. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. v^. m fo aO McKeesports Notable Public Buildings. HE first public building erected in McKeesport. other thanplaces of worship, was Odd Fellows Hall, on Marketstreet, erected in 1853. b} a chartered company. It was regardedas a mammoth structure when built, antl for a long time it wasthe only place in town available for entertainments. Now it isused for Lodge purposes onh. W. E. Harrison is president andJames L. DeLong is secretary of the compan}. M
. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. v^. m fo aO McKeesports Notable Public Buildings. HE first public building erected in McKeesport. other thanplaces of worship, was Odd Fellows Hall, on Marketstreet, erected in 1853. b} a chartered company. It was regardedas a mammoth structure when built, antl for a long time it wasthe only place in town available for entertainments. Now it isused for Lodge purposes onh. W. E. Harrison is president andJames L. DeLong is secretary of the compan}. Masonic Hall building once contained an amusement hall butit is now devoted to Lodge purposes, Board of Trade rooms, building is quite imposing and is worth probabl} one hun-dred thousand dollars. Franklin Hall building formerly stood at the corner of Fifthand Walnut streets, but it burned down several 3ears ago and nopublic hall succeeded it. Whites Opera House was erected by the late James P. is now the property of his son T. L. White. The buildingcost, originally, sixty-five thousand dollars, but recent expensiveadditions have
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