Historical Markers and War Memorials in Greensboro, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg is the county seat for Greene County
Greensboro is in Greene County
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On Diamond Street at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Diamond Street.
On a site originally called "Delight" by Mingo Indians, Greensboro was founded by Elias Stone in 1790. It became prominent as a frontier-era industrial hub with Albert Gallatin's Glassworks and a number of pottery factories, and later as a . . . — — Map (db m225773) HM
On Stoney Hill Road (Pennsylvania Route 2014) at Hillman Street, on the right when traveling north on Stoney Hill Road.
On this site, the first glass factory west of the Monongahela River was established in 1805 through the stimulating influence of Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. Glass was made here until 1849. — — Map (db m56955) HM
On Front Street (County Route 451) at County Street (Pennsylvania Route 2014), on the left when traveling south on Front Street.
Early in the Nineteenth Century,
Gifted German Potters settled
in Greensboro, near the River.
They learned to turn the gray
Clay they found under their feet
Into useful blue-gray containers,
And jugs for storing butter,
Cheese and pickled . . . — — Map (db m173683) HM
On 2nd Street south of Diamond Street (County Route 451), on the left when traveling south.
"Dedicated in memory and in honor of the brave men and women of Greensboro and
Monongahela township who served their country in all the wars" — — Map (db m173625) WM
