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220-222 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Epifano Lucenti at time of survey. -
212-214 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by James T. Nelson at time of survey. -
210 Jefferson Avenue - J. S. Peirce House
Owned by Carmen S. Barruzza at time of survey. -
206 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Joseph J. Stallone at time of survey. -
204 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Betty J. Liberatore at time of survey. -
202 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Leonard Davidson at time of survey. -
120-122 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Stephen D. Paglione at time of survey. -
116 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Thomas E. Priory at time of survey. -
221-223 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Gilbert H. Herman at time of survey. -
215 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Francis A. Romano, Jr. at time of survey. -
207 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Richard C. Brady at time of survey. -
205 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Thomas J. Breslin at time of survey. -
203 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Angela C. Ennis at time of survey. -
131 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Frederick L. Schawo at time of survey. -
125-127 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Mae C. O'Neill at time of survey. -
119 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Fenton D. Larrisey at time of survey. -
115 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Laura A. Pope at time of survey. -
101 Jefferson Avenue
Owned by Anthony Messina at time of survey. -
[Smith family photograph taken on south side of Jefferson Avenue next to Pear Street]
Note the row of houses on the left side. This row of houses formerly stood on Pear Street between Jefferson and Logan Streets.
The family is the Smith family of Lafayette Street. This was a double house and they are seated in the yard of the second house east of Pear Street (note the iron fence directly behind the people). Warner J. Steel Mill is in the background. The picture was probably taken by an itinerant photographer who either lived there or was photographing for the day at that location. In 1884 Josiah was a wool sorter in the mills. Their home was on Lafayette Street near Cedar Street.
From left to right: Ellen Elizabeth Smith (born March 18, 1876 (Bristol)), Edgar Albion Smith (born December 29, 1880 (Bristol)), Josiah Smith (born August 1, 1841, Luddenden, Yorkshire, England, died April 17, 1891), Ann Speak Smith (born January 5, 1844, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, died April 3, 1929), Mary Alice Smith (born February 9, 1885 (Bristol)), Annie Gertrude Smith (born May 29, 1882 (Bristol), died 1972).
Not pictured with the family is Louis Oswald Smith (born August 24, 1877, died August 27, 1887).
Annie Gertrude Smith was the mother of Mildred Bell Hansom (1909-1997) whose daughter Margaret Hanson provided the information and identification. -
[Unidentified older man seated in chair with hat]
Photograph was taken on Jefferson Avenue near Pond Street. The property where the man sits is approximately where St. Ann Convent and School were located (as of 1998). In the background is the large house that was removed to build Jefferson Avenue School in 1909. -
[Former home of Dr. J. de Benneville Abbott on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Radcliffe Street]
Handwritten on back of photograph: "Jefferson Ave. Our house (side view). Abbotts."
A side view facing Jefferson Avenue is shown. Dr. Abbott was a physician, councilman, and served as Burgess 1903, 1904, 1905. -
"Jefferson Av., Bristol, PA."
Corner of Jefferson Avenue and Radcliffe Street. -
[Jefferson Avenue taken from the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Radcliffe Street]
The house on the right with the white columns and railing on the porch is number 115 Jefferson Avenue. -
[House on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street]
This mansard roof house on a knoll, surrounded by a white wooden fence, is now the site of the former Jefferson Avenue School, which opened in 1909. The former school is now called ‘The Jefferson’ and is an upscale condominium.
William and Mary Grundy, and their children Joseph and Margaret, moved to Bristol in 1877 and occupied the house when William Grundy started the Watershed Mill on Jefferson Avenue and Canal Street. The last known family to live in the house was John and Elizabeth Smiley, and their children. It was also owned by Joseph Peirce who started the Bristol Improvement Company and erected the Grundy Mill building.
Florence C. Smiley Foster, one of ten children of John and Elizabeth Smiley, described the appearance of the house in a paper she wrote about her family history. She stated that it had 21 rooms seven per floor. There was a large front porch and balconies on the second and third floors. It had a bathroom and a tank on the top floor in what was called the tank room for bath water. Her father would pump water weekly to the tank from the cellar. The fenced yard was large especially the front. There were beautiful, blooming lilacs and azaleas. Her father grew lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes in the backyard and shared them with neighbors. He also put baskets on a tree branch for boys to play basketball.
Mr. Peirce, the owner, wanted the Smiley family to buy the house because Joseph Grundy wanted to purchase it, tear it down, and have a public school built there. The Smiley family did not have the amount of money to purchase it. They then moved to Lafayette Street. Joseph Grundy purchased it, had it torn down, and donated the land for the building of Jefferson Avenue School which opened in 1909. -
[The Jefferson condominium building]
It was originally opened in 1909 as the Jefferson Avenue School. In the 1960s it was divided into apartments called ‘The Jefferson.’ -
[The Jefferson condominium building]
It was originally opened in 1909 as the Jefferson Avenue School. In the 1960s it was divided into apartments called ‘The Jefferson.’ -
Postcard: "Jefferson Avenue from Pond Street, Bristol, PA."
Jefferson Avenue School was opened in 1909. It is the first building on the left. -
Postcard: "Jefferson Avenue, showing Public School, Bristol, Pa."
School was opened in 1909.
Multiple copies available within the collection.
One copy has the inscription: "May 6, 1915, 307 Washington St., Bristol, Pa. Hello There, Did you rec'd your grass I send you last week. William Duncan (v. soon)." Addressed to "Mrs. Howard Lewis, Aquetong, Bucks Co., Pa."
Another copy reads: "Dear [Bao] and family, did you get word about poor Uncle Wm dying Sunday night at about 11 o'clock. Funeral at 130 Wed--afternoon. He surely was a patient sufferer. Hope you are all well as this leaves us all well except [Joe]. Love to all from [Mallie]." Addressed to "Mrs. G. W. Keller, Norfolk, Va. R.J. D. No. 1." Stamped February 27, [1915]."