Fountain Hill in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tinsley Jeter Triangle

Tinsley Jeter

— 1827 - 1903 —

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 26, 2021

1. Tinsley Jeter Triangle Marker

Inscription.

Tinsley Jeter is the Father of Fountain Hill. In 1866 he purchased the Fountainebleau Estate on the old Hoffert farm for the purpose of developing it into a residential community. That same year he named his town, Fountain Hill. He was the founder of the Bishopthorpe School for Girls and a founder and one of the first trustees of St. Luke's Hospital. The Church of the Nativity in the nationally registered Fountain Hill Historic District was the outgrowth of a movement begun in his own home on Mohican Street. He held lay services on Sunday afternoons in his parlor.

Dedicated November 13, 1993

Erected 1993 by Fountain Hill Centennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is November 13, 1993.

Location. 40° 36.067′ N, 75° 23.831′ W. Marker is in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is at the intersection of Broadway and School Street, on the left when traveling east on Broadway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1277 Broadway, Bethlehem PA 18015, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies

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: Stephen Vincent Benét (approx. half a mile away); The Coxe Ward for Obstetrical Cases (approx. half a mile away); Charles M. Schwab (approx. 0.8 miles away); Edwin L. Drake (approx. 0.9 miles away); Robert H. Sayre (approx. one mile away); Catherine Drinker Bowen (approx. one mile away); Brighton Court (approx. 1.1 miles away); Eugene Gifford Grace (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fountain Hill.

Also see . . . About Fountain Hill. Borough of Fountain Hill website entry (Submitted on May 7, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Tinsley Jeter Triangle and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 26, 2021

2. Tinsley Jeter Triangle and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 463 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.