Sunbury / Margaret Murray Thorell, PhD ; foreword by Mayor David Persing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorell, Margaret Murray., Author.

Persing, David., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Sunbury--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Sunbury (Pa.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Sunbury (Pa.).

Sunbury (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Sunbury (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.

Sunbury (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

Explored by Europeans as early as 1615, Sunbury developed into a transportation hub because of its location at the confluence of the Susquehanna River. Later, it became important as the site of Thomas A. Edison's first successful installation of a three-wire electric lighting system on July 4, 1883, at the City Hotel, which today is called the Edison Hotel and is a cultural hub for the area. Sunbury is also an important historic district, showcasing over 200 examples of Federal, Italianate, Romanesque, and Second Empire architecture in the hotels, homes, public buildings, and taverns from the canal days to the grander Victorian era.

Contents:

The early history of Sunbury

Architecture and monuments

The people of Sunbury

Sunbury in the postwar years

Sunbury and its industries

NCHS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).

OCLC:

900733424