History – Late 19th Century

The Late 19^th Century

Residents cultivated about half the land and the rest remained forest. This was truly a rural countryside.  The transition from rural to suburban was well underway and it fostered by the growth of streets, railroads, and other forms of transportation.

• Canterbury and Cloverhill was laid out into 35 lots.
• The Colonnade now occupies the tract that was labeled, the A. Gaddes Estate.
• Along Stony Run a millrace provided power for the Paradise Mill.
• A narrow-gauge railroad ran along the Stony Run.
• A quarry was close to Merryman’s Lane.
• Along Melrose (now Canterbury) were six small farms and about twenty houses and outbuildings.
• Half-dozen large mansions existed along Charles Street north of Merryman’s Lane.