Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bangor, Pennsylvania
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On Sullivan Street south of Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 512), on the right when traveling south.
Bangor Little League Field House
Dedicated in memory of
William D. Scott, Jr.
Centennial Year 1975
Charter Members
Officers
Marshall Pysher John Linaberry
Jesse Mackintosh Louis Trigiani
Managers
Elwood Parsons . . . — — Map (db m183177) HM
On Broadway east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
For over 40 years, the Welsh community of the Slate Belt held an event on the property of this church known as Bangor Welsh Day. Beginning in 1930, the event brought thousands of visitors to the town from throughout the northeast U.S. for . . . — — Map (db m182197) HM
On 1st Street (Pennsylvania Route 191) at Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 512), on the left when traveling north on 1st Street.
First Trustees October 28, 1898
Rev. John Williams
William O. Pritchard Robert R. Hughes
Richard W. Jones John Roberts Joseph Jones
Present Trustees
President Thomas R. Hughes
Vice President John W. . . . — — Map (db m183254) HM
On 1st Street (Pennsylvania Route 191) north of Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 512), on the left when traveling north.
In honor and memory
of all, from the
Slate Belt Area,
who served for our
freedoms in the Civil War.
They will never be
forgotten.
Dane DiFebo Troop 14 Eagle Scout Project 2004 — — Map (db m183256) WM
On Broadway at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway.
In commemoration of the Homefront Magazine founded and published by J. Horace and Mona Strunk at 118 Pa. Ave., Bangor. This quality monthly non-profit endeavor carried news, pictures, and letters from the folks at home to their men and women in . . . — — Map (db m182192) HM
On Broadway east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
(Location of graves, and other pertinent information,
maintained in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery records)
Abraham Ackerman Lydia Ackerman Elizabeth Ackerman
David Ackerman Mariah Ackerman Henry H Ackerman
Isaac D. Ackerman . . . — — Map (db m182249) HM
On Broadway east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Upon this site was built the first church in Bangor. It served our worthy ancestry as church and school until 1883 when its last pastor, David Henning, who is interred in the adjacent cemetery, deeded the property to the Lutherans. God has been . . . — — Map (db m182196) HM
On Broadway east of Murray Street, on the left when traveling east.
This mural was inspired by the people and places of Bangor, PA circa 1912.
Sources include period photos from the Slate Belt Heritage Center, citizens of Bangor, and clothing from the collection of Janet Wilson.
1. The Muralist, James . . . — — Map (db m182244) HM
On North 1st Street (State Road 191) at Market Street (State Road 512), on the left when traveling north on North 1st Street.
Robert M. Jones of Wales, who came here in 1848 as an immigrant, began the slate quarrying industry. The region became a major world center for slate. From here came slate for roofs and old-time school slates and pencils. — — Map (db m29697) HM
On South Delaware Drive (Pennsylvania Route 611) at Howell Road, on the left when traveling north on South Delaware Drive.
The log house occupied by the Presbyterian missioner to the Indians in 1744 was a short distance away on the side road. It was here the youthful zealot wrote part of his famed journal. — — Map (db m29617) HM
