Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice The Neighborhood Baker Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

Now a Natural Foods Store, this building housed the Bakery for many years

Article: The Neighborhood Baker Mansfield Borough, Tioga County PA Article by Chester P. Bailey Photo by Joyce M. Tice 18 DEC 2002 Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page How to Use This Site Warning & Disclaimer More Local History Articles Mansfield & Richmond Page No Unauthorized Commercial Use Say Hello to Joyce

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Until the grocery store started furnishing baked goods such as cakes and pies the housewife depended on the neighborhood baker. Bakeries were established in Mansfield as early as 1882, when L. Cummings built a small two-story wood building at 45 East Wellsboro Street.

The baker, or in most cases, his friendly wife, greeted many children enroute to or returning from school, who would stop to buy a sweet. Before the day of the chocolate éclair, it was a large vanilla sugar cookie, without the raisin in the middle. Every kid in town knew a way home that would bring them by the bakery. Schools were all on the college campus in those days.

From 1882 until 1955, the Wellsboro street building served continuously as a bakery. Among the bakers were L. Cummings, William S. Bull, Carl A. Jupenlaz, Littley, L. B. Loveland, Hem Stwart, Leonard Ashley, and John Hartsock in 1949. Mr. Hartsock moved his bakery to the T. W. Judge building on south Main Street, and continued until 1980 when he retired. (31 years)

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