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Hanover, Pennsylvania |
Many of the photographs and features in this section are part of the Clausen Collection (Carolyn Clausen [Class of 1954]). Another major contributor is Paul Hentz [Class of 1964]. Some pictures are scanned from the 1915 Official Program of the Centennial of Incorporation of the Borough of Hanover Pennsylvania. Item contributed by others are so noted. |
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Mau-Dra Shoppe -
1940-1963 Contributed by Mrs. Paul (Jo) Spears |
Wirt Park circa 1907 This Victorian fountain stood in Center Square from 1872 to 1904 . |
Center Square The town's square has had four major changes since the early 1800s. |
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Churches of Hanover | The Black Rose of Hanover | ||||||||
Richard McAllister House - First house in Hanover |
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Richard McAllister house. The first house built in Hanover - 1745. Photograph circa 1870. [centennial] Read more. |
Rear of McAllister House on Baltimore Street. Log Structure. Date of
photo unknown. |
Richard McAllister house. Date of
photo unknown. We suspect this picture predates the one to immediate
right. |
Richard McAllister house. The
first house built in Hanover - 1745. Located on the corner of Baltimore
and Middle Streets. Photograph circa 1890 |
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Frederick Street - circa 1846 a painting by John Sheffer [cmch] |
York Street facing Broadway - 1862 [centennial] |
Center Square - 1863 [pbh] |
Hanover Branch Railroad Station, 1863. It was this location that President Lincoln stopped on his way to Gettysburg. more | ||||||
Center Square - 1863 Scene of hand to hand combat during the Battle of Hanover [centennial] |
Center Square - 1863 General Kilpatrick's Headquarters in Central Hotel [centennial] W. C. Clausen Collection |
Abbottstown Street - 1863 originally named Pigeon Street, later Broadway. Facing towards intersection with York Street. [centennial] |
Carlisle Street - 1865 [centennial]
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Baltimore Street - 1870 [centennial] |
First bicycle - circa 1870 [centennial] The child in his picture is riding a velocipede |
Center Square - 1873 [centennial] |
Hanover Opera House circa 1875 [centennial] |
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The Concert Hall was located on the southwestern corner of Center Square, was used as a hospital after the Battle of Hanover. It was razed around 1900. The hall was built by V. C. S. Eckhart, and served the community as a social, musical and entertainment center for many years. Circa 1875 |
Central Hotel - 1893 -facing
Frederick Street, Carlisle Street to the right. |
Baltimore Street from the Square
- circa 1900 [cmch] |
J. W. Gitt Building on Center Square - prior to 1904 [cmch] |
Central Hotel - 1905 -
Frederick Street is to the left, Carlisle Street to the right. W. C. Clausen Collection |
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Frederick
Street circa 1906 - [pbh] |
Baltimore
Street-
circa 1909 [pbh] |
Carlisle Street from the Square - circa 1910 [cmch] | York Street from E. Middle Street - circa 1910 [cmch] |
View from the copula of the
Eichelberg Building circa 1907 [pbh] |
Union Train Station - 1906 [pbh] |
Hanover Savings Bank on Carlisle
Street - 1909 [pbh] |
Hanover Fire Company, No. 1 on
Chestnut St. - circa 1910 [pbh] |
Opera House - 1906. Later know as
the Park Theater located on W. Chestnut St. behind the Sheppard Mansion [cmch] |
Peoples Bank on Center Square circa 1906, deposit bag from Peoples National Bank, 1954 | ||
Eichelberger Park
- Became Forest Park located on Baltimore Street |
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See
more
pictures of Eichelberger Park and Forest Park in the Barbara Chronister Collection |
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1906 [cmch] | 1906 [cmch] | 1910 - [pbh] | |
U.S.
Post Office when
located on Broadway |
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circa 1910 [pbh] | circa 1910 [pbh] | circa 1915 [cmch] | |
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Soldiers' Monument at Mt. Olivet Cementery circa 1911 [cmch] |
Young Memorial Library - 1911 [pbh] |
Trolley on Baltimore Street - circa 1912 [cmch] |
Broadway looking towards York
Street from the square - 1913 [pbh] |
Sheppard Mansion 1914 Park Theater in background [pbh] |
Myers Mansion - Corner of Baltimore and W. Hanover Streets. circa 1915 - [pbh] | Hanover Savings Fund Society Building - 1914 [cmch] |
Union Station and Young Memorial
Library close to Eichelberg High School circa 1915 - [pbh] |
J. W. Gitt Building on Center
Square - 1921 [cmch] This building became the Penney's Department Store. |
Gitt Building - 1925 |
Horace J. Stine, Burgess of the
Borough of Hanover 1951 - 1954 Contributed by Fred Stine [Class of 1952] |
In 1745, Richard McAllister, a Scotch Irishman, purchased a tract of land on which the original town of Hanover was built. The land was covered with a dense forest of hickory, walnut and oak trees. Richard McAllister’s plantation was crossed by the Monocacy Road which extended from the Susquehanna River at Wrightsville to Frederick, Maryland. A road was built from Maryland to the site of Hanover and later to Carlisle.
At the northeast corner of Baltimore and Middle Streets, where these two public highways crossed each other, Richard McAllister erected a log house and opened a store and tavern in 1745. This log building was two and one-half stories high. It was later cased in with brick and in 1915 still stood where it was built 170 years prior. Richard McAllister became an influential man in the community, and in 1750, the year after York County was organized, was a candidate for the office of Sheriff.
In 1763, McAllister laid out his farm into lots and founded the town of Hanover. In his plan he named the streets diverging from Centre Square, Carlisle, York, Baltimore and Frederick, in honor of the towns towards which they led. Abbottstown Street (Broadway), originally known as Pigeon Street was named at a later date. At this time John Schmeltzer resided at the southeast corner of Frederick Street and Centennial Avenue in a log house. John Nusser purchased the first lot in the town, situated two doors west of the Methodist Church. Soon afterwards lots were purchased and houses built where the Rupp residence stands on Frederick Street, one on the north side of Broadway, near the Square, and another on the opposite side of the same street.
Velocipede The child in this picture is riding a velocipede which is a tricycle. However, the word is used to describe two other types of self-propelled wheeled machines:
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