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[Flooding of the Delaware River]
Photographed is the Market Street wharf and the parking lot behind the bank building at Radcliffe Street and Market Street. -
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[Flooding of Delaware River]
On back of photograph: "St. back of Bristol movie"
Building on left is former ferry boat terminal and part of Lions Park. Street shown is between Market and Mill Street called Water Street. Currently this is known as Samuel Clift Drive. Bristol Theatre (for film) was replaced by the Bristol Riverside Theatre (for drama). -
[Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street]
Built in 1831 to obtain $200 that was left by Samuel Scotton, for the purchase of a “town clock.” The cost of the building was $2,700. The clock was $500, the town bell cost $156, the lot was $300, and incidental expenses were $125 totaling to $3,781. In 1938, this town hall was torn down. The building’s bell has since been exhibited on the lawn near the entrance to the municipal building at Pond and Mulberry Street.
Note: The Coca Cola sign on the wall of the building to the left of the town hall was painted over sometime after this photograph and was covered until it was rediscovered in 1999. The Coca Cola Company had it repainted in 2006 and the image was changed to a 1947 picture. -
[Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street]
Built in 1831 to obtain $200 that was left by Samuel Scotton, for the purchase of a “town clock.” The cost of the building was $2,700. The clock was $500, the town bell cost $156, the lot was $300, and incidental expenses were $125 totaling to $3,781. In 1938, this town hall was torn down. The building’s bell has since been exhibited on the lawn near the entrance to the municipal building at Pond and Mulberry Street. -
[Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street]
Decorated with American flags, Bristol Borough Police force standing on steps. -
"Old Town Hall, Bristol, PA."
Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street
Three unidentified men standing in front. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1]
Bristol Fire Company No. 1 was founded 1857 located on Wood Street at Market Street. It served as Bristol’s first fire company. In 1875, a third story was added to house meetings of the Borough Council until 1926-27 when the municipal building was constructed. Engine doors of the building were also altered (at around the same time). Photograph taken before 1875 as the fire plug had not yet been installed on the street corner. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 on the corner of Wood Street and Market Street]
Friend’s Meeting House (1711) across the street with closed white shutters. [Photo was likely taken in 1926 when William Doron donated his car to the company. Franklin Gilkenson is likely the chief in the white hat. The other man is unidentified. The stable was added in 1886 with an arched door to match the other two doors. When this photo was taken the arch had been removed.] This information was supplied by Jerome Mead of Fire Company No. 1 in 2000. -
