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SOUVENIR »? BOOR
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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DR. J. E. ROYS
OPTOMETPrST
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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SOUVENIR >^ Boon
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^BLOOMSBURG, PENNA.-^
and
Vicinity.
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AND PRINTED AT
THE COLUMBIAN PRINTING HOUSK.
GKO.
K. EL.WEt,L,
PKOPKIETOK,
BLOOMSBUHG,
PA.
THE TO\YN OF BLOOMSBURG.
LOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary of its founding, on August 28th and 29th, 1902.
The plot for the town was laid
out in 1802 by Ludwig Ever, and this book is published as a souvenir of that occasion to show
to what the town has attained as a progressive and enlightened community.
Bloomsburg was
organized as a corporation by an Act of Assembly passed March 4, 1870, with the title of "The Town of
Bloomsburg." It has the distinction of being the only incorporated "Town" in the State. Bloomsburg
became the county .seat in 1845. Its population in 1820 was 1626; in 1900 it was 6170.
Since its organization in 1870 it has made rapid strides, and many handsome public buildings, large
business blocks, beautiful homes, and extensive factories have been erected.
It has an excellent sewerage
system: trolley line to Berwick and Catawis.sa, and several others contemplated; an inexhaustible supply
of pure water; gas and electric light; and steam heat supplied through mains in the streets.
It has an
efficient fire department, and an electric system of fire signals.
It has communication with the outside
world by four railroads, and the mails are distributed by letter carriers. In educational facilities it is in
the front rank, the Normal School, the High vSchool, and two other large buildings affording accommodations for more than fifteen hundred pupils.
The moral welfare of the community is looked after by numerous religious organizations. The
Protestant Episcopal Church has had continuous existence here for more than 109 years, the title to the
plot of ground where the Church, Pari.sh House and Rectory now stand dating back to 1793.
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, shelters a congregation that was first organized about 1834. The Presbyterian Church dates back to 1817.
Other bodies having commodious and comfortable places of worship,
are the Lutheran, Reformed, Bapti.st, Evangelical, Roman Catholic, and African M. E. Churches.
A
prosperous Y. M. C. A. occupies the William Neal homestead.
There are three banks, the Finst National, organized in 1864; the Farmers National, organized in
1891; and the Bloomsburg National, organized in 1899.
All of these institutions are handsomely finished
and furnished, and are provided with the latest modern inventions in the way of burglar proof vaults.
Bloomsburg has good hotels, prosperous business hou.ses, enterprising newspapers, beautiful scenery,
and healthy location.
This however, is not an historical work. Its object is to present pictorially the beauties of our town.
In its pages will be found public buildings, churches, .schools, street views, and other scenes in Bloomsburg, and at other points in the comity.
COUKT HOUSE.
•"^'-
TO>VN HALL.
HIGH
SCHOOI^.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHCROH.
ST. fATJL'S
r».
E.
CHUKOH AND
I'AKI.SII
HOUSK.
METHODIST
EPIiSCOl'AI^
CHURCH.
ST.
MATTHEWS EVANGELICAL, LUTHERAN CHUKCH.
TWI>'ITV K'KKOKMKIJ CHITK'CH ANT) I'A K'St»' AGE.
OLD
M.
E.
CHURCH, BUILT
Bv permission M.
1857.
REPLACED BY STONE CHURCH.
1897
E.
Church Trustees.
ST.
COLUMBAS KOMAN CATUOLIC CHURCH
AXL> RECTOKY.
BLOOMSBCRG STATE NORMAL. SCHOOL.
BLOOMSBURQ FROM THE NOHMAt,
CUE»OIjA.
>.<)W.MAI> A|l|)rr«JUIl7M.
COTJ]STi'
BKJDGK ACROSS THE SUSQUKHANNA.
C
A
SUMMER DAY ON NORMAL
CAMl^US.
-'
.
9
i»
s
..jii
MAIN STRKET
1901.
SHOWIIVG TROT^LKV KOAJJ.
'i
<_"uriL->y
lit
"The Blpomsburg
Daily."
nSHINGCREEK AT IKONDALE.
FIFTH STREET LOOKING TOWARDS MARKET.
BOONE-.S UAHr.
:^M^
F-LOOD OK
OATAWISWA BRIDGE
10()4.
From Catawissa "News Item."
