Frank Lees caption: Owned by Isaac Briggs, built 1849, Providence Road and Plush Mill Road. Building still stands, as of 2019. Copy of original photo; source not noted
The Brill-Cressler family consisting of Bea, Walt, & Josie Cressler and Claire Brill stand on their garden terrace at 300 North Providence Road, Media, PA. The neo-colonial house was built in 1935. The terrace, the separate art studio, and native plantings were added in 2022.
This is probably the home of G. Herbert Brinton, the largest house in an early-20th-century development called Elwynside, south of the Elwyn railroad station. If it still stands, it is on on the driveway that continues east from the dead-end of Elwyn Avenue. Brinton also built other cottages on his large property, which extended to S. Old Middletown Road. Many of these still stand, centered around Brinton Lane. (Information gleaned from newspaper search, perusal of old maps, and visit to Brinton Lane on August 9, 2021 by Adam Levine.)
Number on door appears to be 303 or 305. The 1900 Media Directory lists Emma Brodhead at 305 W. State St. Signs on tree advertise a sale of household goods, and a lecture on cats and dogs.
Location is approximate. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 5, and captioned: “Residence of the late Mrs. H. Jones Brooke.” Also used in Media 1900 Semi-centennial booklet as one of Media's Original Farm Houses, belonging to John Hill. See also AP-8361 for more information.
Location is approximate. This view of the house, later than that shown in AP-4049, shows the back of the stone house at 415 S. Orange. The Hill house was built before Media's street grid was established, and as shown on the 1892 map of Media, it sat at a 45 degree angle to the line of Jefferson St. and partly in the street bed.
