Colonel John Allison

1738-1795

This tablet honors the memory of

Col. John AllisonWho, in 1782, founded Greencastle. Allison's Tavern, which stood on this site 200 years ago, was the beginning point of the survey which resulted in the streets and building lots that formed the ...

Johnston Tavern

Kept by Arthur Johnston; licensed in 1827. Present building erected in 1831. Served travelers on the Pittsburgh-Mercer road, and stood conveniently near Springfield Furnace, in operation after 1837.

Marker is at the intersection of Perry Highway (U.S. 19) and Dydeks Lane, ...

The Colored Methodist Protestant St. John’s Chapel of Baltimore

1833

Originally constructed as a log cabin in 1833, St. John’s Chapel and land adjacent thereto served the local black community as a house of worship and burying ground. Services had been held in the present chapel since its construction in ...

Greater Johnstown Flood Victims

July 20, 1977

“A people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light: to them who live in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen.” Isaiah 9:2

[Names, ages, and residence of the 78 people who ...

St. John Cathedral

On May 31, 1889, St. John Gualbert's parish experienced not only a great loss, but also a nearly miraculous rescue. The church itself burned down in the midst of the floodwaters, having caught fire when the burning Wolfe residence crashed ...

John Edwards Jr. Office Building

In 1872, John Edwards Jr. became the sole owner of the Edwards and Clinton sawmill in Port Edwards, plus several other business ventures that included a general store, post office, boarding house, farming interests and land speculations. In order to ...

Commodore John Barry

“Father of the American Navy”

Born in Wexford Ireland 1745

Died in Philadelphia 1803

Received first commission

from the Continental Congress

to command the Lexington 1775

Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778

Acclaimed in Boston in 1780

for victories on the Alliance

Appointed in 1794 by President Washington

to ...

Johnny Weissmuller

(1902-1984)

Champion swimmer and motion picture hero. Best known as star of a dozen “Tarzan” films produced for MGM and RKO, 1932-1948. He earlier won fame as a swimmer: developed the “American crawl,” set 67 world records, and won five gold ...

John Marshall’s Birthplace Park

JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the United States, and principal founder of judicial review and of the American system of constitutional law was born in a log cabin just east of here on September 24, 1755. At that time, this ...

John Marshall’s Birthplace

Near this spot on September 4, 1755 was born John Marshall, Fourth Chief Justice of the United States.

This marker erected by Marshall Inn of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, 1928.

A marker erected by Marshall Chapter of Phi ...