Thanks for that. I never tried looking for those properties on the inventory site.
The sign is a vague childhood memory. I just remember my siblings trying to read it as my parents drove by the house on their way to or from Rodman's. I was too young to read and besides, being the youngest in the family, I never got to sit near the window when my other siblings were in the car. And after my folks stopped going to Rodman's we never had to pass directly in front of the house, but I used to see the side and the garage a lot on the way to and from Zayre/Dart Drug and Memco/Woolworth's.
"Malfunction Junction". I haven't heard that in many, many, MANY years! Branch Ave still malfunctions when it crosses Brandywine Road, though.
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: There is a website called Maryland Inventory
: of Historic Properties. You can type in
: MDIHP on your web browser.When you get to
: the website, click on "search by
: county." Then click on the list of
: counties until you come to PG County. Go to
: the listings for P, down to Pyles, and it is
: there. There are photos of the lumber yard
: and the old house. Easier way: Type
: "Pyles Lumber Warehouse and Residence
: site" into your browser and it comes
: right up.
: Yes, it is sad about the old landmarks being
: razed. That old intersection was once
: called Malfunction Junction when the area
: got too big for its britches, and then it
: all changed. I don't remember the
: historical marker, though.
:
: --Previous Message--
: It could possibly be that. And it makes
: sense
: Mr. Pyles would build his home near his
: business.
:
: Sad about the lumberyard fire. The last time
: I drove past was about a year and a half
: ago. I read the building was recently razed.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: I think you might mean the house that Mr.
: Pyles built in the early 1900's.
:
: --Previous Message--
: As a child, I remember a large house at the
: intersection of Allentown Road and Old
: Branch Ave in Camp Springs. It was across
: the street (Allentown Rd) from Pyles Lumber.
:
: It's currently a vacant lot enclosed by a
: low chain link. The garage/carriage house
: (?)is less than 20 feet from the merging
: lane of Rt 5 south and can be seen from the
: road.
:
: I remember older siblings reading the
: sign/marker whenever we drove past it (a
: Rodman's Drug Store was in the vicinity) and
: the sign indicated it was the first house to
: have electricity or something like that.
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