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The Hawthorne School was a historic, Tudor Revival school building in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986. It is designated as a historic public landmark by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation.
8. Apr. 2024 · Picture of the former site of Hawthorne School in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 2010. The school no longer exists, but was built in 1929 in Tudor Revival style by George Brugger and Carl W. Shrimp. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Western State School and Hospital, later known as Western Center, was a state-run mental hospital and reform school near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is best known as an institution serving people with intellectual disabilities.
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18th century
Sometime prior to May 1780, Colonel John Canon, a common miller who served as justice of the Virginia courts at Fort Pitt,, purchased some land around Chartiers Creek from the state of Virginia. The state had claimed what is now southwestern Pennsylvania in a dispute that would not finally be settled until later in the decade. In 1781 Pennsylvania carved Washington County out of Westmoreland County, and the county seat was established at Washington. The notes of the first session of the Washi...
19th century
The town was the site of the first institution of higher learning west of the Allegheny Mountains, Jefferson College. Founded in 1802, it was the eleventh such institution in the United States. The Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities were both founded at Jefferson College. Phi Gamma Delta, of whom President Calvin Coolidge was a member, was founded in 1848. Phi Kappa Psi, of whom President Woodrow Wilson and over 100 U.S. Congressmen claim membership, was founded in 1852. The schoo...
20th century
In 1903, the Washington and Canonsburg Railway Company linked the two towns with a trolley line. The company was bought by the Philadelphia Company in 1906, later becoming part of the Pittsburgh Railway Company, linking through to Pittsburgh as part of their interurban service in 1909. The line closed on August 29, 1953, with the last three trolley cars travelling south through Canonsburg to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museumin 1954 shortly before the track was removed. In 1911, South Canonsburg...
Canonsburg is located at WikiMiniAtlas40°15′43″N 80°11′6″W / 40.26194°N 80.18500°W / 40.26194; -80.18500(40.262012, −80.185030). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all land. Canonsburg Lake, a recreational lake, lies directly east of the town. Canonsburg has four borders, including Ce...
As of the 2010 census, there were 8,992 people, 3,809 households, and 2,285 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,703.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,429.9/km2). There were 4,144 housing units at an average density of 1,783.1 per square mile (688.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.01% White, 6.53% African Amer...
Fourth of July Parade
The Canonsburg Fourth of July Parade is a parade through Canonsburg celebrating Independence Day. It is the second-largest Fourth of July parade in Pennsylvania, second only to Philadelphia, despite Canonsburg having only 8,992 residents. 50,000 to 60,000 people usually attend.The parade starts on Morganza Road and runs down the length of Pike Street, heading westward, for approximately 1.5 miles. The parade begins at 10:00 am on the Fourth of July. Parade members include high school and othe...
Black Horse Tavern
Black Horse Tavern was founded in 1794, on the road between Budd's Ferry on the Youghiogheny River to McFarlen's Ferry on Monongahela River. Some sources identify the Black Horse Tavern as the birthplace of the Whiskey Rebellion. Other sources are less certain on the role of the tavern in the rebellion, ascribing the tavern's prominent role in the Whiskey Rebellion to "local tradition." By 1795, a "nailing business" was started at the location. In 1910, the remains of the tavern were removed...
Perry Como, popular singer and television personality, recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award(2002)All four members of the 1950's-1960's pop vocal group The Four Coins.Barraclough, Christopher R. Morganza: Pennsylvania's Reform School.Arcadia Publishing, 2014.Grefenstette, Jerry. Canonsburg.Arcadia Publishing, 2009.Herron, James T. Fifty Fantastic Fourths: Commemorating Canonsburg's Fourth of July Celebration in its 50th Year.Canonsburg, Pennsylvania: Fourth of July Celebration Committee, 2012.Herron, James T. A History for the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church.McPeake Printing Co., 1975.The Hawthorne School was a historic, Tudor Revival school building in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Hawthorne School from Mapcarta, the open map.
English: Hawthorne School in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Hawthorne School was a historic, Tudor Revival school building in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986. It is designated as a historic public landmark by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation.
