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Illustration: "G. W. Adams House c. 1875 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA"

[Right] 500 Radcliffe Street. House to the left of Galzerano Funeral Home on Radcliffe Street. During 1940s, 1950s, until about 1965, it was the medical office of James Lawler, MD.

[Left] 502 Radcliffe Street- This was once the home of John Stuckert an attorney at law in 1905 who had his law office at 107 Mill Street. In 1941, A. Russell Burton and wife Marian S. Burton lived at 502 Radcliffe. They operated a Real Estate Office at that location. Their son Anthony Russell Burton was the Salutatorian in Bristol High School Class of 1930. He married and lived for three years in this home with his parents.

Tags Bristol Borough, Radcliffe Street

"Trolley stopping at 515 Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA Home of William Salerno"

Trolley line between Philadelphia, Bristol and Morrisville was in operation circa 1900-1932. Passengers had to get off at Otter and Bath Streets, and walk across the Delaware Canal bridge and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks where they would board another trolley to continue their journey.

Tags Bristol Borough, Radcliffe Street, transportation

"Trolley to Torresdale making a stop at Sarah Keene's mansion on Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA."

Trolley line between Philadelphia, Bristol and Morrisville was in operation circa 1900-1932. This trolley would have been heading to Philadelphia. The Sarah Keene home at 722 Radcliffe Street was built in 1816 and was later removed to build the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library.

Tags Bristol Borough, Radcliffe Street, transportation

Postcard: "B. P. O. E. Home, Bristol, Pa."

Elk’s Home (BPOE), building on Radcliffe Street at Walnut Street, built in 1911. Previously a house owned by the German Consul August Claudius. The house later was owned by a coal company and the house was called the Beaver Meadow House. This building was removed in 1979 and a park setting was created. Photograph drafted by Frances Maher of New Jersey whose aunt lived in Bristol.

Tags Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Bristol Borough, hotels & taverns--Pennsylvania, postcards, Radcliffe Street

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St. Marks Roman Catholic Church, Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, Churchyard Cemetery, 1845

From the primary author, Hazel Lamon, February 29, 1996:

"This book is divided into two parts. The first part contains a short history of the St. Marks R.C. Church at Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, taken from 'History of Bristol, Pennsylvania' by Doron Green - 1911. A history of St. Marks School is taken from 'History of Old Homes on Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pa.' by Doron Green - 1938.

Many of the tombstones in the churchyard cemetery have been in the ground for one hundred and fifty years and some are illegible. They are a monument to those who came from Ireland in search of a better life and made their home here in America.

I have relied on the record for a list of those in unmarked graves.

The second part contains the St. Marks R.C. Cemetery on Bristol Pike, Pennsylvania. Ground was purchased on April 1, 1892 from the Bristol Cemetery Land Company, Inc. by the Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia.

See page #37 & etc. for details of the graveyard in part two of this book."

Tags Bristol Borough, Bristol Cemetery, Catholic Church--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region, cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Bucks County, Irish Americans, Radcliffe Street, St. Mark Catholic Church

[Snow storm of February 13, 1899]

Taken in the morning of February 14th at the corner of Radcliffe & Penn Streets looking towards Mill Street. The porch on the front has been removed and a room built. A porch was built on the second story (1999).

Tags Bristol Borough, Radcliffe Street, snow

Illustration: "The Keim House, 1002 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania"

"Built about 1880 by Joseph DeB. Keim, later the home of Burgess Clifford L. Anderson. Now Murphy's Funeral Home. Pencil drawing by John Ennis."

The Keim house is located at 1002 Radcliffe Street opposite Jefferson Avenue. It was built in 1877. Eventually Clifford Anderson purchased the home. Mr. Anderson operated the Patent Leather Company in Bristol. He became Burgess of Bristol (1912-1943). The next owner was William Murphy who used the first floor for a funeral home. Now it is Wade Funeral Home (as of 2020).

Tags Bristol Borough, Radcliffe Street