Comments on: Historic Bakery Sign Uncovered in New Cakes & Ale Bakery Space

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:50:07 +0000

Remember that the corner then is not the corner now. There was at least one more structure east of the present row. Why can’t Google streetview go back that far?

By: HistoryJoe

HistoryJoe — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:19:52 +0000

Not much help, but the 1911 Sanborn map shows a typical boarding house on that corner (Church & Sycamore). So it’s definitely later. Very cool find!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:13:35 +0000

Good detective work, Rus.

By: Rus

Rus — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:03:34 +0000

I should have said “the most plausible Albert L. Teele” … since there is a Adventist Minister; a publisher of a “Beet Sugar Industry” trade rag; a lawyer and one author/historian .. all sharing that popular name.

By: Rus

Rus — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:54:59 +0000

The key may be in the sign below the bakery sign. It reads “Albert L. Teele – Real Estate”.
The only Albert L. Teele I can find had a Real Estate office on 521 Market St.; Chester, PA in 1917. Perhaps Albert and his wife got tired of the Pennsylvania winters and moved south?