House located on McNay Ridge Road behind the Jacktown fairgrounds

Name/Title

House located on McNay Ridge Road behind the Jacktown fairgrounds

Entry/Object ID

2019.23.49

Description

House built by William Baltzell in 1904, located on McNay Ridge Road, behind the Jacktown fairgrounds, near Wind Ridge, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. In 2019, Marilyn Swart, whose grandmother Cora (Baltzell) Swart's family also owns an original of this photograph, contributed the following history: The house was built by Cora's father, Will Baltzell, who carried wood from Wheeling, West Virginia, by horse and buggy to build it.

Collection

Dru Ann (Beatty) Thomas Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920 - circa 1940

Lexicon

Search Terms

Baltzell family, Flag--United States, Richhill (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Houses, Wind Ridge (Pa.)--Houses

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

THOD0049

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Goodwin-Supler Series - Dru Ann (Beatty) Thomas Collection

Notes

The Dru Ann (Beatty) Thomas Collection photographs were passed from Daniel Goodwin [1820-1905] and his wife, Julia Ann Braden [1824-1888], to their eldest daughter, Eliza Jane Goodwin [1846-1917], and her husband, Richard W. Supler [1844-1913], to their daughter, Anna Supler [born 1869], and her husband, Jefferson D. Durbin [1863-1935], to their daughter Goldie Frances (Durbin) Bigler [born 1888] to her daughter Ruth Louise (Bigler) Beatty [born 1925] to her daughter Dru Ann (Beatty) Thomas who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. Source Citation: House located on McNay Ridge Road behind the Jacktown fairgrounds, item no. THOD0049, Dru Ann (Beatty) Thomas Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).