Historical Markers and War Memorials in Donora, Pennsylvania
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On McKean Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837) at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on McKean Avenue.
Dedicated to those who served.
In memory of those who died.
Lest we forget....
[Honored Dead]
World War I
Charles H Allen · Earl Anderson · Michael Assad · John Belko · James P Donahue
Joseph Evanicky · Freeman C Fleming · . . . — — Map (db m201587) WM
On McKean Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837) at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on McKean Avenue.
Located four blocks to the west. Built 1916-1917 as housing for employees at American Steel and Wire's Donora plant. A community of 100 units in 80 Prairie-style buildings, noted for the innovative use of poured-in-place concrete construction. One . . . — — Map (db m45008) HM
On Chestnut Street at McKean Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837), on the left when traveling west on Chestnut Street.
Ivan Ceh •
Barbara Chinchar •
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John Cunningham •
Clifford DeVore •
Bernardo Disanzi •
Mike Dorincz •
Susan Gnora •
William Gardner •
Milton E. Hall •
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Ignace Hollowiti •
Ruth Jones •
Jeannie Kirkwood . . . — — Map (db m201546) HM
On Meldon Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837) at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Meldon Avenue.
One of baseball's all-time great hitters, Musial was born on Sixth Street. As a youth, he trained in gymnastics at the Polish Falcons and played on the Donora zinc mill men's baseball team. As a St. Louis Cardinal (1941-63), he tallied 3,630 total . . . — — Map (db m209698) HM
On Meldon Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837) near 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Major federal clean air laws became a legacy of this environmental disaster that focused national attention on air pollution. In late October of 1948, a heavy fog blanketed this valley, and as the days passed, the fog became a thick, acrid smog . . . — — Map (db m45007) HM
On 2nd Street Extension at Grant Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street Extension.
Jacob Rabe came from Maryland in 1770 to Western Pennsylvania while this area was claimed by Virginia. In 1774 he received a Virginia Certificate for 412 acres. Boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania was settled in 1781, with the . . . — — Map (db m69762) HM
