Historical Markers and War Memorials in Smethport, Pennsylvania
Smethport is the county seat for McKean County
Smethport is in McKean County
McKean County(41) ► ADJACENT TO MCKEAN COUNTY Cameron County(11) ► Elk County(15) ► Potter County(31) ► Warren County(35) ► Allegany County, New York(55) ► Cattaraugus County, New York(78) ►
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At the call of Colonel Thomas L. Kane, 100 Civil War volunteers assembled here on April 24, 1861, to go to Harrisburg. Tails of buck deer, worn as distinctive insignia, provided the name of the famed 42d Regiment, of which they were the core. — — Map (db m39884) HM
The day following the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumtner on April 12, 1861, Philadelphian Thomas Leiper Kane contacted Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin and offered to head to McKean and Elk Counties and raise a company of skilled fighting . . . — — Map (db m163704) HM
1881: Third Courthouse for McKean County.
Famed Buffalo architect Milton Earl Beebe was hired to design the magnificent 3rd McKean County Courthouse. It was completed in 1881 at a
cost of $80,000. Beebe had considerable experience and fame, . . . — — Map (db m163700) HM
One of the few remaining Pristine Examples of the Architect's Genius
Short-lived but Brilliant Architect Hired by Smethport's Henry Hamlin
William Halsey Wood had already become nationally famous when he was contacted by Henry Hamlin to . . . — — Map (db m185054) HM
Greek Revival 1831-1868
Smethport & the great East-West Road
Authorized by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1809, the construction of the East-West Road opened up settlement across northern Pennsylvania. Mud-rutted roads and corduroy log . . . — — Map (db m185056) HM
Formed March 26, 1804 out of Lycoming County. Named for Governor Thomas McKean. Smethport, the county seat, was incorporated 1853; here the "Bucktails," famed Civil War regiment, assembled in 1861. Oil, gas and lumber spurred the county's early . . . — — Map (db m39885) HM
They gave their lives
that their country
might live.
To the defenders
of their country
of the county
of McKean,
this monument is
affectionately
dedicated. — — Map (db m163703) WM
County seat for McKean County since 1807, when land agent Francis King surveyed town lots. The first cabin was built in 1811 by Arnold Hunter; but permanent settlement was delayed until 1822. First courthouse built in 1827. — — Map (db m59132) HM
1 McKean County Courthouse and
Bucktail Civil War Monument
2 St. Luke's Episcopal Church
3 John Forrest Mansion
620 West Main Street
4 Byron Delano Hamlin Mansion
619 West Main Street
5 Charles Sartwell Mansion
708 West Main . . . — — Map (db m163699) HM
