Knoxville Public Library – Knoxville Pennsylvania 1880-1920

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Knoxville, Pennsylvania including adjacent Deerfield Township.
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Aaron Alba House
Aaron Alba House
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
Taken circa 1900 after H.P. Gilbert, who had remodeled it, sold it to Mrs. Charles Billings. Standing on porch, Mrs. Charles Billings. Seated on porch, Mrs. Abbie B. Brewster, standing on walk, Mrs. Willis Beach. Older boy is Charles Gilbert, younger boy is Ernest Brewster, baby is Robert Brewster, two girls are unidentified hired help. Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. Glover lived in this home from 1946 to 2009.
Adams House Hotel with men
Adams House Hotel with men
Tioga County (Pa.), Stores, Hotels, Knoxville (Pa.)
Group of men in front of Adams House Hotel, corner of South Water St. and Main St. Knoxville, PA, around 1900. Hotel built by Jeremiah Stoddard in 1871 and operated by J.S. Adams and a number of other individuals until it was torn down in 1936.
Billings Tavern
Billings Tavern
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
This old tavern, built about 1830, stood on West Main Street just east of the Purina Mill. It was erected by Silas Billings and was operated by him for several years. It burned in 1897.
Cowanesque Temperance Society
Cowanesque Temperance Society
Knoxville (Pa.), Social organizations, Tioga County (Pa.)
Hand made leather-bound notebook of an early temperance organization that included male and female members. Includes Constitution, pledge, lists of members joining at various times, and records actions at meetings, events, speakers, and discussions. The book record runs from 1842 to 1848, and precedes by several years other religious temperance movements in the area. Contains 47 hand-written pages. Fragile condition.
Cowanesque Valley Joint Schools Junior Class Play 1956
Cowanesque Valley Joint Schools Junior Class Play 1956
Tioga County (Pa.) - Education, Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
Batch of ephemera and black and white photographs of cast members, program listing names and related details of the performance.
Dedication of Knoxville Town Hall in 1892
Dedication of Knoxville Town Hall in 1892
Musical groups, Knoxville (Pa.), Tioga County (Pa.)
This town hall was built in 1892 on Case Street and razed in 1966. It was used as a town hall, fire company headquarters and public library (upstairs) until about 1958. Pictured is the Lafayette Hose Company and Band. Photo taken in 1892.
Deerfield School No. 1
Deerfield School No. 1
Knoxville (Pa.), Schools, Education, Tioga County (Pa.)
Deerfield School No. 1 at Academy Corners, PA in Deerfield Township. At intersection of Route 49 and Merrick Hill Road. Later used as Deerfield Township meeting hall and voting place until torn down in 2012.
Dunham House
Dunham House
Knoxville (Pa.), Tioga County (Pa.)
The Dunham House, later the Dodge House, was erected in the 1880s by B.M. Dunham. Located on the (west) side of South Water Street, it was a hotel/boarding house, known as a "temperance house." It was later owned and operated by Alvin R. Dodge.
Eagle Hotel
Eagle Hotel
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
This old hotel stood on the site of Billings Park, north side of Main Street in Knoxville. Built about 1830 and burned in 1883. Picture taken about 1868. The first election held in the Borough of Knoxville was in this building and it was the scene of many social events in the early days.
Franklin Club Mens Literary Group Knoxville Tioga County Pennsylvania
Franklin Club Mens Literary Group Knoxville Tioga County Pennsylvania
Knoxville (Pa.), Social organizations, Tioga County (Pa.)
Literary and debate society of male members, includes club's guidelines, constitution and by-laws followed by a list of original members with narrative minutes of weekly meetings.
Gertrude Case Elementary School Corner Stone Laying
Gertrude Case Elementary School Corner Stone Laying
Schools, Knoxville (Pa.), Tioga County (Pa.)
Corner stone laying ceremony conducted by the Cowanesque Lodge No. 351, F. & A.M. in July, 1959. Individuals identified from left: Ehle H. Boom, Ernest Croft, Wayne M. Kelts, Robert Taynton, Miss Gertrude Case, Ardell Walker, and Edwin A. Glover.
Gertrude Case House
Gertrude Case House
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
This Victorian home built on west side of Case St. may have been built by Miss Case's ancestors.
Harvey Phelps House Knoxville, Pennsylvania
Harvey Phelps House Knoxville, Pennsylvania
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
Black and white photograph of Victorian home with man and child in front. Known as the Harvey Phelps residence, it is situated on the northwest corner of South Water Street with Railroad Ave. in Knoxville, Pennsylvania. The date is unknown. Subsequent owners include Hannah Dorrance, Manley Miller, Floyed Matteson, Henry Stermer, Connor Markey.
Hiram Freeborn Home
Hiram Freeborn Home
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
Stood just west of Billings Park, taken about 1875; Hiram Freeborn, an early settler and prominent tradesman in the community, is shown at entrance.
I.M. Edgcomb & Sons Factory men
I.M. Edgcomb & Sons Factory men
Knoxville (Pa.), Tioga County (Pa.), Lumber trade (Pa.)
Employees and owners of I.M. Edgcomb & Sons Sash and Blind Factory with horse and lumber wagon.
Knoxville Agway G.L.F. feed mill
Knoxville Agway G.L.F. feed mill
Tioga County (Pa.), Knoxville (Pa.)
Set of two black and white snapshots of the west end of G.L.F. (Grange League Federation) later Agway feed mill with man identified as Birdsey Young standing on the loading dock about 1951. This mill was on south side of Knoxville along the New York Central rail line.
Knoxville Boy Scouts Troop 22
Knoxville Boy Scouts Troop 22
Knoxville (Pa.), Social organizations, Tioga County (Pa.)
Batch of news clippings, programs, photographs and ephemera pertaining to the Knoxville Boy Scouts, Troop 22, including the Webelos and related events. Some are identified.
Knoxville Boys' Band 1905
Knoxville Boys' Band 1905
Tioga County (Pa.), Social organizations, Knoxville (Pa.)
Black and white RPPC image of fourteen young boys identified left to right front row: Clarence Draucker, Howard Atwell, Walter Fisk. Second row: Lynn Martin, Eldon Brown, Arthur Chamberlain, Ernest Brewster, William Stevenson. Third row: Eugene Miller, Tel Holbert Bert Chamberlain, Gordon Gilbert, Roy Edgcomb, - Murray.
Knoxville Chapter No. 328, O.E.S.
Knoxville Chapter No. 328, O.E.S.
Tioga County (Pa.), Fraternal organizations, Knoxville (Pa.)
Paper program of stated meeting held at the Acacia Home Association Building, Main Street, Knoxville, Pa. Includes listing of previous officers and members from the year 1921. Two pages
Knoxville Chapter No. 328 Order of the Eastern Star
Knoxville Chapter No. 328 Order of the Eastern Star
Tioga County (Pa.), Fraternal organizations, Knoxville (Pa.)
Ephemera batch of items that pertain to the Chapter, its members, events and meetings includes clippings, programs, membership cards. Five items.