City Directories and History: Walker’s Postal Map of 1910 shows this house as that of the John Harshaw residence. The house in 2015 was demolished due to its very poor condition. It had undergone numerous updates and improvements over the years, including replacing
many of the first floor joists and extending the main rooms living quarters by adding large end bays. A second floor loft area was also added at the turn of the 20th century.
The wide interior board walls suggests the home’s central frame, along with its’ hewn ceils, was built in the early 19th century, but from all exterior appearances its’ modernization was highly reflective of turn of the century farm architecture.
This historic home was razed in Nov. 2015.
GRIST & ROBERT MORROW TRAVEL THE YORKVILLE-CHESTER ROAD The editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, A. M. Grist, and a friend, Robert J. Morrow tour Bullocks Creek township in this Nov. 17, 1933 column, “Just A-Rolling Along the War—Log of the Green Chevrolet as it Voyages over more of York County.”)
Months ago I asked Mr. Morrrow if he would go down into Bethesda township some time with me on one of my jaunts, as there were several points of interest that I wanted to visit. He said that he would and on Tuesday afternoon we went down that way. We traveled down No. 321 to the point where the old Yorkville-Chester road leaves the highway near the John Harshaw place.
In passing by Mr. Morrow mentioned the fact that the Harshaw place was once the home of a Mr. Elder, the father of the late W. Norman Elder. The elder Mr. Elder was a school teacher, and because of a spinal affliction could not sit down in the school room, and had to stand up all the time. However, he was regarded as a capable school man in his day. Further on down the road we passed the home where W. Norman Elder lived when he was a resident of York county. W. Norman Elder was a farmer, a surveyor and right much of a politician in York county, afterwards leaving this county and making his home in Columbia.
(Information courtesy of and from: YCGHS – The Quarterly Magazine)
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