Antrim Township near Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Brown's Mill School

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 30, 2015

1. Old Brown's Mill School Marker

Inscription. Originally known as Trinity Church and School. Erected in 1836 at land donated by Lazarus Brown for free school and non denominational church purposes. Funds ($391.36) for this building were contributed by 51 citizens. Used by Antrim Twp. until 1922. Restored in 1935 as a memorial to the one-room school by the Old Brown's Mill School Memorial Association Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1836.

Location. 39° 49.847′ N, 77° 42.142′ W. Marker is near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County. It is in Antrim Township. It is at the intersection of Browns Mill Road and Angle Road on Browns Mill Road. The marker is affixed on the right side of the building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7498 Angle Rd, Chambersburg PA 17202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. 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 within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brown's Mill School (here, next to this marker); Revolutionary War Soldiers Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Marion (approx. 1.8 miles away); Gettysburg Campaign (approx. 2.1 miles away); Corporal William H. Rihl (approx.

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2.1 miles away); a different marker also named Marion (approx. 2½ miles away); Greencastle - Antrim Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Greencastle (approx. 3.1 miles away).

Old Brown's Mill School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 30, 2015

2. Old Brown's Mill School

Brown's Mill School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 30, 2015

3. Brown's Mill School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 659 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on June 2, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.