Postcards Of Hummelstown...

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The following collection of postcards is not remarkable for its quality or the rarity of the cards. Rather it was assembled to satisfy a curiosity that I had to see how many structures built wholly or in part of Hummelstown brownstone may have been featured on postcards. As the collection grew, it became evident that many hamlets, towns and cities were graced by this fine masonry material and were also proud to feature it on postcards.

The time span of these cards begins at the earliest days of the postcard in the late 19th Century and runs through to the mid 20th Century. The majority of them were black and white images, which were then tinted by colorists who, in most cases, never saw the structure for which they were providing the color. Consequently, much of the color is a colorist’s conception as to what might look attractive on a postcard and has no actual relationship to the genuine color of the building material in that structure. The cards of the North American Telephone Company Building in Philadelphia and College Hall of the University of Pennsylvania are two examples of this.

What began as a side interest in the Hummelstown brownstone industry has proven to be one of the most valuable tools, for many of these cards have preserved images of buildings that have been razed or destroyed by floods or fire. The Garfield School in Pottsville, the Pettibone Gymnasium of the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, and the Universalist Church of Watertown, New York, are three such examples. Moreover, buildings such as Renovo’s borough hall, the Clearfield County National Bank, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kutztown are prime examples of how postcards have recorded alterations or additions to buildings. In many cases it is interesting to compare these old postcards with contemporary photographs in the preceding chapter.

Just advance to the next page and click on any of the buildings to view them.

Postcards Of

Hummelstown Brownstone

FLORIDA: Deland, Elizabeth Hall of Stetsen University; Tampa, Y.M.C.A.INDIANA: Indianapolis, Union StationMARYLAND: Baltimore, Mount Vernon Square Methodist Church - Cumberland, Third

National Bank - Frederick, Citizens’ Bank - Gapland, Civil War Correspondents’ Memorial Arch – LaPlata, Charles County Courthouse – Taneytown, Trinity Lutheran Church

NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City, St. James Episcopal Church – Camden, Catholic Lyceum Building – Summit, First Baptist Church – Wharton/Dover, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church

NEW YORK: Bellona, Presbyterian Church – Buffalo, Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church – Clifton Springs, Sanitarium1; Sanitarium 2 – Corning, Methodist Church - Geneva, Smith’s Opera House – Horseheads, School - Johnson City, Sara Jane Johnson Memorial Methodist Church – New York, Standard Oil Building – Watertown, Universalist Church – Waverly, Methodist Church

NORTH CAROLINA: Wilson, Branch Banking & Trust CompanyOHIO: Cleveland, Standard Oil Arcade Building – Niles, Methodist Church – Salem,

Pennsylvania Railroad StationPENNSYLVANIA: Allentown, High School 1; Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church;

Water Works – Altoona, First Methodist Church; Reformed Church; High School 1; High School 2 – Beaver, Park Presbyterian Church – Bellefonte; Governor Hastings’ Mansion; Petrikin Hall; Reynolds’ Bank – Bethlehem, Trust Company; Broughal School – Blain, Reformed Church – Bloomsburg, Columbia County Court House; Presbyterian Church; Tustin Mansion 1; Tustin Mansion 2 – Brookville, Presbyterian Church 1; Presbyterian Church 2 – Butler, First Methodist Church; High School – Canton, St. Michaels’ Roman Catholic Church – Carlisle, Bosler Hall 1; Bosler Hall 2; Bosler Hall 3; Conway Hall (Preparatory School); Denny Hall 1; Denny Hall 2; Evangelical Church; First Lutheran Church; St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church and Rectory; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church; Y.M.C.A. – Catasaqua, Lincoln High School – Chambersburg, Cumberland Valley Railroad Station – Clearfield, County National Bank – Columbia, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and Rectory; St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and Convent – Dallastown, United Brethren Church - Danville, Montour County Jail – Dubois, National Bank – East Berlin, William Leas House – Emporium, Cameron County Courthouse; High School – Freeland, High School – Gettysburg, Brua Chapel 1; Brua Chapel 2; College Buildings; College Entrance; Glatfelter (Recitation) Hall 1; Glatfelter Hall 2; McKnight (South Dormitory) Hall; Lutheran Seminary – Greenville, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Station – Grove City, United Presbyterian Church – Hanover, People’s Bank – Harrisburg, Abraham Lincoln School; Control Tower of Penna. Railroad (Rockville); Old Dauphin County Courthouse; Fleming/Calder House 1; Fleming/Calder House 2, Governor’s Mansion 1; Governor’s Mansion 2; Harrisburg Club; Harrisburg Hospital; National Bank; High School 1; High School 2; Market Square Presbyterian Church; Pennsylvania Railroad Station; People’s Bridge; Senate Hotel, Simon Cameron School; Administration Building, State Hospital; Stevens’ Methodist Church;

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Westminster Presbyterian Church - Hazelton, St. Paul’s Methodist Church – Homestead, Baptist Church; First Presbyterian Church - Hummelstown, Brick Plant; Quarry #4; Traveler; Reformed Church (UCC); Walton House ; Zion Lutheran Church – Huntingdon, Blair Building 1; Blair Building 2; State Prison; Union National Bank – Indiana, Elks Home; Indiana County Home, United Presbyterian Church – Johnstown, Church of the Immaculate Conception – Kane, Methodist Church – Kingston, Pettibone Gymnasium 1; Pettibone Gymnasium 2 – Kutztown, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 1; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 2 – Lancaster, Grace Lutheran Church; Reformed Seminary; Stevens High School 1; Stevens High School 2 – Lebanon, Lebanon County Jail; People’s Bank; Salem Lutheran Church – Leechburg, Evangelical Lutheran Church – Lewisburg, Evangelical Lutheran Church; Evangelical Lutheran Church School – Lewistown, High School – Lock Haven, Church of the Immaculate Conception 1, Church of the Immaculate Conception 2, Hospital 1; Hospital 2; Normal School

Images continued in second section of postcards – see table of contents

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The Third National Bank is the tallest building on the left and is trimmedwith Hummelstown brownstone.

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This memorial arch is one of the more unusual uses for Hummelstown brownstone trim.return to index

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The Branch Banking & Trust Co. is the first building on the left

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The Arcade is the first building on the right and the first of Cleveland’s buildings to beplaced on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The Reynolds Bank is the building in the center.

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Bosler Hall was completely renovated in the 1950s. The tower was removed and theentire building was encased in limestone covering the existing brownstone.

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Denny Hall was built of Hummelstown brownstone when it was first erected. About seven years later this building was destroyed by fire and the present hall pictured here was constructed. The brownstone of the first story was left intact and the structure above the first story was made of bricks with brownstone trim.

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The National Bank is the corner building with the brownstone façade.

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Brua Chapel is on the right and Glatfelter Hall on the left.

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People’s Bank is the towered building to the right.

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The Pennsylvania Railroad control tower at Rockville is seen on the right.

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The Calder/Fleming House in the foreground and water works buildings in thebackground are all trimmed with Hummelstown stone.

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The National Bank is the first building on the right.

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The Elks’ Home is the tallest building with the portico.

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