On Pitt Street (Pennsylvania Route 58) at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Pitt Street.
Mercer County's Tribute
To Her Soldiers.
1861 1865
[Bas reliefs]
Regiments in which
Mercer County men served
during the Civil War 1861 - 1865
Twenty-five hundred men and boys
from Mercer County . . . — — Map (db m265603) WM
On Pitt Street (Pennsylvania Route 258) at South Diamond Street (Route 258), on the right when traveling north on Pitt Street.
This fountain, which sat in the Court House Park
from 1891 to 1907, has been donated to the historical
society by Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Trapasso and
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Harrison, in memory of
John Hassel (1863-1933) and Clara Young Hassel . . . — — Map (db m265582) HM
On North Diamond Street 0 miles east of Perry Highway (U.S. 19).
In memory of General Hugh Mercer. Born in Scotland, Colonel on General Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne 1758, Commander at Fort Pitt 1759, Colonel 3rd Virginia Regiment 1776, Brigadier General Continental Army 1776, killed in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m41593) HM
On Pitt Street (Pennsylvania Route 258) at South Diamond Street ( Route 258), on the right when traveling north on Pitt Street.
On October 13, 1973, this Church of St. Edmund the Martyr
was re-dedicated as the Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel.
Through the generosity of William Work Miller, this chapel
was established as a memorial to his wife who devoted her . . . — — Map (db m265576) HM
On Pitt Street (Route 258) at South Diamond Street (Route 258), on the right when traveling north on Pitt Street.
This area was made possible
by a gift from
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Henderson
of Pittsburgh
to the
Mercer County Historical Society — — Map (db m265583) HM
On Pitt Street (Pennsylvania Route 258) at Peach Street, on the left when traveling south on Pitt Street.
As a memorial to her husband, the late
James Willis Ayer
a fund for adapting and appropriately
equipping this home and museum
· of ·
the Mercer County Historical Society
has been provided
· by ·
Mrs. Minette . . . — — Map (db m265624) HM
On South Diamond Street (Pennsylvania Route 258) east of Erie Street (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling east.
This house
was the boyhood home of
John A. Bingham
Born in Mercer in 1815
⛛
Judge Advocate at the trial of the Conspirators
in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Representative in Congress from Ohio . . . — — Map (db m265574) HM
On South Pitt Street just north of Peach Street, on the right when traveling north.
Around 1 am on June 2, 1825, Gen. Lafayette was welcomed in Mercer. He rested until dawn & at 7 am resumed his journey north toward Erie. — — Map (db m314295) HM
On Pitt Street (Pennsylvania Route 258) at Peach Street, on the left when traveling south on Pitt Street.
In Memory of
her grandfather
Dr. James Magoffin, Jr. (1797-1879)
Born in Newry, Ireland, educated at the University of Glasgow, one of
Mercer's pioneer practitioners and foremost citizens; also in memory of
her . . . — — Map (db m265626) HM
On North Diamond Street (Pennsylvania Route 58) at Strawberry Street, on the left when traveling west on North Diamond Street.
Formed March 12, 1800 from Allegheny County. The United States census reported 3228 residents in 1800. Named for General Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary hero killed at Battle of Princeton, 1777. Early iron and coal center. Mercer, the county seat, was . . . — — Map (db m41598) HM
On Pitt Street at South Diamond Street ( Route 258), on the left when traveling north on Pitt Street.
We have shared the incommunicable experience of war.
We have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top.
In our youth our hearts were touched with fire.
O. Wendell Holmes
[Mercer County outline with "Ruptured Duck" superimposed] . . . — — Map (db m265827) WM
On North Diamond Street at Strawberry Street, on the left when traveling west on North Diamond Street.
In memory of
The Mercer Soldiers Orphans School
Mercer, Pennsylvania
Opened in 1868 Closed in 1889
Maintained by the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of providing a home and education for the children of her soldiers and sailors who . . . — — Map (db m41604) HM
On Perry Highway (U.S. 19) at New Castle Road, on the right when traveling south on Perry Highway.
Arriving in November 1854, 63 African Americans settled an agricultural community north of Indian Run. Freed through manumission by Va. plantation owner Dr. Charles Everett, many of these formerly enslaved men and women worked to purchase the . . . — — Map (db m229425) HM
On Pitt Street at Market Street ( Route 58), on the right when traveling south on Pitt Street.
To those who died
honor and eternal rest
To those still in bondage
remembrance and hope
To those who returned
gratitude and peace
In memory of
Mercer County Residents
who died in the
Vietnam Conflict . . . — — Map (db m265623) WM
