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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3I_the-york-water-company_York-PA.html
In 1816, members of the York community came together and formed this company to protect the town from fire and to provide a clean, reliable supply of drinking water. This early example of a public - private partnership is the nation's oldest inves…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEZ_william-c-goodridge-historical_York-PA.html
Born into slavery in 1805, William C. Goodridge was sent to York at age six to apprentice as a tanner. At age 16, Goodridge was given his freedom, left York and was trained as a barber. He returned to York in the 1820s. After opening a barber shop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEV_york-countys-250th-anniversary-historical_York-PA.html
Founded in 1749, York County was the fifth county in Pennsylvania and the first to be formed west of the Susquehanna River. Convinced that the area had gained sufficient population, wealth, and the need for a local government, the provincial gover…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEU_148-east-philadelphia-street-historical_York-PA.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE3_reformed-theological-seminary-site-historical_York-PA.html
This tablet, marking the site of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States during its location at York, from 1829 to 1836, is placed by Zion's Classis in grateful remembrance of the church fathers who here laid foundatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDW_455-west-market-street-historical_York-PA.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDV_459-west-market-street-historical_York-PA.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDU_j-allen-baer-house-historical_York-PA.html
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDT_william-c-goodridge-entrepreneur-historical_York-PA.html
Born a slave in 1806, William C. Goodridge was freed in 1822, when he began his long, successful career as a businessman. His first enterprise was a barber shop, located on York's Centre Square. Next, he opened a five-story retail store on the Squ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4W_the-underground-railroad-and-precursors-to-war_York-PA.html
Among the events in the 1850s that helped drive the nation into civil war, the Christiana Riot put a controversial new law to a bloody test. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ordered federal officers to arrest suspected runaway slaves; it also threat…
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