| Name | Term | Address |
|---|---|---|
| John Atkinson | c. 1910 | 29 East Park Road |
| Edward J. O'Halloran | fl. 1966–1987 | 19 Llandaff Road |
| Charles F. Kain | fl. 1991–1992 | 25 Tenby Road |
The Llanerch Civic Association's early history is not very clear, as it wasn't well-publicized in its very early history. The earliest mention I can find to the organization is 1905, where an officer of the Llanerch Citizen's Association, the organization's precursor, was attacked.
In 1910, John Atkinson was elected its president. He was also its first president, according to "A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People, Volume 2" by John Woolf Jordan (1914). Among the other positions elected were:
George Horace Paist of 5 Tenby Road as vice president
William H. Davis of 110 Llandaff Road as secretary
James Rawson of 311 Lansdowne Roadas treasurer
T. Mason McCollin (of 6 East Park Road), F.P. Taylor, Wilfred Lawrence Coates (of 318 Bewley Road), Hugh Hayes Aikens (of 25 East Park Road), C.H. Miller, Hugh Blair McKean (of 109 Tenby Road), Return Jonathan Meigs (of 111 Llandaff Road), William F. Moore, V.R. Carrick, William B. Cowan (of 5 Llandillo Road), H.H. Druckenmiller, and O.L. Davis as "senators" on its board of governors
Later that year, the association took to protest against the Springfield Water Company, which was raising rates.
There doesn't seem to be another mention of the association until 1966, when O'Halloran was president. He led the organization suing the government against the downzoning of the intersectino of Township Line and West Chester Pike, which was unsuccessful and the area was zoned into commercial businesses, including a car lot that would later become a U-Haul. He was still president in 1987 during another issue with zoning, when Peter Schwarz of 101 Tenby Road was parking his commercial trucks on the residential streets. the LCA successfully convinced the courts to forbid him from doing so.
Yet another instance of the LCA in legal situations, 3 Tenby Road was being utilized as a medical center, rather than a family residence as it was zoned to be used as. The LCA successfully sued to disallow a commercial use of the property.
The U-Haul located on the former location of 6 East Township Line Road fought with the LCA after they suggested plans to build a tall building for self-storage units on their extant property. They were successfully prevented from doing so.
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