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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2XA_pennsylvania-medical-society_Lancaster-PA.html
Founded April 11, 1848, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church on this site. Its purpose was to foster the advancement of medical knowledge, relieve suffering and promote the health of the community. Samuel Humes, M.D., of Lancaster was the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X9_first-reformed-church_Lancaster-PA.html
Congregation of German, Swiss, and French settlers was formed about 1729. Log church here, Lancaster's first, 1736. Stone building, 1753; brick church, 1854. Rev. Philip Otterbein, Rev. William Hendel, Dr. Henry Harbaugh were eminent pastors.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X8_st-james-church-episcopal_Lancaster-PA.html
Founded 1744. Original structure built 1746-53; this building begun 1820. George Ross, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was vestryman. Buried here are the patriots Edward Shippen, William Atlee, Edward Hand, and Jasper Yeates.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X7_lancaster-county_Lancaster-PA.html
Formed on May 10, 1729 out of Chester County. Named for Lancashire in England. County seat, Lancaster, was chartered a borough in 1742; a city in 1818. It was the State capital, 1799-1812. County is noted for its rich farmland and ethnic diversity.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X6_charles-demuth_Lancaster-PA.html
Born in Lancaster, Nov. 8, 1883. Demuth achieved international fame for his precise modernist paintings including "My Egypt" and "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold." He traveled in the U.S. and abroad but resided after 1889 in this house. Here he died in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X5_lancaster-city_Lancaster-PA.html
Penn SquareSince its establishment in 1730, Lancaster City has been a bustling, vibrant community with a rich history. Founded by James Hamilton, an English businessman, the city was designed to be the county seat, with a Courthouse placed in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WD_andrew-ellicott_Lancaster-PA.html
Surveyor, mathematician, astronomer. Secretary, Pennsylvania Land Office, 1801-08. In 1803, while living here, he taught Meriwether Lewis surveying and navigation skills. Helped survey & draw boundaries of New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WC_fulton-opera-house_Lancaster-PA.html
Built in 1852 and named Fulton Hall in honor of Robert Fulton. It is considered an excellent example of the 19th century "Opera House." For more than 75 years, every major star of the American theatre appeared on its stage.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WB_john-durang_Lancaster-PA.html
The first American-born professional stage performer, Durang gained fame as a dancer, actor, clown, musician, acrobat, choreographer, and puppeteer. Born in Lancaster near here, he performed in the northeastern US, eventually founding his own comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WA_early-architecture_Lancaster-PA.html
This one and a half story house is typical of the architecture during the period of early settlement of Lancaster, dating from 1730. Most of the local houses in 1800 were of this style.
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