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A property known as Park House in Highgate was purchased in March 1848 and the first patients were admitted in April 1848, including a 13 year-old Andrew Reed Plumbe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The building quickly proved too small, so in 1850 an 155-acre site was purchased at Earlswood Common, near Redhill, and a public appeal launched to raise funds for the ...
The land of the future Centre County was first recorded by James Potter in 1764. Potter reached the top of Nittany Mountain and "seeing the prairies and noble forest beneath him, cried out to his attendant, 'By heavens, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!'" [4] Centre County was created on February 13, 1800 by Act 2092 of the Pennsylvania Legislature from parts of Huntingdon, Lycoming ...
A controversial redevelopment took place in the town centre in the early 1980s, which included the construction of the Swan Centre. The work, which also included the pedestrianisation of the main shopping area, was widely blamed for a decline in the local retail economy.
Library is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania along Brownsville Road. Originally known as Loafer's Hollow, it was renamed Library by its residents in honor of the first library in the area, founded by John Moore in 1833. [1] [2] South of Library, the original course of Brownsville Road continues as Pennsylvania ...
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
Among the most notable collections are the official records of Surrey County Council since 1889; the historical records of the Mores and More-Molyneux of Loseley Park, near Guildford; [5] the records of the many mental hospitals in the county; [6] Philip Bradley's collection of fairground photographs; [7] papers of Lewis Carroll and "Carrolliana"; [8] the papers of the Labour politician and ...
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey. [1]It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries.
There were over 37,000 card holders when the new library opened in 2005. [2] According to the 2005 Annual Report, Schlow had more than 291,000 visitors and 592,000 books in circulation. Schlow Centre Region Library is part of the Central PA Library District, allowing patrons to use interlibrary loan to check out material from other public ...