Tag: Chester Historical Society
This Week in Chester History
In 1991, Chester Historical Society President Len Taylor recently presented the society’s 1991 Community Achievement Award for Architectural Excellence fo Jimmy’s Army-Navy for “improving the streetscape.” It was one of eight community achievement awards presented at the Society’s annual picnic that gave special recognition to businesses or homeowners the Society felt “their consideration of the continuing ambience of the Chester Community.”
Source: The Observer-Tribune
This Week in Chester History
In 1986, a farmhouse was put on the market for $1. Otherwise known as the Nathaniel Terry home, the structure was to be razed to make way for a 65 home development but was saved after members of the Chester Historical Society attended the Planning Board hearings. Kathy Caviston of Weichert Realtors, the agency listing the home, said “Someone who really appreciates history must buy the home.”
Source: The Observer-Tribune
