Berks Places: Landis Store in District Township still home to historical hotel | Local News

Berks Places is a recurring feature that will focus on small villages and census designated places in the county. History, nostalgia and local voices will shed light on the quaint nooks and crannies of our area. Additional historical photographs accompany the online version of the articles.

At the intersection of Baldy Hill, Landis Store, Oysterdale and Forgedale roads in District Township, a thriving hamlet developed.






Landis Store 2021 south on Baldy Hill

Landis Store as seen traveling south on Baldy Hill Road.



According to Berks County historian George M. Meiser IX, John Weller established the first public house in the area around 1800 and subsequently sold the property to Samuel Landis.

The deed records are a bit muddy. A deed recorded April 7, 1887, refers to an April 7, 1825, transaction from John Weller to Samuel Landis for 1,182 pounds in gold and silver. It involved 78 acres.

“Landis’ Store Post Office was established Aug. 20, 1853 — that’s early,” Meiser said, noting Nathan Landis was the first postmaster.

The U.S. Post Office had a disdain for apostrophes in postal name, so it forced many of them to close and be renamed. Landis’ Store followed suit on Dec. 4, 1894.

“It reopened the same day as Landis Store, without the apostrophe, Dec. 4, 1894, and it continued until April 30, 1956,” Meiser said.






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When it reopened, John H. Landis was the postmaster.

The post office was operated in the general store, which was an annex to the right of the

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Operate progresses on Meijer Supercenter in Jackson Township

Walls are going up as construction continues on the Meijer Supercenter at the Greens at Belden development along Fulton Road NW in Jackson Township.

JACKSON TWP. – Stark County’s initial Meijer Supercenter likely will open upcoming spring if the enterprise follows its regular methods for retail outlet openings.

Crews commenced 10 times back erecting walls for the principal creating, which will sit on a 14-acre observe along Fulton Push NW east of Everhard Street NW. A building for a company station also is less than construction.

Early designs indicated a 160,000-sq.-foot building for the supercenter. The Michigan-centered retailer typically includes a grocery, normal products department and pharmacy in its stores.

The Meijer task is element of a 62-acre tract referred to as the Greens at Belden, which used to be the northern part of Tam O’Shanter golfing system. About 200 acres south of the development are currently being utilized by Stark Parks, even though 40 acres are being created by Jackson Township for athletic fields.

Crews are building the exterior walls for a Meijer Supercenter being constructed at the Greens of Belden along Fulton Road NW in Jackson Township. The property had been part of the former Tam O'Shanter golf course.

Meijer has a lot more than 250 stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin, alongside with a lot more than 200 gasoline benefit suppliers. In the latest years, the firm has been opening new shops in mid-May, although the coronavirus pandemic delayed 2020 shop openings to July.

The organization has been growing in Northeast Ohio. About the earlier a few years, Meijer has opened supercenters in Stow, Mentor and Brimfield Township, and this previous May in Boardman and Seven Hills.

Meijer did not reply to requests for aspects about the job in Jackson Township.

Medina-dependent ABC Progress is acquiring the former golf course property.

The business anticipated

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