Shriver's Four Square Garden

Shriver's Four Square Garden. . , 1- Pierce Family , James and Margaret Pierce's home was built in 1829. They had four children: Margaret, Tillie, and two sons, William and James, who helped operate a butcher shop behind the house. , 26' of open space stood between the Piece and Shriver homes, where the Shriver House Museum shop, built in 1888, stands today., 2 – Shriver Family , In 1860, the Shrivers paid $290 for a lot of ground on South Baltimore Hill, called Baltimore Street today, to build a new home for their growing family, Sadie (5) and Mollie (3). George also planned to open a new business here: Shriver's Saloon and Ten-Pin Alley. , The house was built on the northern edge of the property line leaving a large side yard which provided plenty of space for a small orchard and garden., 3 – Shriver's Saloon and Ten-Pin Alley , The saloon was located in the cellar of the house. The two-lane ten pin bowling alley sat behind the house in a 14' x 65', fully-enclosed structure. Patrons would walk through the Shrivers' side yard to the rear entrance to the saloon – not through Hattie's front door! , The ten-pin alley was razed in the early 1900s when two additions were added for indoor plumbing, which left the original house intact., 4 – Garden , In addition to vegetables for the family, the garden provided herbs and flowers for kitchen and medical uses. A small orchard provided apples, peaches, cherries and pears. , According to Pennsylvania German folklore, it was customary to plant a yucca in the center of garden if the family was Protestant; rosemary if it were Catholic., 5 - Privy , The first telephone pole on your left was the far corner of the Shrivers' original property line. The privy sat in that corner – too far in the winter and too close in the summer., 6 – Garlach Family , The Shrivers' neighbors to the south were Henry and Catherine Garlach (pronounced 'garlic'). Henry, a carpenter, was well-known for wearing a stove pipe hat. They had four children: Anna, Will, Katie, and Frank. The family occupied the far (southern) end of the building; Henry operated a cabinet-making business in two small buildings attached to the north side of their home. , Catherine and her children hid in the Shrivers' cellar during the first day of the battle. Anna recalled "a cannon at Pierce's corner for a short time.", 7 – Barn , The large red barn at the rear of the garden was built in the 1940s. Today it is used for storage.