1892 - Central Park Law Building - Johnstown, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 40° 19.567 W 078° 55.113
17T E 676830 N 4466033
Central Park Law Building formerly the Grand Army of the Republic Hall is a historic clubhouse built in 1892 by Union Veterans of the Civil War to replace an earlier building destroyed by the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Waymark Code: WMFPH3
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 1

This is a small three story building. There are 3 arches along the front. The center arch give the date of the building construction, 1893. The left and right arch says Post 30. Above the center arch are the letters G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic).

A plaque on the building reads:
Central Park Law Building
Formerly
The Grand Army of the Republic Hall
Built in 1892 by Union Veterans of the Civil War
To replace an earlier structure
Destroyed in the Johnstown Flood of 1889
Has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior.


Address:
132 Gazebo Park
Johnstown, PA USA
15901
Year of construction: 1893

Full inscription:
1893


Cross-listed waymark: Not listed

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