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

Bayard Grosh House

422 East Front Street

— Historic Marietta, Pa —

Bayard Grosh House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, March 3, 2024

1. Bayard Grosh House Marker

Inscription. Four generations of the Hostetter-Carroll family have called this Federal style house home since 1925, when Katie Hostetter's grandfather, Joseph Carroll (1898-1986), purchased it. Her "Grandma Carroll" marked the living room wall in pencil to show the level to which the 1936 flood waters rose. Over the last twenty-eight years, much time and energy has been lavished on this beloved home to refurbish it and highlight its present charm. The house was built in 1849 by Jacob K. Stibgen (1808-1879), a wealthy lumber merchant, for his son-in-law, James A. Bayard Grosh (1816-1853). During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the house was used as a commercial bakery. The bake oven was once located directly behind the house, only a few feet from the back door, and decades later a bread paddle from this business was found stashed in the rafters of the attic. This house is very similar to the neighboring house just to the east, and the history of both homes emphasizes the close family ties of past and present generations of Mariettians occupying them.
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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.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 40° 3.489′ N, 76° 32.583′ W. Marker is in Marietta, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on East Front Street east of South Aaron Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 422 East Front 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

Photographed by William Pope, March 3, 2024

2. Bayard Grosh House Marker

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: Daniel Grosh House (a few steps from this marker); Furnace Chapel (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Silk Mill at Marietta (approx. ¼ mile away); War Memorial Park (approx. ¼ mile away); David Cooke's Myerstown Homestead (approx. ¼ mile away); A Buried Story (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Pennsylvania Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away); Skip Hoist / Oil Shed (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marietta.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 5, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 5, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.