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Adamstown in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Kagerise Store and House

62 West Main Street

 
 
Kagerise Store and House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 12, 2019
1. Kagerise Store and House Marker
Inscription.
Kagerise
Store and House

built 1827
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

[Additional plaque below:]
1776-1976
Cocalico Area
Historical Site

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceNotable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1827.
 
Location. 40° 14.559′ N, 76° 3.45′ W. Marker is in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street and Willow Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 62 West Main Street, Adamstown PA 19501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: V.F.W. Post 8795 Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Crystal Springs (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Friendship Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Lauschtown (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named Lauschtown (approx. 3.1 miles away); Dedicated to the Patriotic Men of Brecknock Township
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(approx. 3.7 miles away); Denver (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Adamstown.
 
Kagerise Store and House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 12, 2019
2. Kagerise Store and House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 453 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jun. 20, 2026