Old Court House - Shippensburg, PA
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N 40° 03.273 W 077° 30.771
18T E 285662 N 4436837
Marker noting the original courthouse in Cumberland County.
Waymark Code: WM39ZX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
Views: 42
The current county seat of Carlisle was not incorporated until 1751, so the need for a courthouse was filled by this building.
Marker text is as follows:
"Widow Piper's Tavern," used for Cumberland County court-sessions, 1750-51, until a court house was erected at Carlisle, the county seat. The house is now the home of the Shippensburg Civic Club.
Marker Name: Old Court House
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 11/18/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: E King St. (US 11) & Queen St., Shippensburg
Category: Buildings, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Taverns
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