Historic Place
Bring the kids to this 1870 schoolhouse to look at a day at school with eight grades taught by one teacher. Call for hours.
The Old Jail Museum & Heritage Center is dedicated to preserving the 1871 jail and to the history of the Molly Maguires.
1863 Calvert Vaux building commissioned by James Pinchot, founder of the Am. Museum of Natural History, father to Gifford.
Restored 19th-century Industrial Revolution mining town, tours & museum. Houses, 2 churches, a rectory, company store. “You load sixteen tons, what do you get?”
Acoustically, there are none better. This Victorian-era opera house presents a wide range of live music with seating plus a large dance area.
Historic district short walk from Milford. Early 1800’s buildings known as The Upper Mill. Houses one of the only turning waterwheels in PA. Self-guided tour, restaurant.
The mid-1880s Cresco Train Station has become a museum and a sort of shrine to this early United States form of transportation. Open Sunday afternoons, call first.
This historic 1881 mill is the region’s largest revitalization project. Home to an event space, a coffee shop, an art gallery, a fitness center, and a group of shops.
In Hickory Run State Park you’ll find the remains of this historical site of the one-time largest tannery in America.
3-story 1860 Italianate Victorian mansion. Industrial Revolution opulence built by titan Asa Packer. Park at Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway lot and walk up the hill. Harry Packer Mansion next door.
Recreated 19th-century village. Catch a glimpse of history. There are special events throughout the year, and on summer weekends, several buildings are open to the public.
The ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service two-time governor of Pa. Guided tours, self-guided tours of the mansion include manicured gardens.
Frantz School was built in 1855 by Jacob Frantz, who lived on the nearby farm and wanted a place for his (and the area’s) children and future generations to go.
