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[Harriman United Methodist Church]
Newly erected Harriman United Methodist Church 1964 on the site of the 1924 building. -
[Harriman United Methodist Church]
Harriman United Methodist Church Wilson Avenue and Harrison Street built in 1964. -
[Harriman United Methodist Church]
Harriman United Methodist Church started as a YMCA-sponsored Sunday School in 1917. In 1924, this church building was erected. In 1941, the congregation was incorporated as Harriman Methodist Church. This building was removed in 1964 and a larger structure erected on the same site. The church is located on Wilson Avenue and Harrison Street in the “Harriman” section of Bristol. -
[Christmas Card: Harriman United Methodist Church--interior]
Inscription inside of card reads: “May you have the gladness of Christmas which is Hope, the spirit of Christmas which is Peace, the heart of Christmas which is Love.” Color Photography and natural color reproduction by WYCO Colour Productions, 410 Wyndon Road, Ambler, PA. Church formed 1918 at Bristol High School. 1923 it became a Methodist Church. -
[Fleetwings factory aerial photograph]
Fleetwings Aircraft on Radcliffe Street at the top of the photograph. The bottom of the photograph shows the small business district on Farragut Avenue in the Harriman section.
Printed 1986 -
Postcard: "Harriman Business District, Bristol PA."
On reverse: “Published for Nichols Photo Service. Bristol Pa. by the Collotype Co. Elizabeth N.J. and N.Y. -
Postcard: "Farragut Avenue, Bristol, PA."
On reverse: "Pub. By Nichols Photo Service, Bristol, PA." -
"Victory Hotel, Harriman, Pennsylvania"
The Victory Hotel, which was built in Harriman (a town built for the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation), had three-stories. It was of the Spanish Mission Style. There were approximately 500 rooms. It was built on the west side of Farragut Avenue between Harriman and Garfield Streets. The building was removed, following the end of World War I. Part of the hotel was reassembled in Whiting, New Jersey. It became a 54 room dormitory building at the Keswick Colony, an institution for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. The Victory Hotel was originally sold for $31,000 to Thomas Morch of Philadelphia. The dismantling was started in 1923. -
[Former Yellowstone Inn on Radcliffe Street]
This circa 1750 building was the Yellowstone Inn. Facing Radcliffe Street on the river near Bloomsdale Road (now Green Lane). The Inn was near a ferry crossing. In July 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr stayed at the Inn in his flight westward after killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. The building is currently a private residence. -
[Harriman business district]
Built during World War I, photograph taken circa World War II. -
"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
"3374--Hotel Victory, Harriman, PA."
"Victory Hotel” was located in Harriman between Harriman and Garfield Streets. -
[Aerial photograph of former Merchant Shipyard, at time of photograph Keystone Aircraft occupied the location]
Hangar located bottom right, housed the “Seabird” construction, Keystone’s seaplanes. -
"Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA."
Keystone Aircraft Corporation located on the former site of the Merchant Shipyard. -
[Merchant Shipyard Corporation, general supply and storage building]
Originally part of the Merchant Shipyard Corporation 1917; served as general supply and storage. A template shop was located on the third floor. After the Shipyard shut down, Manhattan Soap Company occupied and later became Purex Soap, then Dial Soap Company. Dial Soap closed in 2000. As of 2020, it is office space for multiple companies, including Lenox.