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Springettsbury history night traces East York, Fayfield and Green Acres development
Summary
Stephen H. Smith traced the development of East York (1903), the postwar Fayfield subdivision and the smaller Green Acres neighborhood, highlighting lot-sale patterns, school formation and how highways and township boundaries shaped which streets and bridges were built.
Stephen H. Smith, chairman of the Springettsbury Township Historic Preservation Committee, outlined the origins and growth of three adjoining neighborhoods in southwestern Springettsbury, saying the story illustrates how developers, roads and municipal boundaries shaped local housing patterns.
Smith said East York was laid out in 1903 by developer John H. Long Street, who promoted features such as cement sidewalks, York Water Company service, electric lights and a sewer system. He said early lot sales favored investors: “In the first 10 years of sales, 123 buyers ... purchased 68 lots,” and by 1920 only eight buyers had built homes on their parcels, a pattern Smith described as common in…
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