
Eddystone
Borough: 2670
Edgmont
Township: 474
Glenolden
Borough: 1944
Haverford
Township: 6631
Lansdowne
Borough: 4797
Lower
Chichester Township: 2581
Marcus
Hook Borough: 5324
Marple
Township: 900
Media
Borough: 4109
Middletown
Township: 4304
Milbourne
Borough: 419
Morton
Borough: 1212
Nether
Providence Township: 2344
Newtown
Township: 837
Norwood
Borough: 2353
Parkside
Borough: 374
Prospect
Park Borough: 2536
Radnor
Township: 8181
Ridley
Township: 5342
Ridley
Park Borough: 2313
Rutledge
Borough: 711
Sharon
Hill Borough: 1780
Springfield
Township: 1298
Swarthmore
Borough: 2350
Thornbury
Township: 1719
Tinicum
Township: 2500
Trainer
Borough: 1367
Upland
Borough: 2486
Upper
Chichester Township: 1577
Upper
Darby Township: 8956
Upper
Providence Township: 1246
Yeadon
Borough: 1303
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