{"id":372,"date":"2007-03-23T07:44:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T07:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/03\/23\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\/"},"modified":"2014-12-06T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:22:10","slug":"in-new-book-former-resident-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"In new book, former resident profiles York, Pa.&#8217;s, elegant Elmwood Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/04\/log1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-38146 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/04\/log1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"log1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Ann Small Niess, resident of the Elmwood Mansion from 1923-1947, writes about the intriguing East York structure in a book released this week. The mansion now serves as a conference center for Memorial Hospital.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Elmwood House has long been one of York&#8217;s most interesting mansions.<br \/>\nIt is reported to have an Underground Railroad past. Gray soldiers camped on its grounds during the Confederate occupation of York. Happenings there have spawned ghost stories.<br \/>\nIt was long the home of one of York&#8217;s most prominent families &#8212; the Smalls.<br \/>\nNow, longtime resident there, Ann Small Niess, has authored a 146-page book detailing the house from the inside out: \u201cElmwood House, If it Could Speak, What Stories Would It Tell.\u201d It&#8217;s available at Memorial Hospital&#8217;s gift shop. <em>(Editor&#8217;s note, 12\/4\/14: The book is now out of print).<\/em><br \/>\nAnn Small Niess is still looking to plug a hole in the book. When was the house moved from its original location in the vicinity of present-day Memorial Hospital to where it sits today near Interstate 83? It was moved intact on greased logs in the early 1900s, and set on a pre-excavated basement.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll blog further on the book, but wanted to get its availability out as soon as possible.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, here&#8217;s insight about how to move a house: &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The actual physical &#8216;house moving&#8217; was done by mule-team power, not by motorized equipment. These animals literally dragged the house, by their sheer strength, down a slight hill and onto its new location. After the house had been pulled free from its original foundation, it was jacked up and positioned onto a wooden sled that had been mounted onto a bed of rosined logs. The coated logs were constantly rotated forward, making a roadway for the sled to drag the house from the old location to its newly constructed foundation, two city blocks away.<br \/>\n&#8220;The newspapers of the time stated, &#8216;that the noise made by the mule&#8217;s constant braying, as they strained to do the work, could be heard some distance away.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For additional information on the mansion, see previous posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/10\/when-mules-moved-a-york-county\">mules<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/10\/elmwood-mansion-move-led-to-sh\">dinner conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Edited, 12\/4\/14<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Small Niess, resident of the Elmwood Mansion from 1923-1947, writes about the intriguing East<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,26,7,47,4,11,12,8,35,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-books-reading","category-civil-war","category-explanationscontroversy","category-for-photo-fans","category-local-journalism-web","category-local-landmarks","category-nostalgia-memories","category-people","category-underground-railroad","category-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In new book, former resident profiles York, Pa.&#039;s, elegant Elmwood Mansion - York Town Square<\/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\/yorktownsquare\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In new book, former resident profiles York, Pa.&#039;s, elegant Elmwood Mansion - York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ann Small Niess, resident of the Elmwood Mansion from 1923-1947, writes about the intriguing East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-23T07:44:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-06T21:22:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/04\/log1-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JamesMcClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim McClure\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b48a19c4bb41c9ee494a3eb75485cdd0\"},\"headline\":\"In new book, former resident profiles York, Pa.&#8217;s, elegant Elmwood Mansion\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-23T07:44:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-06T21:22:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/in-new-book-former-resident-pr\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":1,\"articleSection\":[\"Archives, all posts\",\"Books &amp; 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