History/Mystery this week and Glenolden Building boom!! Chester 1724 Court House Celebration

This week's History Mystery picture was an easy one. A number of people recognized the 5th Ave, picture and Welsh St. looking west. 

The above picture is of Logan Ave. just south of  Chester Pike about 1925. The 1920's was  a bi g time for home building in Delaware County. The Chester Pike area was building homes in every town.

CHESTER TIMES 

April 7, 1924  

GLENOLDEN IN MIDST OF BIG BOOM IN BUILDING 

Hundred Homes to be Erected in Borough This Year in Addition to Those Begun in 1923

          At least one hundred new houses will be erected in this borough during 1924, according to estimates made by borough officials, it was announced yesterday.  Last year there were two hundred homes either completed or gotten under way in the borough.

          On Rambler Road, Builder Milton L. Staley has thirty-seven homes of an operation of fifty completed.  Staley, it is understood, will open up the Glasgow tract at Primos Avenue and the pike and will also erect a number of homes on Woodland Avenue.

          On N. Scott Avenue, Joseph Dyson has six homes under way, and it is understood he will shortly start the erection of several additional dwellings.

          E. Erickson has four houses in course of erection on Scott Avenue, south of Glenolden Avenue, and is erecting a home for his own occupancy on Stewart Avenue, where he recently erected several dwellings.

          Charles Parker of Chester is putting up a new home on Cooke Avenue and it is understood will erect two o Llanwellyn Avenue.

          In Glen-Nor Heights section, Staley & Son have twenty new homes completed and eight more under way.

          In the Llanwellyn section about ten homes are in various stages of construction.  Builder Collison of Collingdale, will erect several homes at Parker and Ashland Avenues.

          Walker & Boekenkamp are building several homes in Glenolden Manor, five being in course of construction on Ridgeway Avenue and seven on Sharp Avenue.

          Beckett & Nichols are building on Cooke Avenue and on Sharp Avenue.

          The Auxiliary of Murray-Stuart Post, American Legion, realized handsomely from a bake given at the Legion hall, Saturday evening.  The bake was followed by a dance.

  PLEASE Support the Chester Historical Society        

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 3, 2024

Chester Historical Preservation Committee Hosts the

1824 Ball to Celebrate the 300th birthday of the

Chester Courthouse

The Chester Historical Preservation Committee is proud to announce that tickets are

on sale for the 1824 Ball to celebrate the 300th birthday of the historic Chester

Courthouse. Come dressed to impress in your best waistcoat or Colonial Period

gown, ala Bridgerton. Or, if you would rather leave the ruffles and wigs behind,

formal attire is also welcomed. Whichever you choose, you’re sure to have an

evening of historic fun, enjoying a delicious dinner, dancing and both a silent and live

auction. All the benefit the Chester Historical Preservation Committee and the good

works they do to help preserve the historical significance of Chester, PA.

WHEN: Sunday, May 5th, 5-9pm

WHERE: Lazaretto Ballroom, 99 Wanamaker Avenue, Essington, PA

Tickets are $65 per person or $120 per couple and can be purchased on our website

at chesterpreservation.org.

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For more information, please contact the Chester Preservation Committee at

(610) 872-4497.