tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post171458506245869205..comments2024-03-26T10:17:51.566-04:00Comments on The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog: Help with the Sinclair Station and/or Campbell's StoreScott Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850758840846585533noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-14139542353869113442019-03-25T21:21:43.625-04:002019-03-25T21:21:43.625-04:00I’ve been searching for years for any photos the a...I’ve been searching for years for any photos the area. No luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-64272651125210480272018-01-20T00:28:30.886-05:002018-01-20T00:28:30.886-05:00That is so cool Thank you! My email address is tun...That is so cool Thank you! My email address is tuneman@comcast.net. I would love a nice copy of these to start my scrap book. R Ogdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-2375647772665299202018-01-11T15:59:43.403-05:002018-01-11T15:59:43.403-05:00I still haven't seen any good shots of it, but...I still haven't seen any good shots of it, but I just added a couple of aerial shots that show the area.scott palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-61397525015867982672018-01-07T17:16:25.018-05:002018-01-07T17:16:25.018-05:00I'd like to breathe some life back into this.....I'd like to breathe some life back into this......<br /><br />I am the current owner and was pretty much born and raised here. Vickers Campbell was my grandfather. He purchased this property on May 7, 1956. It had gone up for sale from the previous owners (also Campbells) in January of 1955. County records show it was built in 1930. I have the original deed from my grandparents. It was in fact a country store and gas station. As a small boy I can remember 4' painted sheet metal signage across the entire front of the building. It was painted with, among other things, a giant Sunbeam Bread loaf and logo as well as having a giant Coca Cola Bottle cap mounted to it. My grandfather didn't take it down until the mid 60's. Before Kirkwood Hwy was built it was a popular stop located halfway between the city and Newark. Always a bus stop, the original "coach stop" was still mounted on the front poll until someone stole several years ago. The original store shelving was still intact with various items still on the shelf on the store side until I remodeled it in 1985. I opened the Pit Stop RC shop there until moving it to the old Triangle Mall in New Castle in the end of the 80's. I do know that there was an old style gas pump located right outside the store entrance on the concrete slab and later was replaced with pumps out front. I still have the "bells" from that era that had the old vacuum line running to it as well as some signage from the original front screen door of the store. That is about as much as I can confirm but I've been told that it was a Sinclair gas station and earlier in the century had a "truck stop" style little restaurant on the house side and that earlier served as a public polling place. I've also been told that there was a schoolhouse here as well. I cannot confirm any of that but this place has quite a colorful history and I would love to know more about it. R Ogdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-37491384696863985382015-09-18T18:22:57.066-04:002015-09-18T18:22:57.066-04:00In the late 80s it was The Pit Stop R/C specialist...In the late 80s it was The Pit Stop R/C specialist before it moved to the New Castle Square Mall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729150276990879881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-10050333581502773812015-09-15T15:39:49.433-04:002015-09-15T15:39:49.433-04:00I never knew there was so much going on over there...I never knew there was so much going on over there!Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-14787260601910473372015-09-15T15:14:08.093-04:002015-09-15T15:14:08.093-04:00The delicatessen next door to the old Sinclair ser...The delicatessen next door to the old Sinclair service station during the early sixties was Wright's Del. Then it was called Hemsings Deli. That wasent the same house.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729150276990879881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-62652879089751288042015-09-14T15:03:42.890-04:002015-09-14T15:03:42.890-04:00I'll see what I can do. I know I've always...I'll see what I can do. I know I've always wanted to get back to the property where the pool is, just below Linden Hill Rd. I might be able to find some stuff in the near future from that area. Thanks for the suggestion!Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-49610357934812783572015-09-14T11:01:24.123-04:002015-09-14T11:01:24.123-04:00in the sixties the store was owned by Charlie Wrig...in the sixties the store was owned by Charlie WrightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-6601926245108340642015-09-13T16:46:26.673-04:002015-09-13T16:46:26.673-04:00Thanks Charlie, I have read everything on this blo...Thanks Charlie, I have read everything on this blog in the last few years regarding the Pike Creek area. I was just wondering if there would be anything new or anything in the works about the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-20817791043589887842015-09-12T21:52:07.577-04:002015-09-12T21:52:07.577-04:00lots of info on pike creek and PDlots of info on pike creek and PDCharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836827033210679116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-42233957709364535212015-09-12T19:47:40.464-04:002015-09-12T19:47:40.464-04:00Great information on the website. Just wondering, ...Great information on the website. Just wondering, do you have anything planned about more locations in the pike creek area? Particularly the area in the 19711 zipcode, closer to Polly Drummond Shopping Center. Loved reading what you have so far about that area would just like to know more if more was out there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com