Main Street
Historic Brookville
[Historic photos, clockwise from top left]
• Circa 1910
• Circa 1920
• Knapp Panorama 1914
Erected by Historic Brookville, Inc., Jeff Co History Center, Brookville Area Chamber, Jeff Co Hotel Tax Cmte, DCNR, PA Lumber Heritage Region, and PA Great Outdoors.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.
Location. 41° 9.624′ N, 79° 4.731′ W. Marker is in Brookville, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 322) east of Pickering Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 172 Main Street, Brookville PA 15825, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. 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) Confederacy and
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Richard Arthurs Building (a few steps from this marker); Verstine-Sandt Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Long & Pearsall Building (within shouting distance of this marker); YMCA (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederick E. Knapp, Photographer (within shouting distance of this marker); Central Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); New Jefferson Hotel & Columbia Theater (within shouting distance of this marker); Brookville YMCA (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brookville.
Also see . . .
1. Brookville PA National Register Historic District Nomination. (Submitted on July 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Borough of Brookville PA: History. (Submitted on July 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3, 4. submitted on July 28, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
