Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ambridge, Pennsylvania
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On 8th Street (Pennsylvania Route 989) at Ohio River Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 65), on the right when traveling east on 8th Street.
This was site of American Bridge Company. Largest steel fabricating plant in the world. Division of United States Steel Corporation erected 1903. During World War II the Marine Department built LST landing crafts here. Closed April 1983. — — Map (db m44495) HM
On Duss Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Site of Anthony Wayne's training camp, for the "Legion of the United States" November 1792 to April 1793-his legion trained here to prepare for the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Wayne chose this site adjacent to abandoned Logstown, . . . — — Map (db m40230) HM
On 15th Street at Merchant Street, on the right when traveling west on 15th Street.
Blacksmith Shop
But 1826, the Harmony Society's blacksmith shop stood across the street from here on the west side of Merchant Street near Street. The building, valued at $400, contained five forges. One feature of the Society's first . . . — — Map (db m206147) HM
On Church Street at Creese Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
Carriage House
The carriage house of the Harmony Society leader, George Rapp, was located at the comer of Thirteenth and Church Streets. In the 1890s the building was changed into a two-story dwelling and rented out. Architect Charles Stotz . . . — — Map (db m206517) HM
On 15th Street at Merchant Street, on the right when traveling west on 15th Street.
The Harmony Society excelled in making beer, wine, liquor, and whiskey. In fact, the Economy label became synonymous with the best whiskey to be had on the market. However the members mutually agreed to abstain from the general consumption of . . . — — Map (db m206165) HM
On Merchant Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on Merchant Street.
Visitors to Economy stayed at the hotel in the center of town on the southwest comer of 14th and Merchant Streets. Owned and operated by the communal Harmony Society, hired workers later staffed the establishment in the 1890s. Eventually the hotel . . . — — Map (db m206188) HM
On 15th Street east of Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
According to tradition, this building served as the first house of worship at Economy for the Harmony Society. In 1831 a second church was completed on Church Street, now known as St. John's Lutheran Church. The cellar of the first church was . . . — — Map (db m206122) HM
Near Ohio River Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 65) at 8th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Erected by the Beaver Valley Knights of Columbus in commemoration of the first public religious ceremony in Beaver County.
This holy and historic event was performed by Reverend Joseph Peter Bonnecamps S.J. on the morning of August 9, 1749 in the . . . — — Map (db m245955) HM
For god and country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to . . . — — Map (db m176753) WM
On 13th Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on 13th Street.
Economy's Greenhouses
Because the Harmony Society took a deep interest in the cultivation of flowers and plants, members built a greenhouse in their second town, New Harmony, Indiana (1814-1825) and here their third town, Economy, Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m206476) HM
On Church Street at Creese Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
Under the leadership of George Rapp, the Harmonists left the Lutheran church in Württemberg, Germany in the late eighteenth century. They felt the Lutheran Church was corrupt, and wanted to return to the way of the early Christian church just after . . . — — Map (db m206477) HM
On Church Street at Creese Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
Constructed, 1828-1831, with bricks made by the Society members, this is the second building erected for worship. It is believed designed by Frederick Rapp. The spiritual life of the Society centered here. — — Map (db m40236) HM
On Ohio River Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 65) 0.1 miles south of 15th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Maintained by the
Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission
as a State memorial to the
Harmony Society
Organized February 15, 1805
Dissolved December 15, 1905
These buildings erected 1824-1831, . . . — — Map (db m40721) HM
The school block was bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Church, and Merchant Streets.
The large, two-story Blaine House was dismantled and reassembled here some time after the June 1824 arrival of the Harmony Society at Economy. According to . . . — — Map (db m206120) HM
This tablet is dedicated in sincere tribute to our employees both living and dead, who answered the call of duty to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States.
• • • • • • • • •
Let us cherish the sacred memory of their struggle to . . . — — Map (db m176755) WM
On Church Street south of 13th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The southeast block of the intersection of Church and Thirteenth Streets served the Harmony Society's woolen industry amongst other trades. In operation from 1826 until about 1845, the wool mill stood on the corner of Twelfth Street and Ohio View . . . — — Map (db m206520) HM
On Merchant Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling north on Merchant Street.
This is an original Harmonist house. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the head of household was Andreas Kotrba (alternately spelled Gotterwa) (1807-1880), the boss blacksmith for the Harmony Society. According to John S. Duss . . . — — Map (db m206189) HM
