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On 65th Infantry Division Memorial Highway (Pennsylvania Route 65/18) 0 miles south of 14th Street, on the right when traveling south.
A 19th century industrialist, philanthropist, Civil War Veteran and founder of Merrick Art Gallery in New Brighton in 1880. Built in 1847 for his parents, Silas and Fanny Miner Merrick and family. — — Map (db m50282) HM
On 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65) at 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Avenue.
Oldest continuously used church in New Brighton. Outstanding example of English Small Gothic Architecture in America. The church has a collection of superb stained glass windows by Tiffany. — — Map (db m132) HM
On 2nd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65) at 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Avenue.
Many church leaders avoided sermons on anti-slavery, fearing the reprisal of their members. New Brighton First Presbyterian Church was the first to welcome abolitionists as guest speakers, a famous guest was Frederick Douglass, a freed slave and . . . — — Map (db m156433) HM
On Valley Avenue at 19th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Valley Avenue.
Incorporated 1859 Daugherty / Pulaski Twps non-profit - non-denominational. Here rest the founding fathers, noted leaders, family loved ones, veterans serving from the Revolutionary to the present. A Civil War Soldiers Monument "Where Past and . . . — — Map (db m50288) HM
Near 11th Street, 0.1 miles east of 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 18/65).
Founded and endowed by Edward Dempster Merrick Industrialist and Philanthropist
Established in 1880 as a teaching and exhibiting museum for increased understanding of fine art — — Map (db m45791) HM
On Sunflower Road (Pennsylvania Route 68) 0.6 miles west of Deer Lane, on the right when traveling west.
In 1890 the Presbytery of Allegheny approved the petition of Messrs. Charles J. Bonzo and Leander McCauley to organize a church at this site. A building was erected at a cost of $1,270. Services were held regularly until terminated by Presbytery in . . . — — Map (db m50286) HM
Near 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 18/65) at Mulberry Street.
Beaver Division built 1831-1834. Two locks at Rochester, five in New Brighton and two at Eastvale overcame the falls of the Beaver River. The canal was extended to Erie in 1834. Canal traffic ceased in 1871. Few remains are visible today. — — Map (db m45790) HM
On 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65/18) 0 miles south of 16th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Townsend was founder of an early iron business in county. Being of Quaker stock, he was an active abolishonist. His home built in 1835, was an important stop on the underground railroad before and during the war between the states. — — Map (db m50283) HM
On 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65) south of 14th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built by the U.S. War Department
1788-89
and garrisoned for several years to protect communication via Beaver Creek with the Great Lakes — — Map (db m206119) HM
On 2nd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65) at 13th Street, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Avenue.
Dr. David Stanton, son-in-law of Robert Townsend. A Quaker and an abolitionist. Secretly took care of the sick fugitives' needs. He was a surgeon in the Civil War and later the PA auditor general. His cousin, Edwin Stanton, was Sec. of War under . . . — — Map (db m156455) HM
David Townsend, a Quaker abolitionist,
owned a flour mill along the Beaver
River near this site. Called the
"Father of New Brighton", he planned
the town (nc 1838) and its streets.
He donated the land for Townsend
Park. As a secret conductor, . . . — — Map (db m156573) HM
This home, built in 1849, once was
the inn and livery of Presbyterian
abolitionist James Edgar. it was
connected by tunnel to the Erie-
Pittsburgh railroad depot which
is now the Merrick Art Gallery. At
this stop, fugitives, often dressed . . . — — Map (db m156574) HM
On Pennsylvania Route 65 south of 16th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Robert Townsend was a Quaker. Abolitionist and an industrialist. Runaways traveling up the Beaver River were given safe refuge via stone steps in the rear of his 1835 home. When two local boys were kidnapped and sold into slavery. His committee . . . — — Map (db m205779) HM
Founded in 1837 as an outgrowth of St. John A.M.E. Bridgewater
First church of denomination between Pittsburgh and Cleveland
Original building built on 3rd Ave. Used until 1878. Chartered in 1880. Current church building erected in 1894. — — Map (db m98012) HM
On 3rd Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 65) south of 12th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Grace Greenwood (Sara J. Clarke Lippincott, 1823-1904), pioneer woman correspondent, poetess, and authoress. While living here during the mid-19th Century, she wrote many of her popular juvenile stories. — — Map (db m134) HM
