Tour of Homes

203 E. Liberty St.

A pivotal house. This house was built circa 1850 by William Barron, an illustrious plantation merchant of York County. Soon after its completion, William Barron sold it to the Grist family, publishers of the town newspaper, and later it was sold to William Blackburn Wilson, a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. The house was considered a blend of Georgian farmhouse and Greek revival influence. The house was later owned by Joseph Franklin Wallace, who was Clerk of Court for York County. The house stood on a lot of 1 ½ acres. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace reared six children in this house, and it was joked at the time that they added a room and some addition to the porch with the addition of each child. Upon Mr.Wallace's death, the house went to his daughter, Annie (Wallace) Marshall. This house was always a gathering place for young people. Mr. Marshall built a large playhouse, complete with a large fireplace, in the back of the lot where they gathered.

North side East Liberty Street