NOW & THEN
The purpose of this page is
to show some perspective.  
Below are pairs of
photographs of places in
Schuylkill Haven as they
looked in the past and as
they look now.   I have
attempted to present places
that have a great deal of
contrast between their past
and present look.  New
pairs will be added monthly.
On the left is the reading Company freight station as it looked in September
1972.  It is now the site of the municipal parking lot as seen on the right.
On the left is the arch carrying the Pennsylvania Railroad across Dock Street in April
of 1968.  On the right it is now gone and the ambulance building is located there.
Ungers grocery store and adjoining home on Columbia Street are shown on the left in June
of 1967.  The area is now part of the parking lot of Evans Corporation as seen on the right.
The Grace Evangelical Church is seen on the left at the corner of E. Union Street
and St. Peter Street in April of 1974.  On the right is the Schuylkill Hose Company
building on the same site.
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The Columbia Street bridge was a covered bridge in it's day as seen
on the left.  The current bridge on the right was built in 1921.
On the left several stores can be seen on West Main Street in September
1959.  On the right the bank lot has now replaced the buildings.
P. T. Hoy's barn at the corner of St. John and Wilson Streets is shown in
June 1963 on the left, replaced by the Liquor Store on the right.
The municipal parking lot on Wilson Street as seen on the left today was once home to garages
and other buildings as seen in the view on the right taken in May 1966.
On the left is the VFW
building as it stood at
the intersection of
Columbia and West
Main Streets before
being torn down.  At
one time it was the
Columbia Hotel.  Today
it is a vacant lot as
seen on the right.
On the left is the warehouse used for storage by the Bittle grocery store at the corner of
Columbia and Berne Streets.  After it's removal in 1976, the site became the location of the
Turkey Hill market as seen on the right today.