Monthly Archives: December 2010 This one-room schoolhouse was named after Lindley Murray who was a famous grammarian and textbook author who was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in 1745 and later forced to flee the colonies after the Revolutionary War because he was loyal to the English Monarchy. Murray’s textbooks sold an estimated sixteen million copies in America and...  This Perry County bridge which also has gone by the name “Cisna Run Bridge”, uses a Burr Arch Truss design to span the Sherman Creek for a length of 150 feet. The bridge was built in 1864 and is located on Couchtown Road (State Route 3008) in Southwest Madison Township. The bridge is in outstanding...  I was driving round random back roads in the Kempton/New Tripoli area back behind Leaser Lake when out of the corner of my eye I spotted this little building sitting in a field all alone. It had a wooden chair in it and the had windows on all sides, most of them shuttered. It seemed...  This particular schoolhouse is not all that aesthetically beautiful but it serves a very important function in today’s troubled times. The school serves as the food pantry headquarters for the Christ Church at Lowhill, UCC (seen behind the school in this photo). They gather food and help local families in need. I haven’t been able to...  This schoolhouse is located just off the thirteenth hole of the Olde Homestead Golf Course in New Tripoli, PA. The course currently uses it as a clubhouse and was responsible for the building’s refurbishing in 1999. Pennsylvania’s Department of Education acquired land in New Tripoli from David Schneider in February 1851 for a new school...  Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn located on PA Route 309 near New Tripoli, PA. All the yellow Mail pouch lettering has worn off on this one. This is Mail Pouch Barn # 38-39-02. It borders the Olde Homestead Golf Course. I only had a few hours to shoot today so I spent it “freestyling”, (to barrow...  This small building is a shelter for the Mini Baby Doll Sheep they raise at the Bromley Mill at Cuttalossa Farm near New Hope, PA. Every time I go to the mill and see this shelter, it reminds me of something you would imagine from the novel Robinson Crusoe. For more information on the Baby Doll... |
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