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| postcard Essex Apartments at 461 Maplewood pre-1930 |
In the postcard above, the Essex Apartments is the three-story building with porches. You can see that the lot to the Essex's right is empty. The building that once was the Beth Samuel Synagogue, but is now used by the Maple Restaurant, wasn't built yet. However, the two-story brick building near the corner that was once the office of the Ambridge Gas Co. is there.
Maplewood Ave. was still a two-way street back then.
By 1950, the Essex Apartments had become the Essex Hotel. Growing up in the 1950s and '60s, I knew the Essex as mostly a residential hotel.
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| Essex Hotel ad 461 - Maplewood Holy Trinity R. C. Croatian Church dedication program December 17, 1950 |
A business for sale ad in the February 20, 1985, Beaver County Times offered the Essex Hotel with "29 rooms, and 5 room apartment" at $69,900, reduced from $120,000.
The building is now the Maplewood Personal Care Home.
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| Maplewood Personal Care Home 461 Maplewood Ave. September 28, 2014 |
Here's the reverse of the above Essex Apartments postcard for those interested in such things:
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| postcard, reverse |
jd aka john domansky
ReplyDeletegreat pc & comments, I see the pc has a Chicago postmark, does the back have addresses & names, sometimes the backs are more interesting than the front, can u post a pic of the back, if u have it, please.
I've posted the reverse of the postcard at the end of the blog article.
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