Historical Markers and War Memorials in Newville, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is the county seat for Cumberland County
Newville is in Cumberland County
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Original log meeting house was erected 1737 near the Big Spring. Church was fully organized, October 1738. Present stone structure was built 1789, and in 1790 the trustees laid out Newville as a town on the church-owned glebe. — — Map (db m122376) HM
In June of 1762 a representative from the Big Spring Associate Presbyterian congregation was "craving support of sermon" from Presbytery. This congregation first worshiped on the east side of the Big Spring. Known as the "the tent," their house of . . . — — Map (db m92622) HM
In September of 1910 the Cumberland Railway Co. began trolley service between Newville and Carlisle. The cars left Newville and Carlisle every hour on the hour from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. Each trolley carried a motorman and a conductor whose duties . . . — — Map (db m84105) HM
Erected in honor of the men and women of this community who served in our armed forces and to those who made the supreme sacrifice that we may be a free nation — — Map (db m19561) HM
Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in grateful appreciation of the services of these soldiers of the Revolutionary War who lie buried here.
Lieut. Colonel Samuel Irvine •
Captain William Peebles •
Captain Samuel Felton • . . . — — Map (db m19563) HM
The Pennsylvania State Police Training School, first of its kind in the nation, was established here in 1920 at the old Big Spring Hotel, which stood nearby. In 1923 the location of the school was transferred to Hershey, in Dauphin County. — — Map (db m84103) HM
This land was first deeded to Jeremiah McKibben in 1791. It passed through several owners until 1846 when Thompson Galbraith and Thomas Paxton sold the land containing a 2-story brick tavern to Peter A. Ahl.
Because of its proximity to the . . . — — Map (db m202165) HM
By 1846, tax records show a two-story house on this lot. Anthony Byers purchased the property in 1851, and during his ownership it evolved into the Italianate Victorian gem you see today. The house retains much of its architectural integrity, . . . — — Map (db m92621) HM
Rea, Gracy & Company, also known as the Newville Deposit Bank, was founded in 1857. Following the passage of the National Banking Act, the First National Bank Newville was chartered in July of 1863 as the 60th National Bank in the U.S. The company . . . — — Map (db m19565) HM
Erected by the State of
Pennsylvania
in memory of
William Denning
the patriotic blacksmith and
forger of wrought iron cannon
during the Revolutionary War
Born 1737 - Died 1830 — — Map (db m19564) HM WM
This is the site of Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp (1943-1945). Here the U.S War Department operated a clandestine facility where intelligence officers interrogated enemy prisoners. During its thirty-month existence, thousands . . . — — Map (db m84037) WM
Alexander Spring Creek emerges from the ground as a limestone spring three miles south of the bridge. It is designated a PA Cold Water and Migratory Fishery. The creek empties into the Conodoguinet Creek less than a mile north of the . . . — — Map (db m242192) HM
Big Spring Creek: Big Spring Creek, located down the hill before you, has played an important role in the agricultural and economic history of the Cumberland Valley. The five-mile-long creek emerges from an underground limestone spring about . . . — — Map (db m242201) HM
The Big Spring Adamantine Guards: Soldiers from Cumberland County's leading militia cavalry unit — the Big Spring Adamantine Guards — became Company H of the Union Army's 3d Penna. Cavalry and served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1864. . . . — — Map (db m242191) HM
Lithia Spring Water: In 1865 an underground mineral spring was discovered while drilling for oil on a farm two miles northwest of Newville. Initially named "Cloverdale," the water source later became known as "Lithia Spring" based on a . . . — — Map (db m242203) HM
Grist mill built about 1763 by William Laughlin. Owned by his family until 1896. Preserved by Ethel T. McCarthy. The oldest such structure remaining in this region — — Map (db m84040) HM
