Planet Smethport Project 2016

December 11, 2018
a project of the Smethport Hamlin Memorial Library

IMAGINE an historic, iconic, hillside village, almost secretly tucked away in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds, wrapped in hardwood forests
& wrapped around a lake/park in its center. Trails lead out from every direction just waiting to be explored. You've discovered Smethport, Pennsylvania Wilds!

SMETHPORt, pennsylvania wilds

Smethport's Mechanic Street 1890s Mechanic Street in 1895 was the center of industry in Smethport. The several railroads all serviced the area as did many related service industries thus giving "Mechanic Street" its name. In the foreground is the railroad running down the present day Water Street. To the left is a bakery that was supported largely by the workers of the area industries. Several carriage shops and mechanic garages are in the center foreground just in front of the railroad tracks. Beyond the carriage shops toward the dam are the lumber mills followed by Barrett's Grist Mill just beyond the present Mechanic Street Bridge.

EXPLORE the RANDOM TOUR

RANDOM TOUR	McKean County Courthouse	Main Street 300 Block	Historic Crosby, PA Tour	Historic Hazelhurst, PA Tour	Historic Port Allegany, PA Tour
West Main Mansion Tour Begin Orlo Hamlin Home	West Main Mansion Tour Begin Byron Hamlin House	Main Street 400 Block Business District Tour	Arrive at the BB& K RR Depot	Arrive at the WNY & PA RR Depot East Smethport, PA	Historic East Smethport, PA
Mechanic Street Tour		Historic Coryville Tour	Historic Farmer's Valley, PA	Bootlegging/Prohibition Stories

WOW: 360° Quicktime Movies - Look up, down & all around

William Halsey Wood: St. Lukes 360ƒ Quicktime Movie - check this out!	700 Block Quicktime Movie: 360 View!
900 Block: View from Roof Top	600 Block Quicktime Movie: 360 View!

West Main Mansion Tour -
Begin Orlo Hamlin Hom

West Main Mansion Tour
Begin Byron Hamlin House

Mansion District Walking Tour Book
by Ross Porter©2008- FREE DOWNLOAD

Ghost Towns, Lost Towns Tours of McKean County

lost Norwich, PA Tour McKean County's Premier LOST Town	Nearly Lost Betula, PA Tour	lost Keystone, PA Tour	Historic Clermont, PA Tour	lost Quinton, PA tour	Interactive Clermont Cemetery
Download PDF "Lost Town of Norwich" printable, mailable "exploration pamplet"

The Lost, Drowned Towns Tours of Elk County

Straight, ,PA (Elk County)

Instanter, PA (Elk County)

The Masterful Photography of Lester Jordan, Jr. Not Interactive
W-O-W: Scenic, Famous SMETHPORT, Pennsylvania

Smethport NOW page 1

Smethport NOW page 2

If we come HOME to Smethport.....WHERE DO WE STAY ?

The Smethport Motel

ABOUT THIS PROJECT, etc.

ABOUT THIS PROJECT	PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS from Smethport's Past	PLANET EARTH NOW STUDENTS	SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAMS	200 Hour Club- Students (above & beyond class time)	100 Hour Club- Students (above & beyond class time)
Greater Smethport Contributors	Community Above & Beyond	PROJECT DEDICATION R.C. GLEASON 1895	VETERAN'S DEDICATION

BUY & RESTORE a Piece of Smethport & McKean County, PA

Contractors & Owners IDEA PAGE: Victorian Renovation IDEAS for 2002 Smethport buildings	LINKS: Contractors & Owners IDEA PAGE: Victorian Renovation PRODUCT LINKS	Chosen Acres Realty

