Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . riotism of the young Americans of thatday from manifesting itself in such and other similar 240 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. demonstrations. And while it stood, on either side ofCnmberland street, what fine specimens of Lebanonconnty produce, in men and maidens, in cheese andcabbages, in radishes and red-beets, in sausages andsauer-kraut, it presented once or twice a week ! Sincemen live on country produce and settle into aggrega- w^^mm # mm ::^m CENTRA!. SQUARE, , PA. tions of towns and cities, market places have been anecessi
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . riotism of the young Americans of thatday from manifesting itself in such and other similar 240 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. demonstrations. And while it stood, on either side ofCnmberland street, what fine specimens of Lebanonconnty produce, in men and maidens, in cheese andcabbages, in radishes and red-beets, in sausages andsauer-kraut, it presented once or twice a week ! Sincemen live on country produce and settle into aggrega- w^^mm # mm ::^m CENTRA!. SQUARE, , PA. tions of towns and cities, market places have been anecessity and they have always given the world truephases of life. But we are not here with provision basket in handto make purchases. We have come with the chron-iclers pencil to take a few notes of the historic land- A HALT ON MARKET SQUARE. 241 marks, in the shape of old homes that still surroundthis market-square of Steitzs town-plan. Coming fromthe south, we begin with the first old house that facesit on the west corner, and find it a pre-Revoiutionary. MARKET SQUARE, LEBANON, PA. (Looking South.) Showing Filberts Store, The Mish House, and American House in the distance at ofifset. relic. It is now a public hostelry and known as theAmerican House. Its fine stone front elevation stillbears two stones which tell much of the story of itserection. The inscriptions of religious sentiment, fol- 242 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. lowing a custom of certain German provinces, hereread as follows : GOTT . SEGENE . DISES HAUS . UND . . WAS DA . GEHT . EIN . UND . AUS CASPAR & SAWINA SCHNEBELY . A O . 1771.
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