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Roughly bounded by Nichols Place, Elmira and West 3rd Streets, and 7th Avenue Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Coordinates: Area: 100 acres (40 ha) Built: c.1855: Architect: Eber Culver, et al. Architectural style: Late Victorian: NRHP reference No. 85000120 [1] Added to NRHP
It is bordered to the east by Woodbury Township, to the south by South Woodbury Township, at its southwestern corner by King Township, and to the west by Kimmel Township. The northern and part of the western borders of Bloomfield Township form the Bedford County line, with the Blair County townships of Greenfield and Taylor to the west and ...
The first recorded use meaning stables is dated 1548, after the royal stables were built at Charing Cross, on the site of the royal hawk mews. [1] Those royal stables moved to Buckingham Palace Road in 1820. There were also royal mews at St James's Palace. The name mews was taken up for domestic stables in the city during the 17th century. [1]
The Fletcher Street club has stables in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of North Philadelphia, on the edge of Fairmount Park. In November 2023, they opened a new stable in East Fairmount Park. [1] Informal stables also existed throughout North and West Philadelphia and in Cobbs Creek Park, on private and abandoned city land. [2]
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 ...
PA 926 was first designated by 1928 on a different alignment running from U.S. Route 122 (US 122, now US 202/US 322) east to PA 129, a route that was designated along Street Road between US 122 and PA 352. By 1930, PA 926 was designated along Street Road between US 122 and PA 352, replacing PA 129. PA 926 was extended to its current length in 1937.
The library system of West Bloomfield has grown as the community has grown. A library was first formed in West Bloomfield in 1934, when 38 members of the Keego-Cass Women’s Club gathered books and placed them in a room in their clubhouse. From 1939 to 1947, the library was located in the balcony and then the basement of Town Hall.
Bloomfield is sometimes referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy because it was settled by Italians from the Abruzzi region and has been a center of Italian–American population. Pittsburgh architectural historian Franklin Toker has said that Bloomfield "is a feast, as rich to the eyes as the homemade tortellini and cannoli in its shop windows ...