This Week in Chester History…

In 1963, the Chester Township Planning Board approved a major subdivision to Chester Knolls on Route 24. Previously part of the Robinson farm, 40 of the 105 acres would be divided into 20 building lots. The board also rubber stamped a subdivision of four of 25 acres on the south side of Pleasant Hill Road. The property was part of an estate willed by Cora Mooney to the Biblical Seminary of New York. The seminary sold the four acres to owners who planned to convert a barn on the property to a home. Source: Observer-Tribune.