{"id":829,"date":"2013-01-18T02:11:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T06:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorkspast\/?p=829"},"modified":"2020-08-04T01:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T05:04:58","slug":"yorkcos-grantley-plant-located-on-an-80-acre-1880s-estate-called-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/yorkcos-grantley-plant-located-on-an-80-acre-1880s-estate-called-oakland\/","title":{"rendered":"Yorkco\u2019s Grantley Plant located on an 80-acre 1880s Estate called \u201cOakland\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/01\/GrantleyOakland1908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830\" title=\"GrantleyOakland1908\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/01\/GrantleyOakland1908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/01\/GrantleyOakland1908.jpg 363w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/01\/GrantleyOakland1908-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1908 Topographic Map Segment Showing Southwest York, PA and Adjacent Area of Spring Garden Township and Highlighting \u201cOakland,\u201d the 1880s Estate of William H. Miller; Map Surveyed in 1908 and Printed in 1910 (Road Names added in Red and Yellow Highlighting of \u201cOakland\u201d by S. H. Smith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On what is now Grantley Hill adjacent to Wyndham Hills, stood the mansion of George Small, a member of the prominent York firm P. A. &amp; S. Small.\u00a0 During 1878 the residence was named \u201cGrantley\u201d in honor of Mary Grant, the maiden name of Mrs. Small; thus the origin of the naming of Grantley Road and ultimately the naming of Yorkco\u2019s Grantley Plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the hillside to the east of \u201cGrantley\u201d stood \u201cEdgecomb,\u201d the 1875 mansion of industrialist A. B. Farquhar.\u00a0 On the hillside to the west of Grantley stood \u201cBrockie,\u201d the 1873 mansion of Judge Jeremiah S. Black.\u00a0 Judge Black entertained a large number of distinguished people at Brockie, including his lifelong friend President James A. Garfield.<\/p>\n<p>With all the elaborate mansions springing up on the hillside, William H. Miller decided to procure land to establish a large estate in the flats below the hillside.\u00a0 <strong>With six purchases between 1877 and 1888, William H. Miller established his 80-acre estate, which he called \u201cOakland.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other posts in this series or related posts include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Johnson Controls leaving the Grantley Plant may be only partially correct\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/01\/06\/johnson-controls-leaving-the-grantley-plant-may-be-only-partially-correct\/\">Johnson Controls leaving the Grantley Plant may be only partially correct<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wwii-casting-york-grantley-plant\/\">Intricate WWII era casting may be buried at Grantley Plant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 1; Borg-Warner, Patriot Tech Center\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/01\/08\/history-of-yorks-grantley-plant-part-1-borg-warner-patriot-tech-center\/\">History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 1; Borg-Warner, Patriot Tech Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 2; Sequence of Seven Industrial Owners on this parcel prior to YORK (Johnson Controls)\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/01\/14\/history-of-yorks-grantley-plant-part-2-sequence-of-seven-industrial-owners-on-this-parcel-prior-to-york-johnson-controls\/\">History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 2; Sequence of Seven Industrial Owners on this parcel prior to YORK (Johnson Controls)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 3; 1938 Aerial View &amp; Looking For People who worked at McGann Manufacturing in 1943\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/02\/12\/history-of-yorks-grantley-plant-part-3-1938-aerial-view-looking-for-people-who-worked-at-mcgann-manufacturing-in-1943\/\">History of YORK\u2019s Grantley Plant, Part 3; 1938 Aerial View &amp; Looking For People who worked at McGann Manufacturing in 1943<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"McGann Manufacturing Company in Spring Garden Township; Harold L. Smith during WWII\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2013\/02\/15\/mcgann-manufacturing-company-in-spring-garden-township-harold-l-smith-during-wwii\/\">McGann Manufacturing Company in Spring Garden Township; Harold L. Smith during WWII<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time William Miller was acquiring land for \u201cOakland,\u201d he already owned nearly 300-acres only a short distance west along the Codorus Creek in Spring Garden Township.\u00a0 That tract was known as \u201cWhite Oak Plains;\u201d today it encompasses most of Regents Glen development and Golf Club, plus part of the Country Club of York.\u00a0 \u201cWhite Oak Plains\u201d had previously been owned by Christian Miller; the father of William Miller.<\/p>\n<p>The Biographical Volume II of George R. Prowell\u2019s 1907 History of York County, Pennsylvania, records the following about William H. Miller on page 431 [corrections to spelling of two names are per William\u2019s obituary]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, a prominent farmer of York County, was born in Spring Garden Township Sept. 29, 1848, son of Christian and Elizabeth (Louckes [Loucks]) Miller.\u00a0 He had one sister, Margaret L., who makes her home with him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Miller attended the public schools first and later studied at the State Normal, at Millersville.\u00a0 After leaving school he decided to make farming his occupation and has been steadily engaged in agriculture ever since.\u00a0 He has been very successful in his operations and is well-known not only among the other farmers of that section, but among the business men of York.\u00a0 He is one of the active managers of the York County Agricultural Society, is president of the Farmers\u2019 Fire Insurance Company, and for the past twenty-six years has been on the Board of Directors of the Western National Bank of York.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 25, 1873, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Alice J., daughter of Frederick and Lydia (Gibson) Schetzbauch [Sultzbach], of Hellam Township, and to their union has come one son, Harry S.\u00a0 Mr. Miller is a man of considerable influence locally, and the family is held in high esteem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>William H. Miller died in 1918 at the age of 71.\u00a0 His obituary reprinted much of this biography from the 1907 History of York County.\u00a0 The obituary added that he had been vice-president of the Central Market company.\u00a0 His wife Alice and son Harry S. Miller survived William Miller.\u00a0 His death notice stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MILLER\u2014On March 9, 1918, at 8:30 a.m. at his residence \u201cOakland\u201d Spring Garden Township, William H. Miller, aged 71 years, 5 months and 22 days.\u00a0 Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service, at his residence, \u201cOakland\u201d Spring Garden Township, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o\u2019clock.\u00a0 Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>William Miller spent 11 years, between 1877 and 1888, making the six purchases to establish his 80-acre estate.\u00a0 After William died in 1918, the following year his wife sold this large contiguous flat parcel adjacent the Northern Central Railway to industry.\u00a0 <strong>If William had not spent 11 years carefully assembling six smaller parcels to create the 80-acre plot, where else might have YORK Manufacturing Company expanded their operations in 1923?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is my 112th post. An inventory of the general topics and locations that have been the subjects of my first 100 posts are presented in a <a title=\"Marking 100th YorksPast Post with a Tiled Mosaic; Post Index and Future Plans\" href=\"\/yorkspast\/2012\/12\/28\/marking-100th-yorkspast-post-with-a-tiled-mosaic-post-index-and-future-plans\/\">100-tile mosaic<\/a> that breaks down these posts into seven general categories.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On what is now Grantley Hill adjacent to Wyndham Hills, stood the mansion of George Small, a member of the prominent York firm P. A. &amp; S. 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