Culture and Entertainment

Photographed By Beverly Pfingsten, January 26, 2008

1. Culture and Entertainment Marker

Inscription.
Hanover's rich cultural history has included numerous bands, orchestras, drama organizations, and other musical groups. The Hanover Opera House no longer exists, but presented plays and concerts starting in 1887, eventually becoming a movie house. The Eichelberger Performing Arts Center, housed in a historic former school building, provides live performances today. Other long established groups including the Lyric Band of Hanover, the Hanover Symphonic Orchestra, the 180-voice Hanover Community Singers, and the Hanover Community Players, a theater group which produces several plays and musicals each year.

Hanover has the eighth largest pipe organ in the world with 231 stops and 14,341 pipes, the Austin organ at St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

Forest Park, located south of Mt. Olivet Cemetery, was an amusement park from its beginnings as Eichelberger Park in 1904 until it closed in 1967. It offered a roller coaster, merry-go-round, roller skating rink, theater, thrill rides, band concerts, a picnic area, vaudeville acts, and dancing to live orchestras.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Entertainment • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. Marker has been permanently removed.

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It was located near 39° 48.032′ N, 76° 58.968′ W. Marker was in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in York County. Marker was at the intersection of Broadway and Carlisle St., on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Marker is on the SE corner of the town square with 7 other markers about the town of Hanover. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Hanover PA 17331, United States of America.

We have been informed that this sign or monument is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Hanover's Wounded (a few steps from this marker); Market House (a few steps from this marker); Battle of Hanover (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Battle of Hanover (within shouting distance of this marker); The Union Strikes Back (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Battle of Hanover (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General George Armstrong Custer (within shouting distance of this marker); Army of the Potomac (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.

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Hanover Gazebo Marker Kiosk image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Shane Oliver, August 28, 2021

2. Hanover Gazebo Marker Kiosk

As of August 2021, all markers have been removed from the kiosk.

understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.

This and 7 other markers are located in this display kiosk. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Beverly Pfingsten, January 26, 2008

3. This and 7 other markers are located in this display kiosk.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,330 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on September 8, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1. submitted on January 29, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 2. submitted on September 8, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on January 29, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.