Millheim in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

110 East Main Street

J. C. Motz Banking Co./Post Office/Miller's Cigar Factory Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2024

1. J. C. Motz Banking Co./Post Office/Miller's Cigar Factory Marker

Inscription. J. C. Motz Banking Co.
circa 1870's
Post Office - circa 1875
Miller's Cigar Factory
circa 1890

Erected 2001 by Millheim Borough.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.

Location. 40° 53.469′ N, 77° 28.565′ W. Marker is in Millheim, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 45) and Sugar Alley, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 East Main Street, Millheim PA 16854, 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 also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: C. H. Breon Bicycle Shop/R.S. Stover - Jeweler (within shouting distance of this marker); Brungards Butcher Shop/Town Theater (within shouting distance of this marker); Willis Musser General Merchandise (within shouting distance of this marker); site of German School (within shouting distance of this marker); site of Jacob Bollinger's General Store & Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798 (approx. ¼ mile away); The Aaronsburg Story (approx. 1.8 miles away); Rebersburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millheim.

Also see . . . Millheim in Centre County Encyclopedia of History & Culture. (Submitted on December 17, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2024

2. J. C. Motz Banking Co./Post Office/Miller's Cigar Factory Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 351 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.