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Cornwall in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Abattoir

 
 
Abattoir Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021
1. Abattoir Marker
Inscription.

This charming Gothic style building,
featuring quatre-foil windows, served
as smokehouse and butcher shop for
the [C]ornwall estate.

 
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 40° 16.225′ N, 76° 24.37′ W. Marker is in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is on Boyd Street south of Rexmont Road, on the right when traveling south. Building is part of the Cornwall Iron Furnace historic site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 94 Rexmont Road, Cornwall PA 17016, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast, 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roasting Oven (within shouting distance of this marker); Cornwall Furnace (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Cornwall Furnace (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Cornwall Furnace (about 500 feet away); Cornwall Banks (approx. 0.2 miles away); Grubb's First Forge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cornwall (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Shay Brothers (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cornwall.
 
Also see . . .  Cornwall Iron Furnace Historic Site. (Submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Abattoir and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021
2. Abattoir and Marker
Abattoir image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021
3. Abattoir
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 319 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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