Titans of Hanover Industry

Titans of Hanover Industry. A Heart of Hanover Trail Stop. , You are facing the Moul family mansion. A block behind it is the Conrad Moul iron foundry and saw and planing mill, first established in 1842, with the brick building before you erected in 1888. The Moul businesses were a mainstay of the Public Commons, Hanover's industrial park from the late 19th century well into the 20th. , Varied industries, such as foundries; distillers; and coal, lumber and hemp rope distributors, bought or rented parcels within the Commons. The Commons roughly extended from Railroad Street to the west, North Street to the north, and Chestnut Street to the east. , Two blocks to the left of the Moul commercial structure, also on Chestnut Street, was the town's first firehouse, Hanover Fire Co #1, built in 1878. This building still stands. Immediately to the left of the Moul structure is Hanover's second municipal farmers' market, built in 1932-33 to improve sanitation by bringing commerce indoors. Always owned and operated by the borough, it is open for business every Saturday. , Live Near Where You Work , In the 19th century, the original Moul townhouse stood to your right. It was the mirror image of the 217 Broadway townhouse behind you. By 1915, the Moul family replaced it with the Neoclassical Revival style mansion before you now. York's Dempwolf Architects designed it. Relatives of Conrad Moul still occupy this home. , To your left, the Fitz house was the residence of Samuel Fitz, founder of Hanover Foundry and Machine Works (later the Fitz Water Wheel Company) and son John S. Fitz (1847-1914). , Well beyond the current market, at the outer boundary of the Commons on North Street was the Fitz Water Wheel Foundry, which operated from 1840 well into the 20th century. Penn-Mar Castings, Inc. now operates at that site. , The Fitz I-X-L steel overshoot water wheel's superior efficiency made it a big seller into the 20th century. By 1915, Fitz had over 300 such wheels running throughout the nation and Europe. Forty were in York County alone. , "My grandfather Conrad Moul said: 'You see those holes over there in the down spout on Auntie Creager's house?' 'Yes,' I said. 'And those small holes or impressions on the brick wall [meaning north wall of (Moul's) house]. 'Yes, I often wondered how those holes got there.' 'Well, they are bullet-holes from soldiers' guns, fired as they came in Abbottstown Street, and then we all went down in the cellar for safety, until all danger was past." , , Ervin M. Fitz, son of Jacob Fitz and grandson of Conrad Moul. , William Anthony, Battle of Hanover (1945). . This historical marker was erected in 2022 by Main Street Hanover; and Heart of Hanover Trails. It is in Hanover in York County Pennsylvania