Red Lion Area High School - Lion Yearbook (Red Lion, PA)

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RED LIUN Centennial V dj! '1- nB80-1980 E -A 'YY 'Y ,, . , 'V ggi The Luther Shaw building. The Miriam Kinard home. Nw 1- 'l A portion of the Robert Joines building. The Roy and Marian Warner home. The First One Hundred Years 15 , -, - fu

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REB LIUN Centennial L r rs . 'li a--stnfs ff 1 L. Norman Zarfos home before and during its razing several years ago. House was located at 127 W. High St., beside the home of Marian L. Klnard. Judging from its exterior, one would not think it was originally a log house. 6. What is most likely the original part of the Albert Posey farm house, located outside of the northeast cor- ner of Red Lion, is of log construction. This was the home of David Miller, Michael Miller's grandson, and could have been the home of the first permanent settler of that area, John Young. 7. Perhaps the oldest of these discovered log houses is that one owned by Robert Joines. It is located 1.5 miles south of Red Lion at the intersection of Dull and Felton Roads. A stone house with an 1808 date stone stands beside it. Most old maps las far back as 1816l show the property as a mill owned by a J. Diehl, and former owners concur with this family name. Old tax records show an Adam Deel lalso spelled Deall as an operator of a grist mill in Windsor Township as early as 1786. The land on which the cabin stands was granted by the Penns to a Jolvn Ligget in 1768. The late Rev. John Norris was born in the log house. 8. The home of Roy and Marian Warner at 104 W. High Street reported by Clara Gilbert and Kenneth Ness, grandchildren of the builder of the house, Edauard Jum- bo Ne , to be of log construction. Built in 1882 lrather late for log housel, it was a longtime home of the John Spangl family. 9. At the bottom of the W. High Street hill, just out- side of town, is a log house, presently owned by Samuel and Philip Laucks. lt was the original Rost home in the area, hagving been purchased by Henry Rost, great grand- father o Earl A. Rost, in 1866. This is the same farm that first Ch ef Burgess Henry Wagman and John Meyer bought in 1859. The deed can be traced back to 1834 when it was owned by a Samuel Saudis. It was part of the land granted in 1772 to Felix Albright. 10. About a block north of the borough line on Route 24 stands a small house on the east side of the road. lt is the home of Mrs. Sadie Snyder, and it is what one ma call a classic log house. C. Mervin Kaltreider, of the Cenxlennial Book Committee, remembers it as an old house when he was a boy. His grandfather, Levi Kalt- reider, owned it at the time. A more recent owner was an Albert altimeyer. In 1812, the property was purchased by a P ter Dietz. It consisted of 315 acres, and was located n both sides of the highway. Records indicate that it re. ained in the Dietz family for quite some time, so it was most likely a Dietz who built the house. 11. In Grim Hollow, located on Neff Road, is the refurbished log home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Myers. lt had lon been the home of the Emmanuel Grim family, and late? that of his son, William H. Grim and his family. 12. There is a log house and log spring house on the property of Wayne Posey, located just off of the southern side of the Freysville Road, not far from the borough limits. It had been the property of Truman Koch and others, but was known mostly as the Albert Arnold farm. The First One Hundred Years

