500 Crescent Avenue
Brothers D.A & J.A. Evans bought lots beside each other in 1916 on Crescent Avenue right across from Hotel Lawrence (formally Hotel Oliver). The brick house built on the Evans’ lots was to be the home of Mr. & Mrs. David A. Evans for rest of their lives. Ten years after the purchase, the hotel became Lincoln High School.
Mr. Evans was elected Burgess of Ellwood City in 1925, served on the borough council, served as president of Chamber of Commerce, was on the Ellwood City Hospital Board of Directors, Ellwood City Industrial Corporation Board of Directors, the Community Savings and Loan Board of Directors, was one of the founders of Peoples National Bank in 1907 and he was a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Along with his brother J.A. Evans, he also founded two of the largest employers in Ellwood City today, the Ellwood City Forge and Mary Evans Hospital (named after their mother). Mary Evans Maternity Hospital broke ground in 1943 and the Ellwood City Forge will be celebrating 100 years of service in 2010.
The house on the corner of Fifth Street & Crescent Avenue is presently owned by Robert & Helen Powell who live and operate their real estate business there.
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Information for this post was gathered from the book Ellwood City Houses and the People Who Lived in Them by Charles R. Moser available at the Ellwood City Historical Society.
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