FLOOD OF
1S»04:
M AIN^ STK Kid' C \TA\V ISSA
From Ouawissa "News
Item."'
FLOOn OF
1004
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CATV\V1?SSA
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lietn."
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OF
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FLOOD OF
100+
PAPER MILL BRIDGE, BEFORE
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DEPOT. CATAWISSA
R.
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FLOOD OF
1004^.
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R. K.
TR VCK. ROARINGCREEK
From Catawissa "News Item."
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.--IJL'
AKE.
PEN'XSYLVANIA CANAL.
BLOOMSBURG WATER WORKS.
FIFTH KTKKKT
l''KOM
CENTRE
STRE1;T.
OAK GROVE.
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KOClv.
CATAWISSA.
?>'AKRO\V&i.
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MAIX FKOM THE NORMAL,.
A
SHADV PATH
\T Til K
NUKMAL.
OI>J)
fmiKT HOUSK.
«:UJiAlLOCK;
•
CREEK, NEAK BARTOX'S BRIDUE.
KEITEK-S RACE.
MAtiKl-;
AVENUE. FI.OOU Of" MAKCH.
liWU.
GRASSMISRE I'ARK. SUUAKL.OAF TOWXSHIP.
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,
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::m¥h''i
FISHI^'GCREEK AT STILLWATER.
^*
THE SUSaUEIiANXA. FKOM
HILL, IJELOW
CATAWISSA,
liKAR OKANGEVIL.LE.
liWIA
KCKKEK.
I.()OKIX
FROM
KA.ST BF^OOMSHURO.
UI'l'KR
KXD OF THE COUNTY.
CENTRAL,.
A BUSINESS BOW,
l^K.SIUKNCK OF
I'.VUL,
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INTERIOR
ST.
PAUL'S
P. K.
CHURCH.
^i&pvffHnH^s9*iin
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SOUVENIR »? BOOR
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
^
DR. J. E. ROYS
OPTOMETPrST
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J^
J^
J^
J^
J^
SOUVENIR >^ Boon
j£^OTj0^
^BLOOMSBURG, PENNA.-^
and
Vicinity.
I»RKPAHEI>
AND PRINTED AT
THE COLUMBIAN PRINTING HOUSK.
GKO.
K. EL.WEt,L,
PKOPKIETOK,
BLOOMSBUHG,
PA.
THE TO\YN OF BLOOMSBURG.
LOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary of its founding, on August 28th and 29th, 1902.
The plot for the town was laid
out in 1802 by Ludwig Ever, and this book is published as a souvenir of that occasion to show
to what the town has attained as a progressive and enlightened community.
Bloomsburg was
organized as a corporation by an Act of Assembly passed March 4, 1870, with the title of "The Town of
Bloomsburg." It has the distinction of being the only incorporated "Town" in the State. Bloomsburg
became the county .seat in 1845. Its population in 1820 was 1626; in 1900 it was 6170.
Since its organization in 1870 it has made rapid strides, and many handsome public buildings, large
business blocks, beautiful homes, and extensive factories have been erected.
It has an excellent sewerage
system: trolley line to Berwick and Catawis.sa, and several others contemplated; an inexhaustible supply
of pure water; gas and electric light; and steam heat supplied through mains in the streets.
It has an
efficient fire department, and an electric system of fire signals.
It has communication with the outside
world by four railroads, and the mails are distributed by letter carriers. In educational facilities it is in
the front rank, the Normal School, the High vSchool, and two other large buildings affording accommodations for more than fifteen hundred pupils.
The moral welfare of the community is looked after by numerous religious organizations. The
Protestant Episcopal Church has had continuous existence here for more than 109 years, the title to the
plot of ground where the Church, Pari.sh House and Rectory now stand dating back to 1793.
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, shelters a congregation that was first organized about 1834. The Presbyterian Church dates back to 1817.
Other bodies having commodious and comfortable places of worship,
are the Lutheran, Reformed, Bapti.st, Evangelical, Roman Catholic, and African M. E. Churches.
A
prosperous Y. M. C. A. occupies the William Neal homestead.
There are three banks, the Finst National, organized in 1864; the Farmers National, organized in
1891; and the Bloomsburg National, organized in 1899.
All of these institutions are handsomely finished
and furnished, and are provided with the latest modern inventions in the way of burglar proof vaults.
Bloomsburg has good hotels, prosperous business hou.ses, enterprising newspapers, beautiful scenery,
and healthy location.
