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The building is most notable as the jail where a number of suspected "Molly Maguires" were imprisoned while awaiting trial in 1875–1876 and subsequently hanged. [2] [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974. [1] It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District.
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Last of three settlements established by the Harmony Society, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: Old Jail Museum: Chambersburg: Franklin: Cumberland Valley: Local history: Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny Old Jail Museum: Jim Thorpe: Carbon: Lehigh Valley: Jail: Late-19th-century ...
The Old Mauch Chunk Historic District is a national historic district located in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jim Thorpe. It includes residential and commercial buildings in a number of popular architectural styles, including Italianate.
Between Ludlow Street in Summit Hill and F.A.P. 209 in Jim Thorpe 40°50′58″N 75°47′46″W / 40.849444°N 75.796111°W / 40.849444; -75.796111 ( Mauch Chunk Switchback Jim Thorpe , Nesquehoning , and Summit Hill
An old jail won’t be turned into new homes as Florida leaders look to new tiny houses. Ryan Callihan. April 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM.
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station in Jim Thorpe, now a visitors center. Jim Thorpe was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk (/ ˌ m ɔː k ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ k /), a name derived from the term Mawsch Unk, meaning Bear Place in Unami, the language of the native Lenape, possibly a reference to Bear Mountain, an extension of Mauch Chunk Ridge that resembled a sleeping bear, or perhaps the original ...
The Asa Packer Mansion is a historic house museum on Packer Road in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States.Completed in 1861, it was the home of Asa Packer (1805–1879), a coal and railroad magnate, philanthropist, and founder of Lehigh University.