Town squares have been known to move in York County.
\nTake the focal point in Shiloh, for example.
\nWhile the trolley rattled through West Manchester Township, the village\u2019s center point fell at Broad Street and Church Road. Now, it’s the intersection of Carlisle and Church roads… .<\/p>\n
\nTrolleys roamed throughout York County from about the mid-1880s to 1939. One line ran from York along Trolley Road to Dover\u2019s square. Brookside Park, a major Dover-area destination, was an example of a trolley or street car park. Brookside, West York\u2019s Highland Park and Manchester\u2019s Cold Springs Park were among those created to spark business in the evenings and weekends, off-peak times for the factory workers who filled the cars weekdays.
\nTrolleys gave way to buses and automobiles in the 1930s, and Shiloh\u2019s square moved west where Church Road links with Route 74, the Carlisle Road.
\nIn its heyday, the C.G. Bentzel House and Store dominated Shiloh’s square. The beautiful structure is still there, apparently used as a private residence.
\nBrookside Park remains operational, reachable by automobile.
\nAt one time, motorists had to stop on Church Road as the trolley moved across it. Today, motorists race through the Broad Street\/Church Road intersection with scarcely a glance, preparing to stop at the Carlisle Road light. The Shiloh square is an interesting example of how innovations in transportation can change a township.
\nOh yes. The village, originally named Neiman\u2019s, drew its current name from a nearby church.
\nSo there it is, overlooked York County landmark No. 21, Shiloh\u2019s former town square. Other overlooked York County sites and landmarks (See posts under York Town Square):
\n— The Little Courthouse
\n— Prospect Hill Cemetery
\n— War Mothers Memorial
\n— Work War II USO at former York County Academy gymnasium
\n— York\u2019s Salem Square soldiers monument
\n— York\u2019s Cookes House
\n— York\u2019s rowhouses
\n— Wrightsville\u2019s monuments
\n— The Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
\n— Memorial trees along highways Route 30 & Susquehanna Trail.
\n— The Inches
\n— Camp Stewartstown
\n— The Wrightsville Bridge supports
\n— New York Wire Co.\u2019s factory whistle
\n— Mary Ann Furnace
\n— York\u2019s Hartman Building
\n— Hanover\u2019s Iron Mike and The Picket
\n— York\u2019s Eberts Lane
\n— Helen Reeves Thackston Memorial Park
\n— WW II defense worker housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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