942 South Clinton Avenue, The Burg.
This was , i believe, a private residence and not a business
in my Burg day but I always thought this looked
nice:)
That bit of Second Empire Style on the Third Level is nice:)
UPDATE: Bill & Tom point out this was once the Chambersburg
Community House:)
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[I was really hoping you'd feature this place, some day.]
Back in the 50s, this was the old Chambersburg Community House. It functioned as an after-school day care facility for kids that were members.
IIRC, the facility was divided for girls upstairs, and for boys downstairs.
We used to enter via the Beatty St. entrance where there was a stairway in that vesitbule.
A very vintage Coke machine sat to the left of the stairway, where for a nickel, you could get a 7 oz frequently recycled bottle. The smell of the carbonation inside these bottles was great. Very refreshing!
In the front room of ground floor (to the left) was a play area and library.
IIRC, to the right was a kitchen area, and a huge open space in the rear of the building which contained a small gymnasium with rings, parallel bars, and mats. There were really good instructors.
One time I was headed for home from Mrs. Goetz's 1st/2nd grade class at Harrision School and I saw many kids entering the Community Center in Halloween Costume. I hadn't heard of the Halloween Party, so I ran home to get dressed. After returning to the Community Center I doscovered the party was upstairs -- and for girls! Oh, the humiliation!! ;-)
I guess the Community House closed its doors in the 50s.
SJBill is correct. I actually worked there one summer as part of the City Parks and Recreation Program. Provided basic music instruction to kids in neighborhood. I think the Ms. Goetz may have been Myrtle Goetz who was principal of Stokes School when I worked there in 1965.
Thank You Bill & Tom I will add this to the post:)
Dances were held in the gym on friday nights. Did my firsty "gig" singing at one of them with Larry Steel, Mike Cannon and me...we sang "Little Star". Drank a lot of those Cokes SJBILL remembers. Good times!
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