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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L83_fisher-house_Oley-PA.html
This home, built 1801 by Henry Fisher, is a fine example of late Georgian architecture. Brought from the British Isles, this style is reflected in old homes of eastern and southern Pennsylvania.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L82_exeter-friends-meeting_Douglassville-PA.html
Established 1725 as Oley; name changed to Exeter, 1742. Present stone meeting house built 1759 near site of two previous log structures. Buried here are members of the Boone, Ellis, Hughes, Lee, and Lincoln families. Meetings discontinued 1899; bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L80_swedish-pioneers_Douglassville-PA.html
First European settlers in present Berks County on land granted by William Penn, 1704-5. The home of Mounce and Ingeborg Jones, built 1716 and the oldest house in the county, stands at the opposite end of the river bridge.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7Z_thomas-rutter_Boyertown-PA.html
Pioneer ironmaster and opponent of slavery who died 1730. Built Pennsylvania's first ironworks nearby, 1716. In ensuing decade he erected Pine Forge and built this mansion; in 19th century it was an Underground Railroad stop. Academy was founded h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7Y_colebrookdale-furnace_Boyertown-PA.html
Established on Iron Stone Creek, one half mile to the east, by James Lewis, Anthony Morris, Thomas Potts, and Thomas Rutter. Called after Colebrookdale Furnace in England, it is considered the first blast furnace to be erected in Pennsylvania, c. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7X_carl-a-spaatz_Boyertown-PA.html
Aviation pioneer Spaatz was a 1914 graduate of West Point and a pilot in France in World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1940 and general in 1945. During World War II he commanded the US 8th Air Force and the US Strategic Air Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7W_jeremiah-sweinhart-and-successors_Boyertown-PA.html
The evolution of the business located here mirrors America's changing transportation scene. In the factory begun by Mr. Sweinhart in 1872, horse-drawn carriages, farm and delivery vehicles, and sleighs were built. After 1914, bus and truck bodies,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7V_boyertown-burial-casket-company_Boyertown-PA.html
Established here in 1893 by C.A. Mory and Associates, it was among the largest casket manufacturers in the world and earliest traded on the N.Y. and Phila. stock exchanges. The company secured numerous patents for innovative improvements and desig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7A_wallace-stevens_Reading-PA.html
A major 20th century American poet, Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his "Collected Poems" in 1955. Works such as "Bantams in Pinewoods," "Harmonium," and "The Auroras of Autumn" combined poetic language with serious philosophi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L79_wallace-stevens_Reading-PA.html
Birthplace of the internationally acclaimed poet. He attended Reading's High School for Boys, Harvard College and New York University Law School and combined successful careers as an insurance company executive and award winning poet. In 1955 the …