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Historical Markers in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

 
Clickable Map of Centre County, Pennsylvania and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Centre County, PA (185) Blair County, PA (113) Clearfield County, PA (65) Clinton County, PA (29) Huntingdon County, PA (85) Mifflin County, PA (46) Union County, PA (81)  CentreCounty(185) Centre County (185)  BlairCounty(113) Blair County (113)  ClearfieldCounty(65) Clearfield County (65)  ClintonCounty(29) Clinton County (29)  HuntingdonCounty(85) Huntingdon County (85)  MifflinCounty(46) Mifflin County (46)  UnionCounty(81) Union County (81)
Bellefonte is the county seat for Centre County
Philipsburg is in Centre County
      Centre County (185)  
ADJACENT TO CENTRE COUNTY
      Blair County (113)  
      Clearfield County (65)  
      Clinton County (29)  
      Huntingdon County (85)  
      Mifflin County (46)  
      Union County (81)  
 
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1 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg — Halehurst
An Englishman's country estate known previously as Moshannon Hall, built in 1813 by Hardman Philips, brother of Henry Philipsburg's founder in 1797. The house includes 25 rooms and 13 fireplaces.Map (db m60121) HM
2 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg — Indian Paths
The Warriors Mark Path intersected the Bald Eagle Path at about this point, then proceeded north to join the Great Shamokin Path, east of Chinklacamoose (Clearfield). The Warriors (Mark) Path came north from Cumberland, Maryland, and the Bald Eagle . . . Map (db m177017) HM
3 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg — John Henry Simler House1807 — Oldest remaining structure in Philipsburg Pennsylvania —
Has served as a home, shoe repair shop, school, bakery and tavern. John Henry Simler built a 20’ X 24’ log cabin with in-door stairways to the fruit cellar, second floor and attic. Luxury items included the attic window and panes of glass in all . . . Map (db m162025) HM
4 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg — Philipsburg
"In 1797, to a wilderness of trees 150 feet tall. Clear streams, wild beasts, and friendly Cornplanter Indians, came 12 families who accepted Henry Philips' offer of free land. Here they built Mashannon Town, now Philipsburg.Map (db m60122) HM
5 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg — Union Church
Built of logs in 1820 by Philipsburg pioneers to serve as school and place of worship for all faiths. Remodeled in 1842, church is outstanding example of simplified American Gothic architecture.Map (db m60120) HM
6 Pennsylvania, Centre County, Philipsburg, Rush Township — Plumbe Forge
About six-tenths mile north are the remains of the forge built by Dr. John Plumbe in 1828. Here, "blooms" were made from pig iron carried from the Bald Eagle Valley by mule. Costs of hauling products to the Pennsylvania Canal caused the forge to . . . Map (db m65599) HM
7 Pennsylvania, Clearfield County, Philipsburg — Kyler Homestead
Located in the 1796 State Road that followed the Indian Path; Conrad Kyler settled here in 1803. Abe Kyler occupied the log house c. 1820 until he sold to Ed Perks. The adjacent Kyler burial ground (Perks Cemetery) has the oldest marked graves in . . . Map (db m116907) HM
 
 
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May. 8, 2024