Clockwise from front left: Ambrose H. Smedley, Frank T. Wiltshire, William H. West, Jr., G. D. Gus Houtman, council president; Maude A. Allen, secretary; Paul L. Clark; J. Orval Mancill, Walter M. Strine, J. Fred Schultz, burgess (or mayor) (Identifications made from other photographs and from Chester Times article, January 3, 1950.)
Clockwise from front left: Ambrose H. Smedley, Frank T. Wiltshire, William H. West, Jr., G. D. Gus Houtman, council president; Maude A. Allen, secretary; Paul L. Clark; J. Orval Mancill, Walter M. Strine, J. Fred Schultz, burgess (or mayor)
Clockwise from front left: Ambrose H. Smedley, Frank T. Wiltshire, William H. West, Jr., G. D. Gus Houtman, council president; Maude A. Allen, secretary; Paul L. Clark; J. Orval Mancill, Walter M. Strine, J. Fred Schultz, burgess (or mayor)
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley, Gus D. Houtman and Frank Wiltshire. The seven school directors present were Dr. Mark W. Allam, president, Leedom Y. Tuckerman, Earle O. Babbitt, Horace L. Way, Dr. Isaac S. Pike jr., Howard P. Thomas and William H. Wohnus. School Superintendent M. James Parsons also attended. Most of the men were accompanied by their wives. The story also mentions that John H. Doherty, president of the county commissioners, Edward V. Streeper, and C. Frank Williamson also attended.
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley, Gus D. Houtman and Frank Wiltshire. The seven school directors present were Dr. Mark W. Allam, president, Leedom Y. Tuckerman, Earle O. Babbitt, Horace L. Way, Dr. Isaac S. Pike jr., Howard P. Thomas and William H. Wohnus. School Superintendent M. James Parsons also attended. Most of the men were accompanied by their wives. The story also mentions that John H. Doherty, president of the county commissioners, Edward V. Streeper, and C. Frank Williamson also attended.
This building was torn down as part of an urban renewal project in Media, in the late 1960s. Media Fire Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 occupied the first floor of the building.
Frank Lees caption: "The Media Borough Hall from 1894 until 1969. This handsome building was built for the Media Borough Offices and the Media Fire Company, and was used until it was torn down in 1969. The house next to the Borough Hall was the home of Charles Pedrick. The original Media Free Library stood on Jackson Street in back of the main building." Both the borough hall and the library were designed by Walter Smedley, an architect who lived on Penncrest Farm in Middletown Township.
The former Media Free Library, at Jasper and Jackson streets, was then behind used as a temporary home for the borough government office. View is looking southeast from west side of Jackson Street.
View also shows Fish Jeweler and other shops to the east of borough hall, and the old library building at Jasper and Jackson streets. The new firehouse has not yet been built, dating this somewhat earlier than other similar photographs in this collection. This is an enlargement from a Kodachrome slide.
The building is decorated for a patriotic event. Gulf gas pump in foreground dates this probably in the 1910-1920 range. This is a contact print from a 2 x 3 inch film negative, and was possibly taken by Streeper.
