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301 Wood Street - [Former] Bristol High School
Owned by Borough of Bristol at time of survey. -
800 Radcliffe Street - Bristol Children's Center
Owned by W. James MacIntosh at time of survey. -
1101 Radcliffe Street - Radcliffe Learning Center
Owned by Gregory J. Gore at time of survey. -
[Woman with book, assumed to be Jane Rogers]
Found with items of Jane Rogers. -
[Clara King as a child, dog, and unidentified boy]
Handwritten on back of photograph: "Clara King on left 1912? Bristol teacher as a child." -
[Clara King as a child]
On back of photograph: "Clara King Bristol teacher as child 1912?" -
[Three unidentified girls in a schoolyard]
"Old Harriman HS? Bristol" written on back of photograph. -
[Unidentified female teacher in schoolyard]
"Old Harriman H.S.? Bristol teacher Name?" written on back of photograph. -
[Clara King, sitting in front of window]
Clara King was a schoolteacher in Bristol. -
[Postcard: Bristol teachers, Clara King, front row on the far right]
Others unidentified. -
"Clara King, 4th on right, Bristol teacher, 1920s"
Others unidentified. -
"Clara King on right, 1920s"
Clara King is the third person from the left, seated on other woman's lap, laughing. Others in photograph are unidentified. -
[Postcard]: "Clara King 1918?"
Different handwriting on back of photograph reads: "My name was Jennie Lynn in that picture." -
Postcard: "Otter St., Bristol, PA."
Otter Street looking toward Bath Street. Left foreground is the interior of Swain Street. Otter Street School is right (center of photo). Photograph taken between 1900-1932 as trolley tracks are visible. -
[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. -
Postcard: "Jefferson Avenue from Pond Street, Bristol, PA."
Jefferson Avenue School was opened in 1909. It is the first building on the left.