MAP LOCATIONS

Where IS Smethport any way ?	Colegrove, PA to Crosby, PA	Colegrove, PA to Hamlin Station, PA	Colegrove to Clermont, PA WNY & PA RR	Marvindale, Kasson, PA to Clermont, PA Shawmut RR	Smethport to Marvindale, PA Shawmut RR
Clermont Interactive Map Street & building Layout	Betula Interactive Map Street & building Layout	historic SMETHPORT Street MAP	Clermont, PA to Quinton, PA	Interactive Map of VANISHED Norwich,Pa	Interactive Map of Kushequa
East Smethport, Pa to Farmers Valley, Pa	Interactive map of Keystone	Interactive map of DROWNED Straight, and Instanter PA	East Smethport, PA to Port Allegany, PA	Interactive map of The East Valley Road in Famers Valley, PA	Interactive map of East Smethport, PA
Interactive Map of Mechanic Street in Smethport, Pa	Interactive map of all the glass factories in Smethport, PA	Interactive Coryville; 1900	Interactive Sanborn-Perris Map of East Smethport,PA	Sanborn-Perris Map of Historic King Street School Block	Sanborn-Perris Map of Smethport's Historic 400 Block
Sanborn-Perris Map of The Electric Toy Company	See a Sanborn-Perris Map of the Poort Farm	1909; 500 Block West Main St., Smethport, PA	1898; Sanborn-Perris Map of Smethport's 400 Block	To Crosby, PA from Smethport, PA	Christian Hollow in Crosby, PA
Topo of Rew and Farmers Valley	Topo of Irish Hollow	Topo of Quinton, PA	Topo of the Kinzua Viaduct	Sanborn-Perris Berkalew and Bayless Chemical Works, Hazel Hurst, PA	1906 Backus Sanborn-Perris, Smethport, PA
Clothes Pin Factory, Kushequa, PA	Hilton Window Glass Factory, Smethport, PA	Smethport Bottling Works, Smethport, PA	1909 Sanborn-Perris of The Water Street Region, Smethport, PA	Mechanic Street 1898	Teutonia: The Lost Town
Hazelhurst interactive Sanborn-Perris Map

VANISHED RAILROAD DEPOTS

B, B & K RR Smethport, PA Depot	Smethport-Kushequa RR Depot Smethport, PA	Pittsburg (NOT Pittsburgh) Shawmut & Northern RR Smethport, PA Depot	Pittsburg (NOT Pittsburgh) Shawmut & Northern Railroad Clermont Depot	combined WNY & PA & the Coudersport & Port Allegany RR Depot	WNY & PA RR East Smethport Depot
WNY & PA RR Crosby Depot	WNY & PA RR Colegrove Depot	WNY & PA RR Clermont Depot	Bradford, Bordell, & Kinzua RR Ormsby, PA Depot	Bradford, Bordell, & Kinzua RR Kinzua Junction, PA Depot	Norwich, PA Potato Creek RR Depot
Historic Kinzua Bridge Tour	1900 Kinzua Viaduct Reconstruction Tour	Tour Kinzua Viaduct After Reconstruction	Kinzua Bridge Collapse	Pittsburg (NOT Pittsburgh)Ý Shawmut & Northern RR Farmers Valley, PA Depot	combined Shawmut/ & WNY & PA RR Coryville, PA Union Depot

Historic GLASS FACTORIES to Launch Your TOUR

Smethport Glass Factory Smethport, PA	Smethport Bottle Company Haines Flint Berney Bond Glass	Smethport Cut Glass Company Smethport, Pa	Olean Glass Company Port Allegany, PA	Allegany Window Glass Company Port Allegany, PA	Appert Glass Company Mississippi Glass Company Port Allegany, PA
Hazel Hurst Glass Co. Healy Glass Co. Hazel Hurst, PA	Bond Glass Company Berney-Bond Glass Co. Hazel Hurst, PA	Interstate Glass Company Hazel Hurst, PA	Keystone Glass Company Hazel Hurst, PA

other Historic MANUFACTURING/ INDUSTRIAL to Launch Your TOUR

Smethport Cutlery Company Smethport, PA	Marvel Specialty Toy Company early Smethport Specialty Smethport, PA	Smethport Specialty Toy Co. mid years & Wooly Willy Smethport, PA	Clermont Tile Company Kaul Clay Clermont, PA	National Transit Company Pumping Station Colegrove, PA	Gum Boot Mines Clermont, PA
Big Soldier's Mine Clermont, PA	Buffalo Coal Company Clermont, PA

