{"id":1126,"date":"2013-03-10T05:42:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorkspast\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2017-04-30T01:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T05:14:47","slug":"meadowbrook-estate-in-springettsbury-township-part-2-edwin-myers-458-acre-estate-nearly-stretched-to-tilden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/meadowbrook-estate-in-springettsbury-township-part-2-edwin-myers-458-acre-estate-nearly-stretched-to-tilden\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township, Part 2; Edwin Myers\u2019 458-Acre Estate nearly stretched to Tilden"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1127\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/03\/Meadowbrook7tracts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1127\" title=\"Meadowbrook7tracts\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/03\/Meadowbrook7tracts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/03\/Meadowbrook7tracts.jpg 519w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/03\/Meadowbrook7tracts-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Seven Tracts of Land forming Edwin Myers\u2019 Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township (1938 Aerial Photo from Penn Pilot &amp; 2013 Aerial Photo from Bing.com; Deed Plots on Aerial Photos by S. H. Smith, 2013)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Edwin B. Myers and his wife Anna Iaegar Myers purchased a 138-acre farm (Tract #1 in aerial photos) in Springettsbury Township, York County on June 24th 1901; they named it Meadowbrook.<\/strong>\u00a0 They made extensive modifications to the farmhouse, creating their Meadowbrook Mansion in the Georgian Revival style.\u00a0 This mansion presently stands as Christmas Tree Hill along Whiteford Road.\u00a0 Many remember it as the Meadowbrook Inn &amp; Tavern or as the Avalong Farms Mansion.<\/p>\n<p>After the initial farm purchase, Edwin Myers went about expanding the acreage of Meadowbrook Estate.\u00a0 The subject of this post is the progression of tracts of land added to his estate; as shown in the side-by-side aerial photos.\u00a0 Other posts in this series or related posts include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"What will be the Fate of the Cow Weathervane?\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/03\/03\/what-will-be-the-fate-of-the-cow-weathervane\/\">What will be the Fate of the Cow Weathervane?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township, Part 1; Edwin B. Myers, his Family and his Businesses\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/03\/08\/meadowbrook-estate-in-springettsbury-township-part-1-edwin-b-myers-his-family-and-his-businesses\/\">Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township, Part 1; Edwin B. Myers, his Family and his Businesses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/yorkspast\/2017\/04\/23\/court-columns-meadowbrook\/\">Historic Courthouse Columns built into Meadowbrook Mansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/yorkspast\/2017\/04\/30\/meadowbrook-tavern-menu\/\">Meadowbrook Tavern Menu loaded with neat stuff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This series of posts on Edwin Myers and Meadowbrook Estate primary utilizes records from the York County Archives (Estate Records), the York County Recorder of Deeds (Land Records), the York County Heritage Trust, Ancestry.com (Census Records), Prospect Hill Cemetery Records (Where many of these Myers are buried), Prowell\u2019s 1907 York County History and Donehoo\u2019s 1928 Pennsylvania State History.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Myers began purchasing tracts of land adjacent to or near his Meadowbrook Mansion two years after purchasing the 138-acre farm on which the mansion and barns sat; see Tract #1 in the aerial photos.\u00a0 Edwin Myers\u2019 purchases are summarized as follow:<\/p>\n<p>Tract \u2026 Year Purchased \u2026 Acres \u2026 (Deed Book &amp; Page):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tract #1 \u2026 1901 \u2026 138-acres \u2026 (12Q pg.105)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #2 \u2026 1903 \u2026 101-acres \u2026 (13E pg.399)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #3 \u2026 1903 \u2026 2-acres \u2026 (13L pg.111)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #4 \u2026 1904 \u2026 58-acres \u2026 (13U pg.558, #1)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #5 \u2026 1904 \u2026 128-acres \u2026 (13U pg.558, #2)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #6 \u2026 1904 \u2026 6-acres \u2026 (13U pg.558, #3)<\/li>\n<li>Tract #7 \u2026 1910 \u2026 25-acres \u2026 (17K pg.402)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 1938 aerial photo was taken March 19th 1938 and is from Penn Pilot\u2019s collection of Historical Aerial Photos of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 <strong>Early historical aerial photos are a great aid in aligning tracts of land after plotting the metes and bounds from the land deed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edwin Myers\u2019 458-Acre Estate nearly stretched to Tilden, or more commonly known as Longstown.\u00a0 Edwin B. Myers died from pneumonia on May 5th 1916.\u00a0 If Edwin had lived a few more years, when estates of deceased neighbors became increasing available, he likely would have bought more tracts to connect and expand his estate properties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the void following the death of Edwin Myers, a new wealthy York businessman stepped in to begin to acquire property from those estates neighboring Edwin\u2019s land in Springettsbury Township.\u00a0 Mahlon Haines made the first of his many purchases of land, in what would become Haines Acres, during December 1917.\u00a0 Who knows, if Edwin Myers had lived a few more years, he might have beat Mahlon Haines in buying the land on which Haines Acres sits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"\/yorkspast\/headlines\/\" style=\"background-color: #009bff;padding:10px;color: white !important;text-transform: uppercase\">Reading the Headlines: A Quick Index to All YorksPast Posts<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin B. Myers and his wife Anna Iaegar Myers purchased a 138-acre farm (Tract #1 in aerial photos) in Springettsbury Township, York County on June 24th 1901; they named it Meadowbrook.\u00a0 They made extensive modifications to the farmhouse, creating their Meadowbrook Mansion in the Georgian Revival style.\u00a0 This mansion presently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,23,981,138,33,301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-buildings","category-maps","category-pennsylvania","category-roads","category-springettsbury-township","category-york-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township, Part 2; Edwin Myers\u2019 458-Acre Estate nearly stretched to Tilden - YorksPast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/meadowbrook-estate-in-springettsbury-township-part-2-edwin-myers-458-acre-estate-nearly-stretched-to-tilden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meadowbrook Estate in Springettsbury Township, Part 2; Edwin Myers\u2019 458-Acre Estate nearly stretched to Tilden - YorksPast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edwin B. 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