Near Beaver Falls in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Homewood Junction

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011

1. Homewood Junction Marker

Inscription. Founded 1859 as Homewood Junction of Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago and Erie and Pittsburgh Railroads. Named for Ironmaker James Wood.

Incorporated in 1910. Post Office was known as Racine Pennsylvania. Historic Saint Cloud Hotel, Clydesdale Quarry, and Buttermilk Falls on Clarks Run are nearby.

Erected by Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania - Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1859.

Location. 40° 48.844′ N, 80° 19.796′ W. Marker is near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is at the intersection of State Street and 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north on State Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaver Falls PA 15010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American

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Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Homewood Iron Furnace (within shouting distance of this marker); Homewood Falls (approx. 0.2 miles away); Homewood (approx. ¼ mile away); Koppel (approx. 1.2 miles away); Beaver Falls (approx. 2½ miles away); Geneva College (approx. 2.9 miles away); Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Company (approx. 3 miles away); Second Baptist Church (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beaver Falls.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011

2. Homewood Junction Marker

Buttermilk Falls image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011

3. Buttermilk Falls

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,713 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 11, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.