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Worthington Hall, now known as the Shawnee Playhouse, was an historic, American theatre that was located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, [1] but was delisted in 1986 after being demolished following a fire on June 24, 1985 that was caused by arson. [2]
In 1943 bandleader Fred Waring purchased the resort, renamed it the Shawnee Inn, and broadcast his radio shows from the Shawnee Playhouse, a half-mile down the road. [7] [14] Jackie Gleason took up golf there in 1944, [13] while Art Carney, Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan and Perry Como would make regular appearances at the resort. [8]
Shawnee on Delaware is an unincorporated community on the Delaware River, part of Smithfield Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is situated just south of the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) southwest of the Shawnee Mountain Ski Area and approximately 75 miles (121 km) west of New York City.
Shawnee Hills is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 835 at the 2020 census . It is a part of the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Today Ontario Beach Park is a county park. It was taken by eminent domain which forced the closure of the amusement park. Playland Park Freeport: 1920s–1930s Rockaways' Playland: Rockaway Beach, Queens: 1902–1987 Roseland Park: Canandaigua: 1925–1985 Sea Lion Park: Coney Island, Brooklyn: 1895–1903 Starin's Glen Island: New Rochelle ...
Shawnee State Park is a 3,983-acre (1,612 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Juniata and Napier Townships, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Shawnee Lake , a 451-acre (183 ha) warm water reservoir , is at the center of the park as its main attraction.
At the beginning of the French and Indian War, Braddock's defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela left Pennsylvania without a professional military force. [1] Lenape chiefs Shingas and Captain Jacobs launched dozens of Shawnee and Delaware raids against British colonial settlements, [2] killing and capturing hundreds of colonists and destroying settlements across western and central ...
The organization constructed the building in 1893 and occupied it until 1975. The Delaware Dinner Theatre and Delaware Ballet Company then used the building until 1982 when DCT moved in. [6] Minerva Parker Nichols of Philadelphia, an early female architect, designed the Colonial Revival building with Palladian windows and a gambrel roof.