City Directories and History: 1958 and 1966 – Marie M. Hart and later Joseph Hart
In the mid-1920s, the late Marie Moore Hart, who had grown up next door on North Congress Street, constructed this fine ten-room brick home. (Her father had been a wealthy merchant and it was on the rear of her parents lot that the Hart home was constructed.) Of special interest are the “Christian” doors and a hand-cut, etched hallway light fixture. Mr. Joseph Hart, her son and an avid genealogist, lived here until 1990. The house was restored by its next owner, Mr. Thomas E. Jackson, Jr. [Courtesy of the Yorkville Historical Society – 2002]
*** Note the Hart house was not built at the time of the 1910 Sanborn map survey. It was constructed later in the mid 1920’s and was the long-term residence of Mr. Joe Hart, a local historian and genealogist. For many years Mr. Hart and T.J. Caldwell of York would take Wednesday afternoons to travel York and Chester counties looking for abandoned cemeteries. By the early 1980’s they had recruited W.B. Fairey, Sr., to assist in this effort. As a result nearly one-hundred abandoned cemeteries throughout York County are now legally protected. Mr. Hart also gave W.B. Fairey, his genealogical collection to Mr. Fairey for safe keeping, to which he moved that the collection be given to the Historical Center of York County. It was donated on Mr. Hart’s behalf to start the Historical Center of York County at the McCelvey Building and in 2017 remains a vital part of their fine research facility.
HONORS FOR JOE HART—On December 16, 1990 the York County Historical Commission held a community reception for Joseph E. Hart, Jr. and his many friends and fans. Mr. Hart had subsequently donated to the Historical Center of York County, 43 notebooks of genealogical materials, on York County which he collected over more than 50 years . The notebooks cover York County families from the mid- 1750s to the early 1900s. The materials are being transcribed onto a computer for easier access for the benefit of persons searching for their ancestors. The Historical Center of York County is located in the McCelvey Center on E. Jefferson St. in York.
The Moore’s who lived next door, and on whose lot the Hart house was constructed, took in two boarders in the 1900 census; the Rev. John C. Johns and Edgar Thomasson.
Informative link: Four Square Plan
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