Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . the: JOHN LIGHT INDIAN FORT. On our way to this landmark, however, let us take apeep into the old Lutheran parochial school-house,which formerly stood at the northeast corner of theSalem Lutheran cemetery, on Eighth street, untilabout fifty years ago. Its use having been displaced bythe public school system, it was removed hither by a 208 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. Mr. John Harris, who turned it into a dwelling is a log building, now \veather-boarded and slightlychanged. It is the present property of Mr. CharlesSw^ope, and i
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . the: JOHN LIGHT INDIAN FORT. On our way to this landmark, however, let us take apeep into the old Lutheran parochial school-house,which formerly stood at the northeast corner of theSalem Lutheran cemetery, on Eighth street, untilabout fifty years ago. Its use having been displaced bythe public school system, it was removed hither by a 208 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. Mr. John Harris, who turned it into a dwelling is a log building, now \veather-boarded and slightlychanged. It is the present property of Mr. CharlesSw^ope, and is located on Canal street, alongside of thestone quarry at the east end, and is at present unoccu-pied. The rear door—double, like a shutter—is thesame that gave entrance and exit to the young Luth-eran urchins of seventy-five years ago. It bears themarks of their jack-knives to this very day. If it couldspeak, wdiat a story of w^oe and hardship it doubtlesscould relate, as one generation after another of youngGermans were there graduated in thei
Size: 1156px × 2160px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidancienthisto, bookyear1895
