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  2. Pine Grove Historic District (Pine Grove, Pennsylvania)

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    It was once home to the 228th Brigade Support Battalion's D Company. [8] [9] In 2015, newspapers reported that the Borough of Pine Grove purchased the former armory building. [10] In addition, the eastern side of this historic district is home to a former Union Canal basin while the southern section of South Tulpehocken Street borders a small ...

  3. Woodward Hill Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    05000098 [1] Added to NRHP. February 24, 2005. Woodward Hill Cemetery is a 32-acre historic rural or garden cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The cemetery's creation was initiated by the Trinity Lutheran Church of Lancaster in October 1849. Land was subsequently purchased by the church, a board of trustees was elected on November 4, 1850 ...

  4. Simon Snyder - Wikipedia

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    Simon Snyder. Simon Snyder (November 5, 1759 – November 9, 1819) was the third governor of Pennsylvania, serving three terms from 1808 to 1817. [2] He led the state through the War of 1812. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Snyder established a gristmill in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Justice of the Peace and served as a ...

  5. Rita Smith-Wade-El - Wikipedia

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    Smith-Wade-El resided in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for more than thirty years. [4] She had two sons, the younger of whom is politician Ismail Smith-Wade-El. [5] She was a devout Roman Catholic. [2] She died of triple-negative breast cancer in 2018 at the age of 70, having first been diagnosed with the disease in 2008. [8]

  6. Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

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    April 2, 1973. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 43-foot (13 m) tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on July 4, 1874, at its present site on the Northeast intersection of King and Queen Streets. The monument's original intention was to pay tribute to Lancastrian ...

  7. Lancaster Crematorium - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 40°1′37″N 76°18′17″W. Lancaster Crematorium. U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Lancaster Crematorium, August 2011. Show map of Pennsylvania Show map of the United States Show all. Location. Greenwood Cemetery, 719 Highland Ave., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Coordinates. 40°1′37″N 76°18′17″W  /  40. ...

  8. Andrew Ellicott House - Wikipedia

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    January 13, 1972. Sehner-Ellicott-Von Hess House is a historic home located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1780 by George Sehner, and is a finely restored house built in the Georgian style of architecture. It was occupied by Andrew Ellicott (1754–1820), first United States Surveyor General, from 1801 to ...

  9. Spring Grove Forge Mansion - Wikipedia

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    Built. pre-1789, c. 1830. NRHP reference No. 84003447 [1] Added to NRHP. July 11, 1984. Spring Grove Forge Mansion is a historic home located at East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The mansion is a large, two-story, L-shaped, stuccoed stone building. The main block is six bays wide and features a full-width gouge carved piazza.