Pine Township near Wexford in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Jonas Salk
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 26, 2014
1. Jonas Salk Marker
Jonas Salk lived with his family from 1947-1953 in a home formerly located on this site while working on the development of the first effective polio vaccine.
Shalom Research Farms, part of which is now the Pine Community Park, raised animals in the Salk polio vaccine research program.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.
Location. 40° 37.077′ N, 80° 3.352′ W. Marker is near Wexford, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Pine Township. It is at the intersection of Perry Highway (U.S. 19) and Maple Drive, on the right when traveling south on Perry Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10955 Perry Hwy, Wexford PA 15090, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh. 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Herb Scott (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kuskusky Path (approx. 1.7 miles away); Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Borough of Bradford Woods (approx. 1.9 miles away); Stone Mansion (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Stone Mansion (approx. 2.6 miles away); E.V. Babcock-The Father of Allegheny County Parks / Creation - Ecology - Culture
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Also see . . .
1. Jonas Salk. Biography website entry (Submitted on May 26, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
2. Jonas Salk. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on May 26, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 26, 2014
2. Jonas Salk Marker
Photographed by Yousuf Karsh
3. Magazine photo of Jonas Salk in laboratory
Specifically for Wisdom Magazine
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 4,490 times since then and 215 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
