Lynnewood Park
The Lynnewood Park neighborhood begins with the block of row homes along Lawrence Road. These homes first appear on the 1926 map ( see below) but there is no indication of the name Lynnewood. The map is featured below.
The map of patents under William Penn shows that the first purchasers were John Boyer and John Burge. Resales sub-divisions followed in rapid succession.
The purchase of consequence is that of Henry Lawrence in 1709
The map of patents under William Penn shows that the first purchasers were John Boyer and John Burge. Resales sub-divisions followed in rapid succession.
The purchase of consequence is that of Henry Lawrence in 1709
The 1860 Census lists the numerous and prosperous Lawrence Family.
The 1875 map shows the Lawrence Family holdings. The "SP" just below the "nc" indicates the spring that is still there.
By 1892 there are Lawrence consolidations and the appearance of Jonathan Hagy.
The 1926 map indicates the block of row homes along Lawrence Road. On the corner was Artcrete Products and Soapstone Products. C.A. Lobb is the small blue block to the right. The station was called Grassland.
April 1925
1942 Sees one of the first advertisements for the new Lynnewood Park.
In 1947 we find the layout for the homes to be built. Along with Lynnewood Park we see Eagle Heights and E. Eagle Terrace.
The ad above is dated 20 April 1952 and so puts the listed house as dating from 1941.
6 November 1949
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The World War II Memorial at the intersection of Fairmont and Robinson.
The first Lynnewood Elementary School built in the post war International Style. Two Art Deco plaques ornamented the façade. The building was demolished in 2021.
The two bas-relief plaques as seen on the far left and far right of the façade.
The two bas-relief plaques that decorated the façade of the Lynnewood School offer a unique variation on the two classical themes of the male and the female. To the left the woman, usually represented by the moon, and the night, gazes at the sun. The artist has minimalized the moon and the stars. Behind the sun clouds and thunderbolts threaten. The woman grasps light from the sun. That light moves to the books in her hand. Yet, the books are closed and so suggest the "hidden" of the female. Behind her bare branches suggest the antithesis of the life giving sun.
'The plaque to the right ostensibly depicts the male element. The figure's right hand holds the lamp of knowledge, the lamp's flame appears to align with the sun, the classical male image. His foot pushes aside the clouds of darkness. But, this male figure cradles the "cornucopia" the "horn of plenty," an image usually associated with the life-giving feminine.
The artist of these two extraordinary works has preserved and yet altered the conventional views of the metaphorical male and female: male and female, sun and moon, representations of human creativity.
'The plaque to the right ostensibly depicts the male element. The figure's right hand holds the lamp of knowledge, the lamp's flame appears to align with the sun, the classical male image. His foot pushes aside the clouds of darkness. But, this male figure cradles the "cornucopia" the "horn of plenty," an image usually associated with the life-giving feminine.
The artist of these two extraordinary works has preserved and yet altered the conventional views of the metaphorical male and female: male and female, sun and moon, representations of human creativity.
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