Hammondsville 100th Anniversary: History

Hammondsville 100th Anniversary Souvenir Book, 1850-1950, cont.

Old Street Scenes

Next: 1950 scenes

Churches

The Christian, Methodist, and Catholic Churches. The Catholic Church is on the hill above the Methodist. Only the Methodist Church remains now [1950].

Hammondsville United Methodist Church web site.

The streets in the mid-1800s

North Street (where the road crosses the tracks by Hogue's house)
Adams Street (where the County House is now) crossed the creek here.
- On the far bank was the Hammondsville Company Mill & Brick Works
- At the end where the County House is now, was Wallace Brick Yard
Washington Street (where the road for the Heights crosses the creek now)
South Street (at the extreme south end of what was then Main Street) crossed both the creek and the railroad.
Our Main Street now [1950], does not extend down this far.
Clinton and Short Streets connected with South on the other side of the tracks.

Haight's House

One of several on "Smith's Row." David Stewart lives here now [1950].

Left: Wm. McConnell Store

Right: What is now [1950] Logan's Store. Logan's Store has been previously operated by Parsons, Stewart and Welch, King, Lowry, Call, Crook, and Kenworthy. The Post Office has been located in this building for 30 years.

1867 Train Schedule

Hammondsville had it's own free, bi-monthly newspaper in 1867, published by W.H. Wallace. It was called The Hammondsville Independent and contained both news and advertising. The following train schedule was also given:

Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad

Going north

Place Mail Express

Lv-Wellsville 8:50am 4:12pm
Hammondsville 9:90am 4:31pm
Alliance 11:15am 6:05pm
Ar-Cleveland 1:50pm 8:15pm

Going south

Lv-Cleveland 8:20am 2:45pm
Alliance 11:10am 5:08pm
Hammondsville 12:50pm 6:41pm
Ar-Wellsville 1:20pm 7:00p

This was once a stable owned by J. B. Lawrence, later E.P. Boehm operated a service station here. This is now [1950] owned by Frank Downer.

Janice Garlock Donley
700 Tenth Street • Oakmont, PA 15139 USA