Meadville / William B. Moore and Elizabeth H. Rekas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, William B. (William Bruce), 1951- Author.

Rekas, Elizabeth H., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Postcard history series.

Images of America

Postcard history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Meadville (Crawford County)--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Postcards--Pennsylvania--Meadville (Crawford County).

Postcards.

Meadville (Crawford County, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Meadville (Crawford County, Pa.).

Meadville (Crawford County, Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

In 1788, David Mead and nine companions established the first settlement, Cussewago, on the present site of Meadville. The town grew slowly at first, but business was stimulated by the arrival of the canal and the railroad. The young town did not want for culture as two colleges, a theater, a library, and an art association were established. By 1910, downtown business buildings crowded out residential holdouts, streets were paved and lighted by electricity, and streetcars brought people to work from the tree-lined boulevards blocks away. Within the next decade, larger industries arrived, blunting the effects of the Great Depression. After World War II, residents moved farther into the suburbs and the city center went through urban renewal, but vestiges of efforts by the early settlers remain visible among today’s newer landmarks.

Contents:

Businesses

Factories

Institutions

Churches

Parks

Colleges

Streetscapes

Events.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885208477