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The Dimmick Memorial Library is a public library in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [1] [2]The library was established on October 1, 1890, with the financial support of Milton Dimmick, a civil engineer and son of prominent attorney Milo Dimmick who had settled in the community.
Notable buildings include the I.O.O.F. Hall (1844), Lehigh Coal and Navigation Building (1882), Jim Thorpe National Bank (1870s), Carbon County Courthouse (1894), Dimmick Memorial Library (1889), Capitol Theater (Mauch Chunk Opera House) (1882), 1855 School, Weiksner's Taproom (1860s), "Stone Row," Webster House, New American Hotel, and Hooven ...
Between Ludlow Street in Summit Hill and F.A.P. 209 in Jim Thorpe 40°50′58″N 75°47′46″W / 40.849444°N 75.796111°W / 40.849444; -75.796111 ( Mauch Chunk Switchback Jim Thorpe , Nesquehoning , and Summit Hill
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station in Jim Thorpe, now a visitors center. Jim Thorpe was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk (/ ˌ m ɔː k ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ k /), a name derived from the term Mawsch Unk, meaning Bear Place in Unami, the language of the native Lenape, possibly a reference to Bear Mountain, an extension of Mauch Chunk Ridge that resembled a sleeping bear, or perhaps the original ...
Dimmick Memorial Library; F. Fort Allen (Carbon County, Pennsylvania) J. Jack Frost–Big Boulder Ski Resort; L. Lansford Historic District; M. Mauch Chunk Opera House;
Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...
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In 1827, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, based in present-day Jim Thorpe, launched the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, the nation's second operating railroad. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] The Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company , also located in Carbon County, was the first railway to operate steam locomotives as traction engines and prime movers in the ...