Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Biery's Port

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

1. Biery's Port Marker

Inscription. First structure, a grist mill, was built about 1752. Starting 1801, Frederick Biery developed the area commercially; erected several landmark stone buildings. This is the oldest part of Catasauqua (incorporated 1853) which was an early home to the anthracite iron industry.

Erected 1988 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1752.

Location. 40° 38.909′ N, 75° 28.119′ W. Marker is in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is on Race St. (SR 1004). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Catasauqua PA 18032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dery Silk Mill (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); George Taylor (about 700 feet away); Davies and Thomas Company (approx. ¼ mile away); Crane Iron Works (approx. half a mile away); David Thomas (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bryden Horse Shoe Works (approx. ¾ mile away); John F. Kennedy

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catasauqua.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

2. Biery's Port Marker

Biery House Art Gallery and Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

3. Biery House Art Gallery and Museum

The Biery House No. 8 Race Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

4. The Biery House No. 8 Race Street

Biery House-circa 1826 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

5. Biery House-circa 1826

The Biery House side and front view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015

6. The Biery House side and front view

Biery's Port Historic District image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Omaira Serrano-Rosa, February 21, 2025

7. Biery's Port Historic District

Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 905 times since then and 121 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 7. submitted on February 21, 2025, by Omaira Serrano-Rosa of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.