Harborcreek Township near Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

This Fireplace

Circa 1920

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 12, 2019

1. This Fireplace Marker

Inscription. This Fireplace is the last remaining part of the Original Log Cabin Restaurant/Dance Hall and Gas Station which once stood here and built and owned by Leo Russell and Nina Gifford Russell.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 42° 9.539′ N, 79° 58.431′ W. Marker is near Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is in Harborcreek Township. It is at the intersection of Municipal Drive and Buffalo Road (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling south on Municipal Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Erie PA 16510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen

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Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fighting for Peanuts: The Gauge War (within shouting distance of this marker); Harborcreek Area Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Gifford-Blanchfield House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bryan Bell Memorial Playground (approx. 0.3 miles away); King Pavilion (approx. 0.4 miles away); Trooper Jos. F. McMillen Memorial (approx. half a mile away); We Owe So Much To So Few (approx. 2.1 miles away); John Nelson (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 12, 2019

2. This Fireplace Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.