This however, is not an historical work. Its object is to present pictorially the beauties of our town.
In its pages will be found public buildings, churches, .schools, street views, and other scenes in Bloomsburg, and at other points in the comity.
COUKT HOUSE.
•"^'-
TO>VN HALL.
HIGH
SCHOOI^.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHCROH.
ST. fATJL'S
r».
E.
CHUKOH AND
I'AKI.SII
HOUSK.
METHODIST
EPIiSCOl'AI^
CHURCH.
ST.
MATTHEWS EVANGELICAL, LUTHERAN CHUKCH.
TWI>'ITV K'KKOKMKIJ CHITK'CH ANT) I'A K'St»' AGE.
OLD
M.
E.
CHURCH, BUILT
Bv permission M.
1857.
REPLACED BY STONE CHURCH.
1897
E.
Church Trustees.
ST.
COLUMBAS KOMAN CATUOLIC CHURCH
AXL> RECTOKY.
BLOOMSBCRG STATE NORMAL. SCHOOL.
BLOOMSBURQ FROM THE NOHMAt,
CUE»OIjA.
>.<)W.MAI> A|l|)rr«JUIl7M.
COTJ]STi'
BKJDGK ACROSS THE SUSQUKHANNA.
C
A
SUMMER DAY ON NORMAL
CAMl^US.
-'
.
9
i»
s
..jii
MAIN STRKET
1901.
SHOWIIVG TROT^LKV KOAJJ.
'i
<_"uriL->y
lit
"The Blpomsburg
Daily."
nSHINGCREEK AT IKONDALE.
FIFTH STREET LOOKING TOWARDS MARKET.
BOONE-.S UAHr.
:^M^
F-LOOD OK
OATAWISWA BRIDGE
10()4.
From Catawissa "News Item."
FLOOD OF
1S»04:
M AIN^ STK Kid' C \TA\V ISSA
From Ouawissa "News
Item."'
FLOOn OF
1004
NPAXOK
CATV\V1?SSA
Fnim CitTwiss^i "News
lietn."
lJKI13
W:^f\^
-
.ttrz<^
:J
FI^OOL)
OF
100-I-.
PAPER M IF^T^ B KllXi K. A I-TK K
From Cat.iwissa "News Item."
FLOOD OF
100+
PAPER MILL BRIDGE, BEFORE
From Oitriwissn "News Item."
1
•
Ml
->
.
'-v
AN' ICK fJOUUE
lOO-t.
From Calawi^sa "News Item."
FLOOD OK
FLOOD uy
ltM>4
&
DEPOT. CATAWISSA
R.
NICAR P.
From Catawissa "News Item."
FLOOD OF
1004^.
t».
R. K.
TR VCK. ROARINGCREEK
From Catawissa "News Item."
.M.. l.Ul.'i
.--IJL'
AKE.
PEN'XSYLVANIA CANAL.
BLOOMSBURG WATER WORKS.
FIFTH KTKKKT
l''KOM
CENTRE
STRE1;T.
OAK GROVE.
i'Kui
ILli;
KOClv.
CATAWISSA.
?>'AKRO\V&i.
DO'SVX
MAIX FKOM THE NORMAL,.
A
SHADV PATH
\T Til K
NUKMAL.
OI>J)
fmiKT HOUSK.
«:UJiAlLOCK;
•
CREEK, NEAK BARTOX'S BRIDUE.
KEITEK-S RACE.
MAtiKl-;
AVENUE. FI.OOU Of" MAKCH.
liWU.
GRASSMISRE I'ARK. SUUAKL.OAF TOWXSHIP.
''l»
,
%'
i*^i-»
::m¥h''i
FISHI^'GCREEK AT STILLWATER.
^*
THE SUSaUEIiANXA. FKOM
HILL, IJELOW
CATAWISSA,
liKAR OKANGEVIL.LE.
liWIA
KCKKEK.
I.()OKIX
FROM
KA.ST BF^OOMSHURO.
UI'l'KR
KXD OF THE COUNTY.
CENTRAL,.
A BUSINESS BOW,
l^K.SIUKNCK OF
I'.VUL,
K
W
I
]-tl\
Kl~,<-1.
INTERIOR
ST.
PAUL'S
P. K.
CHURCH.
^i&pvffHnH^s9*iin
Media of