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Barns-Brinton House. May 27, 1971 : East of Hamorton on U.S. Route 1 Pennsbury Township ... Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School. July 27, 1971
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at 1245 Birmingham Road in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The current meetinghouse was built in 1763. The building and the adjacent cemetery were near the center of fighting on the afternoon of September 11, 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine.
Centre Furnace Mansion House: Centre Furnace Mansion House: December 27, 1979 : 1001 East College Avenue: State College: 20: Centre Mills: Centre Mills: December 12, 1976 : Southwest of Rebersburg off Pennsylvania Route 445
The Jim Thorpe Area School District is located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the borough of Jim Thorpe and the townships of Penn Forest and South Kidder. It covers a total area of 137 square miles (350 km 2). According to 2000 federal census data, the school district serves a resident population of 11,428.
As of the 2022-2023 and the 2023-2024 school years, there are 555 high school football teams competing in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's (PIAA) 12 Districts. Each district is divided into numerous leagues and conferences.
Notable buildings include the I.O.O.F. Hall (1844), Lehigh Coal and Navigation Building (1882), Jim Thorpe National Bank (1870s), Carbon County Courthouse (1894), Dimmick Memorial Library (1889), Capitol Theater (Mauch Chunk Opera House) (1882), 1855 School, Weiksner's Taproom (1860s), "Stone Row," Webster House, New American Hotel, and Hooven ...
The district is broadly considered one of the most competitive high school athletic divisions in the nation with many of its athletes going on to compete in the Olympics and professional sports, including the MLB, NBA, and NFL. District 11 owns many state records for various athletic championships and milestones.
In its earliest years, the school benefited from the ease of transportation afforded by the passage of the Pennsylvania railroad through Birmingham. [citation needed] Currently, the school still operates as Grier School, a boarding school for girls. The East Coast earthquake on August 23, 2011 caused a rockslide along Route 453 in Birmingham. [5]