Yorktowne Service Store occupies this structure on Dallastown's main drag, Route 74. The Turkey Hill purchased the left half of the duplex to build a convenience store, but the owner of the other side didn't want to sell, according to the York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust. The convenience store, today an Italian restaurant, was built up to the house's side. That's the "then" photograph. For the "now" photo, see below. These photos are part of the Heritage Trust's "Then and Now" exhibit, opening Sunday. Also of interest: Red Lion, then and now: 'Welcome to a popular page on our web site' and On Second Saturdays: 'It's really cool that the Heritage Trust started this program' and Postcards tell story of York County community.
York Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Bil Bowden has taken thousands and thousands of photographs of York County since he came here from Ohio in 1979.
After receiving a pre-opening tour of "Then and Now: A Historical and Modern Visual Tour of York County, Pennsylvania," he commented on how much there is to see in the many photographs that make up the exhibit.
He commented particularly on the photograph above, in which a stubborn homeowner declined to sale his part of a Dallastown duplex to a convenience store chain and found himself with a new next-door neighbor... .
An restaurant now is the former duplex's Dallastown neighbor.
Bil and reporter Melissa Nann Burke teamed up on a story that will appear in the York Sunday News tomorrow (1/24/10), the day of the free exhibit opening set for 2-4 p.m.
Other exhibit details:
What: A new exhibit, "Then and Now: A Historical and Modern Visual Tour of York County, Pennsylvania"
When: Special free showing 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays
Where: Historical Society Museum of the York County Heritage Trust, 250 E. Market St. in York
Cost: $8 for adults, $3 for children (ages 3 to 18), $5 for students
For details: 848-1587 or www.yorkheritage.org
Meanwhile, you can upload your historical photos to the "Landscape and Scenery" part of the Daily Record/Sunday News site, Your photos site. Click here.
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