Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . ion g-rounds, one square south of Mershall Kofd, and from L-an-^-dowiie avenue to First avenue, the latter thoroughfare having been openednorthward from Essex avenue in December, 1908. On the south side of Es-sex avenue, between Lansdowne and First avenues six suburban houseswere started bv W. C. Shuster, Jr., in December, 1908. PART OF ORIGINAL POWELL FARM. The propertv on which stands the row of houses bounded by Stewart, Mc-Ivinley, Union & Wycombe avenues was part or the original Foweil farm. Thsfour acres passed into the possession of Nicholas Millo
Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . ion g-rounds, one square south of Mershall Kofd, and from L-an-^-dowiie avenue to First avenue, the latter thoroughfare having been openednorthward from Essex avenue in December, 1908. On the south side of Es-sex avenue, between Lansdowne and First avenues six suburban houseswere started bv W. C. Shuster, Jr., in December, 1908. PART OF ORIGINAL POWELL FARM. The propertv on which stands the row of houses bounded by Stewart, Mc-Ivinley, Union & Wycombe avenues was part or the original Foweil farm. Thsfour acres passed into the possession of Nicholas Milloy, father of JamesMilloy, an old Borough resident, upwards of thirty years ago. Mr. Milloyconducted a dairy and tilled the soil until old age compelled him to retirefrom active pursuits. Shortly after his death the property was sold to a syn-dicate, and from them passed into the possession of Edgar T. Bishop, whobegan the building operation in the fall of IS98, and completing it the follow-ing spring. 2S LAXSDOWXE PAi^T AND PRESENT. THE BARKER BUILDING. The Barker Building, a,t the northwest corner of Baltimore and Lans-downe avenues, was erected by William H. Barker in 1893. Morgan Buntingwas the architect. The building, a three-story one, is of local gray stone,With trimmings of India limestone, and is equpped with modern improve-ments. It fronts 150 feet on Lansdowne avenue and CO feet on Baltimore ave^nue. Among the early occupants were the. St. Johns Club, an audience hall,and builders, lawyers, a dressmaker, an artist, and a printer, on the secondfloor, and a hardware store, stove store, pnarmacy, the Lansdowne WaterCompany office, and the Borough Tax Collectors Office, on the first Barker, who is engaged in the granite and marble business with officesin Philadelphia, was the first Burgess of Lansdowne BorOugh, and now re-sides in one of the most attractive homes in the Borough, at 117 NorthLansdowne avenue. BLANCHPiERRE The home of Francis 0. Taylor, Esq., know
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