200 Glen Avenue

    The house on 200 Glen Avenue was built in 1920 after being ordered from a Sears catalog. The house was the home of one of Ellwood City’s most politically active families, the Turners.
    The political system was so important to Mr. Turner that elections for the third ward were held for a long time in the garage behind the house. Tony Turner was elected to the borough council in 1941 and held the office for sixteen years. Tony also ran for County Commissioner in 1943.
    Tony’s father Samuel, who moved the family to Ellwood City from Sandy Lake, was elected to the borough council in 1896 and ran for Burgess in 1900 but lost a close contest. Tony’s older brother Judd was elected to the council in 1923 and again in 1925. He was later elected Burgess in 1929 and again in 1933.
    Tony ran the Central Hotel beginning in 1912 until Prohibition put him out of business and was a charter member of the Ellwood City Elks Lodge. His other brother Terry was more commonly known as ‘Cotton Head’ during his Major League Baseball playing days.
   ‘Cotton Head’ played nineteen seasons with the Cleveland Indians after starting his professional career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. When he retired, his 1,619 games played was a team record and he also held six offensive team records including 264 sacrifices ranking him twenty sixth all-time. Sportswriter Gordon Cobbledick once wrote that Turner was “a little rabbit of a man with the guts of a commando.” ‘Cotton Head’ was also the pioneer of the head first slide because of ankle injuries earlier in his career.
    We do not know much about who has lived in the house since the Turners but hope that you will be able to help us. To leave a memory about the house or the families that have lived here, please leave a comment below or email us by CLICKING HERE.

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