List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Erie County
This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Erie County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers in Erie County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude, as provided by the PHMC's database, are included when available. There are 53 historical markers located in Erie County.[1]
Historical markers[edit]
| Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans in Battle of Lake Erie | September 10, 1996 | Erie Maritime Museum, 150 East Front Street, Erie |
City | African American, Military, War of 1812 | |
| Anthony Wayne | 
|
November 1946 | East 6th Street at Ash Street, Erie | Roadside | American Revolution, Forts, Military |
| Canal Basin | April 5, 1948 | North end of State State, Erie | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | |
| Captain C.V. Gridley | .jpg)
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November 1946 | East Lake Road, Erie | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War |
| Captain Daniel Dobbins | 
|
September 13, 2003 | Dobbins Landing, foot of State Street, Erie 42°08′16″N 80°05′27″W / 42.13768°N 80.09075°W |
Roadside | George Washington, Military, War of 1812 |
| Cashier's House | 
|
1980 | 417 State Street, Erie 42°07′52″N 80°05′10″W / 42.131°N 80.0862°W |
Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Houses & Homesteads |
| Circus History | 
|
August 21, 1974 | US 20 at the Diamond in Girard 42°00′00″N 80°19′01″W / 42.00007°N 80.31697°W |
Roadside | Performers |
| Climax Locomotives | May 17, 1987 | PA 77 at south end of Corry 41°55′11″N 79°38′38″W / 41.91962°N 79.64378°W |
Roadside | Business & Industry, Railroads, Transportation | |
| Col. Philip Cochran | 
|
November 11, 2001 | Erie County World War II Memorial, State Street and Glenwood Parkway, Erie |
Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War |
| Col. Strong Vincent | 
|
May 1, 1994 | Northeast corner of High Street and 1st Street, Waterford 41°56′25″N 79°58′58″W / 41.94037°N 79.98285°W |
Roadside | Civil War, Military |
| Colt's Station | October 29, 1951 | PA 89 at PA 430, Greenfield Township 42°07′08″N 79°49′28″W / 42.11883°N 79.82435°W |
Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Navigation, Transportation | |
| Corry State Fish Hatchery | July 15, 2010 | 13365 US 6, Corry 41°55′51″N 79°40′16″W / 41.93089°N 79.67114°W |
Roadside | Environment, Government & Politics 20th Century, Sports | |
| Creation of the Pennsylvania Game Commission | July 24, 2008 | Northwest corner of Corry City Park, at the intersection of North Center and Smith Streets | Roadside | Environment, Government & Politics 20th Century | |
| Drake Well Park | November 20, 1946 | PA 8 just south of Union City 41°53′22″N 79°50′50″W / 41.88958°N 79.84712°W |
Roadside | Business & Industry, Oil & Gas | |
| Edinboro State College | May 31, 1968 | US 6N at the campus in Edinboro 41°52′44″N 80°06′58″W / 41.8788°N 80.11615°W |
City | Education | |
| Edinboro State Teachers College | May 31, 1968 | PA 99 in front of college, Edinboro (Missing) | City | Education | |
| Erie | 
|
November 1, 1946 | US 20, west of Erie | Roadside | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Forts, Military |
| Erie | November 1, 1946 | US 20, east of Erie | Roadside | Cities & Towns, Forts, Military, War of 1812 | |
| Erie | November 1, 1946 | US 19, south of Erie 42°02′37″N 80°04′28″W / 42.04369°N 80.0745°W |
Roadside | Cities & Towns, Forts, Military, War of 1812 | |
| Erie County | 
|
August 21, 1981 | County Courthouse, West 6th Street between Peach and Sassafras Streets, Erie |
City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military, Native American |
| Erie Extension Canal | April 30, 1948 | PA 18 at Platea 41°57′05″N 80°19′45″W / 41.95135°N 80.3291°W |
Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | |
| Erie Extension Canal | April 30, 1948 | US 20 at Asbury Road, Millcreek Township 42°04′18″N 80°10′57″W / 42.07158°N 80.18237°W |
Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | |
| Erie Land Lighthouse | 
|
June 19, 2004 | At the site of the lighthouse, 2 Lighthouse Street, Erie | City | Buildings, Navigation |
| Flagship Niagara | 
|
1948 | At property on State Street, Erie | Roadside | Military, War of 1812 |
| Fort Le Boeuf (Plaque) | August 1, 1922 | US 19, opposite Fort Le Boeuf Museum, Waterford 41°56′24″N 79°58′59″W / 41.94008°N 79.98297°W |
Plaque | Forts, French & Indian War, George Washington, Military | |
| Fort LeBoeuf | November 1, 1946 | US 19 in Waterford 41°56′25″N 79°58′57″W / 41.94015°N 79.98262°W |
Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American | |
| Fort LeBoeuf Memorial | September 19, 1951 | Property on US 19, Waterford 41°56′25″N 79°58′58″W / 41.94037°N 79.98275°W |
Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, George Washington, Military | |
| Fort Presque Isle | October 1, 1946 | 6th and Parade Streets, Erie 42°07′57″N 80°04′37″W / 42.1326°N 80.07692°W |
Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American, Roads | |
| French Creek | 
|
November 1, 1946 | US 19, slightly north of US 6, south of Waterford 41°53′05″N 79°59′58″W / 41.88482°N 79.99943°W |
Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, George Washington, Transportation |
| George Washington | 
|
November 1, 1946 | US 19, at George Washington Memorial Park, Waterford 41°56′24″N 79°58′58″W / 41.94007°N 79.98282°W |
Roadside | French & Indian War, George Washington, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military |
| Harry Kellar (1849–1922) | 
|
May 9, 2008 | Griswold Park, south side of West 13th Street, between Peach and Sassafras Streets, Erie | Roadside | Performers, Professions & Vocations |
| Harry T. Burleigh | 
|
February 21, 1952 | East 6th Street, Erie | Roadside | African American, Music & Theater, Performers |
| Ida M. Tarbell | 
|
September 28, 1950 | PA 8 near Hatch Hollow Road, southwest of Wattsburg 41°57′51″N 79°51′06″W / 41.9641°N 79.85165°W |
Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, Oil & Gas, Women, Writers |
| John Nelson (1917–1959) | September 18, 2004 | 3923 Main Street, Lawrence Park Township | City | Civil Rights, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor | |
| Joshua M. Merrill (1828–1904) | July 24, 2004 | Between 19 and 37 North Center Street, Corry | Roadside | Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations | |
| LP Gas Industry | 
|
May 17, 1962 | US 19 at square in Waterford (Missing) | Roadside | Business & Industry, Oil & Gas |
| Old Custom House | 
|
November 1, 1946 | State Street, Erie (Missing) | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Houses & Homesteads |
| Old French Road | November 1, 1946 | Old French Road, south of Erie 42°05′32″N 80°03′26″W / 42.09218°N 80.05717°W |
Roadside | Native American, Paths & Trails, Roads, Transportation | |
| Old State Line | November 1946 | PA 99 at McKean | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century | |
| Old State Line | November 1, 1946 | West Lake Road at Happy Valley Road, Springfield Township 41°59′59″N 80°24′20″W / 41.99983°N 80.40553°W |
Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century | |
| Old State Line | November 1, 1946 | Main Street at Wattsburg 41°59′57″N 79°48′40″W / 41.99925°N 79.81098°W |
Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century | |
| Old State Line | November 1946 | US 19, Waterford | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century | |
| Old State Line | 
|
November 1946 | US 20 at Girard | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century |
| Otto Maya | August 17, 2002 | 10th and State Streets, Erie (Missing) | Roadside | Sports | |
| Paul Allman Siple (1908–1968) | 
|
October 14, 2007 | Plaza at Erie Maritime Museum, 150 East Front Street, Erie | Roadside | Exploration, Invention, Professions & Vocations |
| Pennsylvania |
|
April 12, 1949 | PA 5, at the Pennsylvania–Ohio border (Missing) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn |
| Pennsylvania | April 12, 1949 | US 20, at the Pennsylvania–Ohio border 41°56′41″N 80°31′00″W / 41.9446°N 80.51673°W |
Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | |
| Pennsylvania | April 12, 1949 | At I-90 Welcome Center, just west of Pennsylvania–New York border | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | |
| Perry's Shipyards | November 1946 | 6th and Cascade Streets, Erie | Roadside | Business & Industry, Military | |
| Presque Isle Portage | November 1, 1946 | Peach Street near Lane Road, north of Waterford 41°58′50″N 80°00′55″W / 41.98068°N 80.0154°W |
Roadside | Native American, Paths & Trails, Roads, Transportation | |
| Sr. Bernard Sheridan | September 26, 2003 | Saint Vincent Hospital, 232 West 25th Street, Erie 42°06′39″N 80°04′39″W / 42.1108°N 80.0775°W |
City | Education, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations, Women | |
| St. James A. M. E. Church | 1994 | East 12th Street at Holland Street in Erie | City | African American, Religion | |
| U.S.S. Wolverine | _002.jpg)
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September 3, 1953 | North end of State Street, Erie | City | Civil War, Military |
See also[edit]
- List of Pennsylvania state historical markers
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, Pennsylvania
References[edit]
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
External links[edit]
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