A conversation about a house move in the East York development of Springettsbury Township surfaced a memory of the location where a Lincoln Highway concrete marker stood in that neighborhood. An illustrated sequence of events tells the tale of verifying that recollection, plus deducing when and why the marker was removed.
The Spring issue of Springettsbury Township News was received this past week. At Eastern Market on Friday, a gentleman approached me noting he saw the article announcing my presentation “Neighborhoods in Southwestern Springettsbury” planned for the April 8, 2026 History Night Event. He suggested I include a unique East York incident that he personally witnessed; the moving of the house at 2301 East Market Street.
While he described the house move, I recalled a YorksPast post of a month ago about Boy Scouts installing Lincoln Highway concrete posts in 1928. I asked if he remembered seeing such a marker in the vicinity of the 2301 East Market Street house when it was moved. His reply was, “No, that marker was along the north curb of East Market Street, between Russell and Royal Streets.”…