Haines Shoe House, Gov. Dick Thornburgh, honored with Pennsylvania Historical Markers

The well-known Haines Shoe Home in Hellam Twp., York County, has been accepted to obtain a Pennsylvania Historic Marker.

The home, now a Vrbo rental, is included in 36 new markers that had been chosen from 91 functions, mentioned the Pennsylvania Historic & Museum Fee. There are greater than 2,500 of the blue indicators with gold lettering in Pennsylvania.

“Since 1946 PHMC’s Historic Markers have chronicled the folks, locations and occasions which have affected the lives of Pennsylvanians over the centuries.

The indicators characteristic topics equivalent to Native Individuals and early settlers, authorities and politics, athletes, entertainers, artists, struggles for freedom and equality, factories and companies, and a mess of different noteworthy matters,” the fee mentioned.

The Haines Shoe Home was in-built 1948 by the “Shoe Wizard,” Mahlon N. Haines to promote his enterprise.

“The constructing is an distinctive instance of programmatic structure and was designed by York architect Frederick Rempp,” the fee mentioned.

Additionally included within the new markers shall be these for Allentown State Hospital in Lehigh County; photojournalist Charles “Teenie” Harris in Pittsburgh; Piper Plane in Lock Haven, Clinton County; Gov. Dick Thornburgh, who was governor through the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, in Rosslyn Farms Borough, Allegheny County; and the primary all-minority lineup in MLB historical past in 1971 when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

Listed below are all 36 which have been accepted:

Allan P. Jaffe (1935–1987), Pottsville, Schuylkill County

Allentown State Hospital (1912–2010), Allentown, Lehigh County

Battle of Edge Hill, Abington Township, Montgomery County

Bob Babbitt (1937–2012), Pittsburgh. Allegheny County

Caroline Burnhman Kilgore (1838–1909), Springfield Township, Delaware County

Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908–1998), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County

Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), Philadelphia

Dr. Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958), Schwenksville Borough, Montgomery County

Edward Lee Morgan (1938–1972), Philadelphia

Edward Piszek (1916–2004), Springfield Township, Montgomery County

First All-Minority Lineup in Main League Baseball, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County

Ford Station Underground Railroad, Erie, Erie County

Frances Tipton Hunter (1896–1957), Williamsport, Lycoming County

Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651–1720), Philadelphia

Haines Shoe Home, Hellam Township, York County

Hakim’s Bookstore, Philadelphia

Highlands, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County

Hillary Koprowski, M.D. (1916–2013), Philadelphia

John G. Johnson (1841–1917), Philadelphia

Keith Allen Haring (1958–1990), Kutztown, Berks County

Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson (1900–1948), Ellwood Metropolis, Lawrence

Native 8, Industrial Employees of the World, Philadelphia

Main Andrew Gardner Happer (1839–1915), Washington, Washington County

Marshalls Creek Explosion, Center Smithfield Township, Monroe

Mount Nice, Philadelphia

PA Logging Railroad, Heath Township, Jefferson County

Piper Plane, Lock Haven, Clinton County

President Pumping Engine (1872–1900), Higher Saucon Township, Lehigh County

Richard L. Thornburgh (1932–2020), Rosslyn Farms Borough, Allegheny County

Rosedale Banishment, Johnstown, Cambria County

Samuel V. Merrick (1801–1870), Philadelphia

Sheep Rock Shelter Archaeological Web site, Penn Township, Huntingdon County

Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Baden Borough, Beaver County

Supreme Courtroom of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

The Trial of Hester Vaughn, Philadelphia

Girls of Idenlea, Decrease Merion Township, Montgomery County

You possibly can see descriptions of the brand new markers and their significance right here.