Port Royal 200

307 Market Street

307 Market St.

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This is how 307 Market Street appeared in the Summer of 2009 when it was listed to Edgar Lewis.
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This is how 307 Market Street appeared in the Summer of 2009 when it was listed to Edgar Lewis.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 9/24/09 - Image Year: 2009
This house sits on the south side of Market Street in the 300 Block. It sat next to the hardware. In 1926 Paul Smith had his first photo studio in this house. At the time it was owned by Margaretta "Rhetta" (McMeen) Stimmel. Later in the 1900s it was occupied by the William and Reba (Groninger) Gilson Koons family. Reba's first husband Ross Gilson was killed when his milk truck was struck while crossing the PRR tracks in Tuscarora.

It is unclear from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps when this house was built. A house exists at this location beginning with the 1889 map, however it is not of the same exact configuration as this house which appeared in the 1928 map. It could be that the house was torn down and another built in its place or that the house was modified in its footprint. It is possible that the original building in this location was destroyed by the fire that consumed the first Bashore Hardware building.

Photos & Comments

Contributed by burlew1 on 1/20/10
My grandmother, Margaretta Rhett McMeen Stimmel, lived in the house when the Bashore Hardware Store burned. It did considerable damage to the house, but some furniture was salvaged. On of the pieces was restored and given to my cousin, Peggy Stimmel Lacy, who now lives in San Diego, CA. Her father, Benjamin Stimmel, was a cancer researcher for many years in San Diego. My mother, Frances Margaretta Stimmel Burlew, lived in Lewistown, PA and had six children who reached adulthood.
MARKET STREET: an aerial view of Market Street between the intersections with Third and Fourth Streets as represented by Google Earth.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/25/14 - Image Year: 2007
MARKET STREET: an aerial view of Market Street between the intersections with Third and Fourth Streets as represented by Google Earth.
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1889. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 11/25/09 - Image Year: 1889
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1889. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1904. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 11/25/09 - Image Year: 1904
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1904. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1911. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 11/25/09 - Image Year: 1911
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1911. This building (or its predecessor building) is indicated as #4 on the map.
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1928. This building is indicated as #20 on the map.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 11/25/09 - Image Year: 1920
This map shows the 300 block of Market Street as it appeared in 1928. This building is indicated as #20 on the map.