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RED LlON'S CENTURY-OL BUILDINGS The finding of the century old buildings was a difficult and time consuming endeavor. lt required the investiga- tion of well over 100 deeds in the York County Court House, numerous phone calls and visits to some of Red Lion's older citizens, as well as comparisons to the 1880 census, 1881 tax records, old maps, and information from the 1930 Golden Jubilee book. In 1880, there were approximately 53 households in Red Lion. Although there were a few houses scattered here and there earlier, the development of Red Lion began in earnest about 1877. At this time the develop- ment centered on the first two blocks of North Main St., on lands sold primarily by Henry Wallick and Catherine Meyer. Following the development of this downtown area Mrs. Meyer began selling building lots along E. Gay, High St., and First Avenue. Around 1883, Solomon Frey sold a large plot of ground to William Miller on the north side of East Broadway. This signaled the development of this area. South Main St. and West Broadway did not begin extensive development until near the turn of the century. The following buildings are believed to have been standing at the time Red Lion was incorporated in 1880. Some of the buildings are no longer in the borough due to the secession in 1884. Others were not in the borough at incorporation but have been annexed into the borough over the years. 12 or more 1880 homes have been torn down. 43 North Main - A portion of the Lloyd Smith b ilding was built around 1876 by Samuel Sprenkle. 52-54 North Main - The Robert E. Peters house w s the home of Red Lion Pioneer, Adam Gebhard. 60 North Main - The Paul Grove house was the h me of Dr. John H. Hyson, built around 1878. 2 North Main - The apartment building owned by ay Gouker was built in 1877 and was the home of J cob Miller in 1880. 77-83 North Main - The Donald Lutz apartment building was built as the second Red Lion Hotel about 1 70 by Catherine Meyer. 86 North Main - The Preston J. Young building was the home of Daniel Weaver in 1879 and possibly 'lliam Algire shortly thereafter. 101 North Main - The Donald Lutz apartment b ilding was the home of John Wegman in 1880. 160-162 North Main - These houses, owned by uay Minnich, were in 1880, the Bee Hive wallpaper s re at 4160 and the home of Seth Minnich at 8162. 271 North Main The home of Randy Howard is t ought to have been built in 1804. This was the original ed Lion Tavern from which the town was named 286-288 North Main - The Carl Jones lff286l and t e Yohn f4288l homes were built around 1872. lt was the home of Moses Smith in 1880. There is also reason to believe that the James Smith family also lived in this use in 1880. 15 East Prospect - The home of Larry Webb was originally at the northeast corner of Prospect and North Main, and was later moved to its present location. lt was the home of Albert Smith. V' arner 42 athani ound outh Main - The Theodore Galliera home was l Neiman's original Red Lion home. Built 874, it housed Red Lion's first cigar factory. 70 ast High St. - The home of Rodney Brenne- an wa the residence of Wesley Smith in 1880. 77 ast High - The Dennis Enfield home was s andin at 10 North Main Street in 1880 and may have been th home of A.D. Wallick. The house was moved to i prese tlocation in 1900. 133 est High St. - The home of Miriam Kinard is o log onstruction and may have been the home of eorge ise as early as 1860. We High St. Extended - The house on the Philip and Sa ual Laucks property, lying on the south side of the Yoe mest Vin Sou ward L. bert 0 road, was built prior to 1830 and was the first ad of the Rost family. St. and East Lancaster - The house owned by . Garner was built around 1866 by John Wise. h Franklin St. Extended - The home of Ed- Gray was built as early as 1840. lt was the home in 1883! of Red Lion's first Chief Burgess, Henry 1 egma Cou ntry Club Road - The home of Gene C. was Red Lion's first school and was built before 60. Cougitry Club Road - South of the road is the OITIQ O 1856 by Ted L. Gemmil. The house was built about Charles Neff and was the Warner farm house for any years. 267 East Broadway - The home of C. Benarr Frey as buil in 1863 by Solomon Frey. 20 22 Railroad Ave. - The home of Hester Bat- ters M2 l and Eugene Druck V221 was the home of An- drew K ener in 1880. There a e other homes still standing in Red Lion that, for one rea n or other, are thought to be possibly 100 years d. 258 East Broadway - The Thomas Butcher home was pro ably built by Samuel Sprenkle sometime after 876. 118 120 8: 122 8: 124 North Main - These two i entical homes, now owned by Myles Gipe l118-120l, Robert oring l122l and Oletta Frey l124l are believed to have law of ong t 140 Edwit een built 1879-1882 by Edwin Moul, the son-in- atherine Meyer. The Jacob Young family was heir first inhabitants. North Main - The Wilber Hall home was built 1 Moul sometime between 1879 and 1888. 145-1147 North Main - The home of Paulene ln- rote is 80 . .hought to have been the home of Noah Olp in Rear of 20 N. Main St. - This house, now owned y Geor older cit about w this case who pur Indeed, Main m reason t who is 1882. ge Alwood, is said by a couple of Red Lion's izens to have been located along N. Main St. 'iere the Red Lion Cigar Store stands today. In it would have been the home of William Knaub, chased the land from Catherine Meyer in 1877. the building standing along the street at 20 N. y also be a century-old house. There is good believe it was the home of a Matthew Gable ought to have moved from Red Lion around NOTE: The numbers preceding each building are shown on the 1888 drawing of Red Lion on page 4.