Historic WOOD RELATED INDUSTRIES to Launch Your TOUR

S.F. Gifford Saw Mill #1 Hamlin Lake Smethport, PA	S.F. Gifford Saw Mill # 2 Smethport, PA	(East) Smethport Wood Chemical Co. East Smethport, PA	Heinemann Wood Chemical Co. Crosby/ Newerf, PA	Keystone Wood Chemical Co, Keystone, PA	Heinemann Sawmill East of Crosby, PA at Walcott Brook & White Hollow
FC Olds Sawmill East of Crosby, PA	Heinemann Sawmill Colegrove, PA	Betula, PA Stave Mill	Norwich, PA Goodyear Lumber Mill	Norwich, PA Kindling Mill	Logging Operation 2001
Keystone Wood Chemical even tour INSIDE lost Keystone, PA	Coryville Wood Chemical Plant Coryville, PA

HOTELS to Launch Your TOUR

Grand Central Hotel Smethport, PA	Imperial Hotel Smethport, PA	Wright House Hotel Smethport, PA	Bennett House Hotel Smethport, PA	Pierce House Hotel Smethport, PA	Commercial House Hotel Smethport, PA
Hotel Butler Port Allegany, PA	Canoe Place Inn Port Allegany, PA	Sartwell House Port Allegany, PA	Clermont House Clermont, PA	Bayer House Hotel Clermont, PA	Eckhart Hotel Hazel Hurst, PA
					Hotel Hazel Hazel Hurst, PA

Historic CHURCHES to Launch Your TOUR

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Smethport, PA	1st 1878 St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Smethport, PA	post fire 1905 St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Smethport, PA	historic Lutheran Church Smethport, PA	Swedish Mission Church Smethport, PA	1st historic Baptist Church Smethport, PA
2nd historic Baptist Church Smethport, PA	historic Methodist Church Smethport, PA	Clermont Methodist Church Clermont, PA	Clermont Catholic Church Clermont, PA	Clermont Lutheran Church Clermont, PA	Hazelhurst MethodistChurch, Hazelhurst, PA
Methodist Church Port Allegany, PA	Methodist Church Norwich, PA	Catholic Church Norwich, PA	Methodist Church Betula, PA	Evangelical United Brethren Church Coryville, PA	Colegrove Union Church Colegrove, PA

Historic BUSINESSES & PUBLIC BUILDINGS & PLACES to Launch Your TOUR

2nd McKean County 1853 Courthouse	Construction of 3rd 1880 McKean County Courthouse	1881 McKean County Courthouse	1940 McKean County Courthouse FIRE	1942 McKean County Courthouse
America's First Christmas Store Smethport, PA	inside Armstrong Drug Store Smethport, PA	inside Gleason-Lemmler Harness shop Smethport, PA	Anderson Toy Store Colegrove, PA	C.A. Anderson General Store Colegrove, PA	Brasted Bakery Smethport, PA
P.D. Hopkins General Store Smethport, PA	1905 McKean County Fairgrounds Tour	1909 Hull's Department Store Norwich, PA	Historic 1882 Kinzua Viaduct Tour	1900 Kinzua Viaduct Reconstruction Tour	Kinzua Viaduct After Reconstruction
Lyceum Theatre Smethport, PA	original McKean County Jail Smethport, PA	Port Allegany City Hall Port Allegany, PA	First National Bank Port Allegany, PA
Henry Hamlin's Bank Smethport, PA

Smethport Garage	Pickersgill Bakery Smethport, PA	Kittridge Opera House Smethport, PA

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"SMETHPORT & Surrounding McKean County HISTORY
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Planet Smethport

c/o Ross Porter - Planet Smethport Project Director
Hamlin Memorial Library
P.O. Box 422 Smethport, Pennsylvania US 16749

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