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Views of Narberth Past

Haverford & Narberth NE corner about 1910

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Image source: Collection of the Lower Merion Historical Society

Addresses in view: 105 N. Narberth Ave. (†1927), 101 Grayling Ave., 102 Grayling Ave., 104 Grayling Ave., 108 Grayling Ave., 323 Haverford Ave. (†1963), 137 N. Narberth Ave. (†1960)

modern view of the historical image seen from the same viewpoint

We can't date this photo just by the houses that are visible; they all appear on Mueller's 1896 Property Atlas, and several have deeds going back to 1889. But the driveway could not have appeared before 1910, when Oliver Bair sold his vacant corner lot to Helen Baird Caldwell. Property atlases of 1908 (no driveway) and 1913 (driveway) confirm this.

intersection of two unpaved roads with horse & buggy.
The same corner on a postcard earlier than 1910. Photographed and published by Philip H. Moore, Philadelphia; collection of the Lower Merion Historical Society

Updated September 6, 2025.