Dr. Edmund Meisenhelder opened the earliest forerunner to Memorial Hospital in 1913 – in the Avenues in York, Pa. The Out Door Country Club and other iconic institutions operated there as well.
J. Horace Rudy Archives
J. Horace Rudy came to York from Pittsburgh, but he settled into his new home more than a century ago, where he became known for his stained glass work, his paintings and his curatorial work.
Check out this neat, unrelated stuff about York County history, including George Washington Memorial Plaza and the unsung York Town Craftsmen Guild.
The York, Pa., Daily Record’s Jason Plotkin’s photos from above the Norman Wood Bridge are telling for several reasons. With a Susquehanna River bed like that, it’s obvious why the river over the centuries could not be navigated – or at least navigated by flatboats only in certain rainy seasons. It’s also why canals had to be put in on both sides of the river so that farmers and merchants could get their goods to market on the Chesapeake Bay.
If you haven’t been down to the Market District in York, Pa., on a Saturday
Interest in the life, times and work of York artist J. Horace Rudy is growing
Urban legends about York College’s campus abound, and its archives help tell the school’s real story
John Fisher’s Pennsylvania’s Coat of Arms is viewed as the most significant among many holdings
Linked in/Neat stuff: Yorkbloggers win preservation award/Stately Biesecker Mill interests people The Dutch Club fire
Here’s this week’s History Mystery question: This is surely one of York County, Pa.’s most
The stained-art panels by noted York artist J. Horace Rudy hang in the old First National