Tag Archives: Historic-Buildings

Reflectivity and the Star Barn

I was out shooting with a friend of mine last Saturday and she had never seen the Star Barn before and I knew on a day like we had on Sunday, the reflection of the barn in the pond would be really nice. We had to wait out the wind a few times but once...

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Gingrich’s Schoolhouse (Dauphin County, PA)

This school was built in 1865 and is located in what is now East Hanover Community Park in Grantville, PA. There is a walking trail that takes you through the park and past this schoolhouse with its outhouse and belfry and bell. Shot as two sets of bracketed shots, 3 shots per set with the...

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Wagner Mill (Northampton County, PA)

Stoffel Wagner built this Mill in 1767 and several generations of the Wagner family operated it over the span of 200 years. The Mill is located on West Walnut Street just off of Route 412 in Lower Saucon Township which is near Hellertown, PA in Northampton County. The Hellertown Historical Society uses the Miller’s house,...

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New Mahoning One-Room Schoolhouse (Carbon County, PA)

This one-room schoolhouse is located on Mahoning Drive West in Lehighton, PA in Carbon County. The school was built in 1900 and stopped functioning as a school in the midi 1950s. After it closed, the Mahoning Valley Fire Company, which is located next to the school, purchased the building to be used for storage. In...

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The little red church in the canyon

This is the Middle Ridge United Methodist Church outside of Wellsboro, PA in Tioga County. Built of hemlock blocks and painted bright red, the house of worship looks like an early New England church. It originally stood a few miles from its present location, but was moved to the corner of Copp Hollow Road and...

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Reading’s Pagoda in the sky

Tourists visit the Reading Pagoda which stands on Duryea Drive overlooking the City of Reading Pennsylvania. We had a nice low cloud ceiling on Saturday that made it feel as though you could reach out and touch the clouds. For a background on the Pagoda, how it came to be and it’s history over the...

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Watching over the Sherfy Barn in Gettysburg

The Joseph Sherfy Barn is located on the battlefield at Gettysburg. On July 2, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 18th Mississippi Regiment of Barksdale’s Brigade swept around the the original barn toward the 114th Pennsylvania and the 57th Pennsylvania. The original barn burned to its stone foundation during the battle, killing Union soldiers...

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