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

David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead

329 East Market Street

— Historic Marietta, Pa —

David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, March 3, 2024

1. David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead Marker

Inscription. This Federal-style brick house was built circa 1810 by David Cooke, Jr. (1750-1824), one of the founding fathers of Marietta. Cooke laid out the village of New Haven on a corner of his farmstead in the fall on 1803 and then expanded his original town in the fall of 1805. In addition to selling lots, Cooke also helped to develop his town by building several fine brick buildings. Among these new structures was a tavern on Front Street, mercantile offices (104 East Front Street) and this charming house. In November of 1813, Cooke sold off his remaining farmland and moved to Lancaster. This house and a tract of land of 18.5 acres adjoining the western boundary of Cooke's village were sold to John Myers (c1790-1830) for $30,000. Myers was a merchant who had his own design to expand the newly formed Borough of Marietta. He laid out a new subdivision that was called Myerstown and immediately sold this house to John Plitt, a merchant in Columbia. From about 1818 to about 1845, the house was owned by John Andrew Shulze (1774-1852) of Lebanon, PA. Shulze was the Govenor of Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829. The house was mostly occupied

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by tenants, but since 1877 it has been an owner-occupied residence. The longest tenure is that of Mrs. Mary Hoffman Geyer (1862-1952) and family who owned the house from 1889 to 1958-sixty-nine years! This home's features include original six-over-six windows with wooden lintels and roundels, paneled first first floor shutters and louvered second floor shutters, an eight-panel entry door flanked by sidelights and topped with a fanlight transom, and an unusual stone belt course at the second floor level.
Home of Justin and Rebecca Baltozer (2019)
James C. Landis, "Candlelight Tours of Marietta 1966 to 2015"

In 1803, David Cooke, Jr. laid out and sold lots in the eastern end of present-day Marietta that he called New Haven The following year, 1804, James Anderson IV, who operated Anderson's Ferry, laid out and sold lots adjacent to Cooke's in the western end that he called Waterford. These two developments were incorporated in 1812 to form Marietta Borough.

Erected 2019.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 40° 3.495′ N,

Photographed by William Pope, March 3, 2024

2. David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead Marker

76° 32.88′ W. Marker is in Marietta, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on East Market Street east of South Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 329 East Market Street, Marietta PA 17547, 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 walking distance of this marker: The Silk Mill at Marietta (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); War Memorial Park (about 600 feet away); Union Meeting House (approx. ¼ mile away); Women in Marietta (approx. ¼ mile away); Marietta (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Marietta (approx. ¼

Photographed by William Pope, March 3, 2024

3. David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead Marker

mile away); a different marker also named Marietta (approx. ¼ mile away); The Old Town Hall (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marietta.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 269 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 3, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.