tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post8606317824135814029..comments2024-03-16T01:56:24.630-04:00Comments on Information about Media that you won't get anywhere else.....: N. Olive and West 4th Street Renovationstedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08088699511848507525noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-15942530248974615962014-09-10T23:08:31.249-04:002014-09-10T23:08:31.249-04:00I walk my dogs by that house every day and have wa...I walk my dogs by that house every day and have watched the renovations roll along. MANY dumpsters have been filled in emptying the house of its contents, and it looks like the entire insides were gutted... But you can still smell the house a block away. I wonder if the buyers really knew what they were getting into? Definitely looking forward to seeing the finished product, though.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854401201338732922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-61587519888001216672014-09-10T15:49:19.152-04:002014-09-10T15:49:19.152-04:00Did a little more digging on this story and found ...Did a little more digging on this story and found an obituary in the Chester Times for Tuesday, June 9, 1944. "Solomon Knopf, well-known Delaware County merchant died Wednesday night at Media Hospital after an illness of two years. His home was at Fourth and Olive streets, Media.<br /><br />"Born in Austria, Mr. Knopf came to this country as a young boy and settled in Wilmington. In Sam Lemonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-15276076620937549952014-09-07T20:01:28.226-04:002014-09-07T20:01:28.226-04:00Just wanted to add...I asked my 98 year old aunt, ...Just wanted to add...I asked my 98 year old aunt, and she told me the owner of the store was a family named Knopf, and they may have had it for 15 or 20 years between the 1930s and 1950s. But there was another owner before that, whose name she couldn't remember.Sam Lemonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-74594216309771884262014-09-07T09:39:09.808-04:002014-09-07T09:39:09.808-04:00For many years, the building had been a little sto...For many years, the building had been a little store, up until about the late 1950s. Perhaps that's why it had the large window facing Olive Street. There had also been two other small stores nearby in the North Olive community. One was on the northeast corner of 5th & Olive Streets owned by Ms. Jessie Randolph, and a Mr. Butler before her. And another on the southwest corner of Third &Sam Lemonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-91669336561066691782014-09-07T00:02:47.135-04:002014-09-07T00:02:47.135-04:00The large window facing east was great for growing...The large window facing east was great for growing plants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-77044943048504289372014-09-06T22:20:34.238-04:002014-09-06T22:20:34.238-04:00Is this Trusty's house?Is this Trusty's house?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-7528273442898966732014-09-06T21:46:33.550-04:002014-09-06T21:46:33.550-04:00I wonder what happened to all the plants in the fr...I wonder what happened to all the plants in the front window?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361491060528726863.post-80816340744689536462014-09-06T13:20:01.876-04:002014-09-06T13:20:01.876-04:00I remember this place very well and the old guy th...I remember this place very well and the old guy that sat there every day :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com