1860 Buildings 11-20 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
Within this illustration, I’ve pointed out ten 1860 buildings and their corresponding location on a 1937 aerial photo. I’m working my way around Springettsbury Township, ten buildings at a time, until all buildings from 1860 are visited. The present commercial corridors are being visited first. See the post: Springettsbury Township building tally during 1860, for my specification of the four regions.
Other posts in this series include:
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11-20 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 31-35 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 36-41 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 31-40 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 41-50 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 51-58 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11-20 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 41-50 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 51-60 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 61-70 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 71-80 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11 to 20 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-24 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 25-31 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 32-35 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County contains the owner/occupant of most buildings; for example (e12) is C. Weiser. Additional information on C. Weiser can be found by consulting the 1860 Census of the United States; where one discovers this is 38-year-old farmer Charles Weiser.
The results after consulting 1860 Spring Garden Township census records are shown below. Spring Garden Township records must be used because Springettsbury Township was formed from the northeast part of that township on April 20, 1891. The order of visitation, of the census taker, often provides assistance on who are neighbors and the tabulation of “value of real estate” separates the landowners from the renters or tenants:
One of these 1860 buildings (possibly still) stands at this address:
- [e14] – 3321 East Market Street
Deed and family history research concerning the early history of the area of East Market Street occupied by buildings e12, e13 and e14 has the owner of the land encompassing all three 1860 buildings as Charles Weiser (1796-1867); he is residing in York during 1860 and likely built some, or all, of these buildings earlier, when he lived in the township.
The 1860 township occupant, renting the farm building e12, is Charles Weiser (1822-1899); a distant relative to Charles Weiser (1796-1867). Likewise, buildings e13 and e14 are being rented out; logically to Henry Sheffer and Peter Ziegler, based upon order of visitation by the 1860 Census taker.
When Charles Weiser (1796-1867) died July 17, 1867, his son John A. Weiser is the new owner of these properties. Bloomingdale is both identified as the general area and as the large home at 3405 East Market Street. According to research by Historic York, 3405 East Market Street was built in 1887, per tax records; possibly in place of the original e13 building from the 1860 map.
After John A. Weiser died on September 20, 1889; his brother Charles S. Weiser (1838-1909) becomes the new owner of these properties. George Prowell’s 1907 History of York County notes in Volume I, page 1071: “Among the beautiful homes in Springettsbury are … Blooming Dale, owned by Charles S. Weiser.”
The house between the oldest building at 3321 East Market Street and the big one at 3405 East Market Street has the address 3323 East Market Street. An architectural review puts the date built for 3323 East Market Street as circa 1880; i.e. built by either John A. Weiser or his brother Charles. In 1913, Charles’ widow, Isadora Weiser deeds the properties to Mary Weiser Frey, who had previously married Robert Shaeffer Frey in 1905. Robert “Pappy” Frey was a constable and a state legislator.
My goal is to get community involvement. If anyone has a story associated with past owners of these properties, please post a comment.
