[Keene Home, view from the Delaware River]
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[Photograph of a portrait of Sarah Lukens Keene]
Portrait in her home which formerly stood on Radcliffe Street at Dorrance Street.
"Built by Major Lenox in 1816. His niece, Sarah Lukens Keene, was known, while visiting abroad, as the 'American Beauty.'"
Victorian Gothic house at the corner of Washington and Radcliffe Streets. Constructed in 1876 as a residence for John Dorrance.
Concrete Bridge over the Delaware Canal built in 1929 to replace the original wooden bridge built in 1827. It was called "Forge Bridge" named for an iron forge on Beaver Street. Beaver Street crossed the bridge. The concrete bridge was removed in 1960. Leedon Carpet Mill water tower is on the right. The building in the center was originally a wallpaper factory. It is now called Canal Works, a building with offices and artist studios.
This home was built in 1816 by Major Lenox who held a secretarial position in the U.S. Embassy in London. When Major Lenox died his niece, Miss Sarah Lukens Keene, inhabited the house. It then passed to the Episcopal Church to be used for elderly single ladies. It was removed to make room for the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library in 1966.
[800 Radcliffe Street when it was the home of Louis and his second wife Gertrude]
This house was built by Thomas Cooper an English actor. In 1820, Cooper had won the house next door, Number 722 Radcliffe Street in a game of cards in Paris. He came to America and married Mary Farels in New York City. They came to Bristol, liked the house and stayed. He had Number 800 built for his children and governess. Thomas and Mary Cooper are buried at St. James Episcopal Church cemetery on Walnut Street.
[Dining room of Keene House (built 1816)]
Radcliffe Street opposite Dorrance Street. House replaced by the Grundy Library.
Radcliffe Street opposite Dorrance Street. House replaced by Grundy Library.
[Wedgewood vase from piano top, Keene House interior]
Located on the Delaware River side of Radcliffe Street at Dorrance Street. When Sarah L. Keene died, the house became the property of the Episcopal Church Conference of Philadelphia and was used as a home for "gentlewomen, widows, or single women of respectability and decayed fortunes who had become destitute in old age." It was removed in 1964 and its contents sold. The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library now occupies the site.
Postcard: "Radcliffe Street, showing Old Ladies Home, Bristol, PA."
Keene Home built in 1816 and later owned by the Episcopal Church Dioses of Philadelphia and used as a home for maiden women. Trolley tracks visible and ran between Bristol and Trenton (1900-1932). House removed in 1964 and is now the site of the Grundy Library.
[Home open to the public for tours, Historic Bristol Day]
[Former Spring Mansion (800 Radcliffe Street)]
Postcard: "View of Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA."
Trolley stopped at Jefferson Avenue intersection. Trolley ran from Philadelphia to Trenton via Bristol, 1900-1932.
[Entrance to the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library]
[Parking lot of the Grundy Library at 680 Radcliffe Street]
The library opened in 1966. On this side at Dorrance and Radcliffe Street was the former site of the Bristol Free Library. Mary A. Wilkinson was the last librarian at that location. The portion of the building towards Cedar Street was used by the Red Cross. Joseph R. Grundy had the building erected circa 1917 as a community house.
[The Wollard House at 829 Radcliffe Street, opened to the public on Historic Bristol Day 1987]
[801 Radcliffe Street, view from Delaware River]
This house was originally constructed in 1821 by actor Thomas Cooper as a residence for his children and their governess. The Coopers lived in an adjacent house connected by a covered walkway. The house was later remodeled by Louis Spring who was General Manager of the Grundy Mill.
[Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library and Grundy Museum, view from the Delaware River]
Built before the Revolutionary War. It was remodeled in 1811 by John [Reed]. The portion to the left is considered the oldest private dwelling on Radcliffe Street.
[Chimney of the BB&T Bank at Radcliffe Street and Market Street]
[Double birch houses on Radcliffe Street opposite No. 800 and No. 824 Radcliffe Street]
"Old Bell Homestead, 824 Radcliffe St., Bristol, Bucks Co., Penna."
Old Bell Homestead located at 824 Radcliffe Street. Building started in 1872. The Bell family completed it in 1889. It is now divided into apartments. The house is known for its stained glass windows. The Bell family was very active in the Bristol Friends Meeting.
Restored Bell House at 824 Radcliffe Street showing the restored appearance when the grey paint had been removed in 1982.
[Bell Home located at 824 Radcliffe Street]
The house was built between 1872-1889. It was once covered with ivy. When the ivy was removed it had grey paint placed over the bricks. In 1980 they decided to remove the grey paint and restore the house to its original appearance.
[House formerly belonging to Thomas Cooper, Radcliffe Street, under demolition]
This house was built shortly after 1813. Thomas Cooper, a well-known English actor, won the house in a card game from a Philadelphia man while playing cards in Paris. Cooper's daughter Priscilla, also an actress, married Robert Tyler. Tyler was a son of President John Tyler. The house just north of Cooper's home was built by Cooper for his children and governess.
[Historic Bristol Day, people on wagon rides at Radcliffe and Walnut Streets]
[Radcliffe Street between Lafayette and Washington Streets on Historic Bristol Day]
[Horse and wagon rides on Historic Bristol Day, Radcliffe Street at Walnut Street]
[Horse and wagon rides on Historic Bristol Day at Radcliffe Street and Market Street]