Skip to content
Friends of Narberth History
Narberth Addresses

20 Sabine Avenue

Google streetview closest to the address location
Latest Google Maps streeview

Timeline

1912Built by (source: Our Town Oct. 11, 1919)
1960Address changed from 10 Sabine Ave.

Years may be approximate. Where do we get these years?

Deeds

1906-06-20Book 556, page 444David Goodbread, Edward R Price to Mary K Gibson
1960-09-27Book 3094, page 149Penna Internatl Ord Kings Daughters to Maron J., Marthe A Miller

These deeds likely describe this property, but may not be confirmed. This is not intended as a complete list. Source: Montgomery County, Pa. Recorder of Deeds.

three-story house sits to the right of a wooded lot.
Kings Daughters Home for the Aged. Photo by Harry D. Richards Llanerch, Pa. 1931.

The property and building were donated by neighbor Maybrook estate heiress Mary K. Gibson in 1912 to Kings Daughters, who operated it as Holiday House 1912–1925, then until 1960 as Kings Daughters Home for the Aged.

See "Founding and Growth of Holiday House, on Sabine Avenue, Told", Our Town October 11, 1929, p. 3.

Updated July 18, 2025.

U. S. Census

Census Name Relation Age Own Race Marital Birthplace Business Trade Apt # Note
1920Shipley Brown Head38RentWhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaCommunity KitchensManageraddress 338 Sabine
Lucy H Brown Wife36WhiteMarriedNew Jersey
Alice B Brown Daughter12WhiteSingleNew Jersey
Thomas S Brown Son7WhiteSinglePennsylvania
1930James Fleming 79WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaRocket ClubCheck roomKing's Daughters and Sons
Mary Fleming 77WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
H Matilda Byram 70WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
Clara A Neal 70WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
Cordelia Norton 80WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
Mary C Schaich 68WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
Isabelle Whitman 70WhiteSingleNew YorkKing's Daughters and Sons
Ellen D Douglass 72WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKing's Daughters and Sons
Asa H Whitney 80WhiteWidowedNew YorkKing's Daughters and Sons
Howard Rambo 62WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaInstitutionCaretakerKing's Daughters and Sons
Anna M Rambo 50WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaInstitutionMatronKing's Daughters and Sons
1940Mary C Schaich Lodger82WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Sally Richard Lodger85WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Elizabeth Mitchell Lodger69WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Edith Howard Lodger71WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Frank D Wattson Lodger73WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Isabelle Whitman Lodger80WhiteSingleNew YorkKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Ella A Lancaster Lodger86WhiteSinglePennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Anna Michel Lodger83WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
Helen Craig Lodger70WhiteWidowedScotlandKings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged
1950Minerva Gaul Matron63WhiteWidowedPennsylvaniaOld Folks HomeSuperintendent
Frank D Wattson Patient83WhiteWidowedPennsylvania
Helen Craig Patient83WhiteWidowedScotland
Rebecca Simford Patient80WhiteWidowedPennsylvania
Alice Bernard Patient75WhiteWidowedDelaware
Catherine Mullen Patient73WhiteWidowedKentucky
Mary Briggs Patient76WhiteWidowedMissouri
Evelyn MacDonald Patient75WhiteWidowedPennsylvania
Elizabeth Mitchell Patient79WhiteWidowedPennsylvania

No census records found 1900–1950.

Other resident listings

Find another address

Go

Or zoom in to click a location exists gone