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It has since been celebrated every year on the second weekend of August. The festival has many traditions including ethnic foods and a mass service on Sunday morning of that weekend. Another annual event held every year is the annual community yard sale, organized by the Portage Area Historical Society. It is held on the second Saturday in June.
The Historic Summit Inn Resort, also known as the Summit Hotel, is an historic hotel complex and national historic district which is located atop the Summit Mountain of Chestnut Ridge [2] by North Union Township and South Union Township in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 ...
An active Grantham Community Association meets regularly to address issues related to township zoning, town-gown relations and public safety. An annual yard sale weekend is posted to bring maximum traffic to the town. The Gilbert Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
By 1921 there was no more work for the shipyard, and in February of that year it was permanently closed. The government thereafter auctioned off the properties of Harriman township by individual lot, but was able to realize only $870,000 from the sale as opposed to the original design and construction cost of $5.6 million.
The hotel, built in 1884, burned down costing around $200,000 in damages. [29] Public investment in attracting businesses and diversifying the economy continued throughout the 20th century. CAN DO (Community Area New Development Organization) was formally organized in 1956 by founder Dr. Edgar L. Dessen. CAN DO raised money through their "Dime ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), of which 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) (9.90%) is water. The Delaware Canal and its towpath bisect the borough from northwest to southeast. Access points to the canal are located at Edgewater Avenue, Afton ...
An old map of Butler Township. The township is named after Col. Zebulon Butler; he is most famous for his action at the Battle of Wyoming, which resulted in his defeat by British-allied forces. Butler lost 340 men while attacking a superior force of Loyalists and Iroquois. In 1839, Butler Township was formed from a section of Sugarloaf Township.
Lower Augusta Township, PA 17801 Building-Home 09000101 Sunbury Armory [20] 1938 206 Armory Rd, Sunbury, PA 17801 Building-Government 89002082 The Hotel Edison [21] 1871 401 Market St, Sunbury, PA 17801 Building-Commercial Sunbury Historic District [22] 1870 Arch-Chestnut Sts., Sunbury, PA Location-District 83004240 Maclay-Wolverton House [23] 1773