Winter Scenes Along Pleasant Run Parkway

Winter in Irvington has always been a beautiful time to grab the camera and capture the newly-fallen snow. The Schmidts, who dwelled at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive, filled their scrapbooks to document these moments. Dr. Henry and Isabelle Early Schmidt moved into the house in the latter part of 1937 and immediately fell in love with the acreage on a winter's day. Their children, Ann, Maureen, Carl, Pat, and Jill had the perfect sledding hill as the property sat high above the Pleasant Run stream.  Fallen logs, gorgeous evergreens, and even their pretty bungalow all provided opportunities to capture the serene quiet around them.

The Schmidt home at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive on a winter's day in 1938. (Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

Time to sled! Dr. Henry Schmidt posed next to Beverly Spencer and Ann Schmidt on a winter's day in 1938.  The Schmidts resided at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive.

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

Beverly Spencer and Ann Schmidt enjoyed a winter day in 1938

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

Dr. Henry Schmidt posed with Maureen and Ann Schmidt on November 11, 1941. Behind the family, you can see their residence at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive. Some elm trees still existed on the lot during this era. Most elms across the United States were dying off in record numbers.

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

The side porch at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive in the winter of 1938.

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

Beautiful newly-fallen snow on evergreen trees at the Schmidt home at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive c1938.

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

Looking South: In this image, you can see the long driveway leading up to 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive c1944. In the distance, you can see Pleasant Run Parkway

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

A winter storm at 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive c1950

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive in 1979. It was now numbered as 5701 E. St. Clair Street

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

5701 E. St. Clair Street (formerly 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive) c1990

(Photo courtesy of Ann Schmidt Brown and Doreen McGuire Crenshaw)

I am indebted to Ann Schmidt Brown and her daughter, Doreen McGuire Crenshaw, for opening their scrapbooks and memories for this post.

Editor's Note: 5702 Pleasant Run Parkway is now numbered as 5701 E. St. Clair Street.