Jeremiah Wyman House

By a deed¹ dated 10/21/1885 Jeremiah Wyman purchased a tract of 0.76 acres next to the Devon station from Coffin & Altemus (the developers of Devon). By 1887 he had built a twin house as shown on the atlas of that date².

Taxes 1887 - first entry, valuation $4,000.

Taxes 1888 - 1896 - valuation $4,000.

Jeremiah Wyman did not sell the property before he died in 1920³. He did sell a slice of 0.315 acres to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1886.

Jeremiah Wyman House, 1897

Taxes 1897 - valuation $4,000.

Taxes 1898 - valuation $4,000, occupation $200.

Taxes 1899 - valuation $4,000, occupation $200.

Jeremiah Wyman House, Mrs E. R. James, 1900 (image rotated relative to previous)

Taxes 1900 - valuation $4,000

Jeremiah Wyman House, Grocery Store, 1908

Jeremiah Wyman House, 1913

Jeremiah Wyman House, 1920

Jeremiah Wyman House, 1926

Dallin images from 1927

References and Notes

1. Chester County deed C10-33.

2. Atlas of Properties Along the Pennsylvania R.R. from Overbrook to Malvern Station, 1887
G. Wm. Baist, Published by J. L. Smith.

3. Chester County Archives.

3. Witmer’s Atlas Of Chester County, H.F. Bridgens, A.R. Witmer, 1873.

4. Pennsylvania Railroad Chronology, 1882, Hagley Museum.

5. Atlas extracts courtesy of Radnor Historical Society