“Lost Landmark?” is the headline of an article appearing in the April 30, 1992, issue of This Week; a weekly newspaper serving Springettsbury and Spring Garden Townships. The subheading is “Owners of Meadowbrook Restaurant get permit to tear down historic Springettsbury farmhouse.” On April 28th, Meadowbrook Limited Partnership had paid
On July 26th, 2015, I began my 4th year of YorksPast. The first three years of YorksPast, represent 653 posts; which averages 4.2 posts per week. Readership remains at record levels. Thanks to everyone for your continuing interest in the subjects I write about. At the beginning of every month,
This linen postcard of Hap Miller’s ‘Truck Town’ Restaurant is from my collections. The postcard dates to the early 1950s, because ‘Truck Town’ in the name, was only used for the first few years the restaurant was in business; it opening in 1950. Afterwards this restaurant at 2400 East Market
This artwork, by Cliff Satterthwaite, shows the York Dutch Restaurant at 2810 East Market Street. It was the third incarnation of Don Sternbergh’s York Diner in the suburbs, after he first established this as the place for “Such Good Food” in downtown York during 1939. For ten years, the York
A Moving Story by Cliff Satterthwaite & Don Sternbergh Cliff Satterthwaite submitted this illustrated story about the various moves of the York Diner. The story was created in 1962, with Don Sternbergh, the owner of the York Diner; after the diner moved to its fourth location. Each panel represents one
This photo by The Gazette and Daily appeared in the October 22, 1958, issue of that newspaper, and is from the newspaper microfilms at the York County Heritage Trust. “HOUSE MOVING STYMIED” is the caption of the photo. The jest of that caption, “Because parked vehicles are in the way,
Farmhouse & Sycamore Tree at 2901 Whiteford Road Cliff Satterthwaite created this artwork of Avalong Dairy in 1964. It is a southwest looking view from the vicinity of the miniature golf course next to the Avalong Dairy Bar & Drive-In. At the extreme left, is the small creek bridge over
Cliff Satterthwaite’s 1973 photo of a Parade of Vintage Cars in Springettsbury Township contained a background farmhouse directly south of Avalong Farms Dairy Bar. I remembered a large barn in front of that house during our family’s many visits to the Dairy Bar or the Drive-In, during the 1960s. Cliff Satterthwaite
On April 15, 1973, this part of a parade of vintage cars traveled north on Mt. Zion Road and turned into the road in front of York County Tourist Information Center; now Whiteford Road along the south end of Springettsbury Township Park. The vintage cars motorcade left at 1:30 p.m.
In this sketch, Cliff Satterthwaite captures the energetic Grand Opening of the York County Tourist Information Center along Mt. Zion Road; across from Avalong Farms Dairy Bar. The opening occurred on April 15, 1973 and in the first four months 16,000 visitors had passed through the doors. The center’s placement