Honors Program
Honors Student Local History Research
Research conducted by students of the Honors Program enrolled in the courses "Landmarks and Legends: Learning Local History" & "Elizabethtown History: Campus and Community." Research conducted by History majors in the Public Heritage Minor Program. Research findings include the history of Elizabethtown Borough, Elizabethtown College Campus, and the Marietta National Historic District & Chickies National Historic District.
Elizabethtown Historic Walking Tour: Student Historic Property Reports
- Bishop Residence
- Boll's Brewhouse
- Buch Residence
- Byrod - Hertzler Residence
- C. E. Urban Loyal Order of the Moose No. 596
- C. E. Urban Elizabethtown High School
- C. E. Urban Telephone Building
- Captain Thomas Harris Sign of the Bear Tavern
- Cassius Emlen Urban
- Charles Stephan Ice Company
- Clinton Falkenstein Residence and Shop
- Coble Residence
- College Students Document Architectural History
- Dissinger, Garman, and Groff Shop
- Drace-Matesevac Residence
- Elizabethtown High School Designed by Cassius Emlen Urban
- Fisher's Corner
- Friendship Fire Company
- Forney Garage
- Gish-Miller Residence
- Geise, Grubb, and Groff Businesses
- Groff Residence and Butcher Shop
- Heisey Hall and Treichler Masonic Lodge
- Hershey-Boyer Residence
- Hertzler Brothers Department Store
- History of Elizabethtown Fire Company
- History of Masonic Lodge and Village in Elizabethtown
- History of Mills in Elizabethtown
- History of the Elizabethtown Community Park
- History of the Roman Catholic Church in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
- Horst Hall
- Jamison Grimes Building
- Keller, Garmen, and Lutz Businesses
- Keller-Gish Residence
- Klein Chocolate Baseball Team
- Kreider Shoe Elizabethtown Garment Factory
- Market Street Bridge
- Olweiler-Needham Store
- Pennsylvania Hospital for Crippled Children
- Phoenix Hotel
- Poplar Street Bridge
- Redsecker Residence
- Redsecker-Keller-Olweiler Residence
- Redsecker-Olweiler Residence
- The Grubbs, The Colemans, and The Iron Industry in Elizabethtown
- The History of Banking in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
- The History of Taverns in Elizabethtown
- The Klein Family and Klein Chocolate Factory
- Ulrich, Wenger, Zarfoss Building
- Underground Railroad in Elizabethtown
- Wagner Martin Building
- Wagner, Redsecker, Ulrich Building
- Walker Odd Fellows
- Wealand-Miller Residence
- West High Street Bridge
- Westafer Residence
- Wilke, Charleroy, Kurtz Residence
- Withers-Olweiler Residence
Elizabethtown College History Map:
Student Authored Biographical Essays About College Founders & Leaders
- Annenberg, Walter
- Austin, Joan
- Baugher, A. C.
- Beahm, Isaac Newton Harvey
- Bowers, Kenneth L.
- Brethren Heritage of Elizabethtown College
- Brinser, David E.
- Brown, Walter E.
- Bucher, K. Ezra
- Bucher, Rufus P.
- College Students Document Architectural History
- Crocker, Richard Randolph
- Esbenshade, Elmer L.
- Falkenstein, George N.
- Fetzer, John E.
- Foreman, Isaac B.
- Frey, Abraham Lincoln
- Hackman, Vera
- Hamm, John Alfred
- Heisey, Abram G.
- Herr, Ira
- Herr, Jacob Z.
- Hershey Brothers: Jacob Nissley, Isaac Nissley, John Paris Nissley, Eli Nissley
- Hertzler Brothers Department Store Article
- Hertzler, Samuel
- Hertzog, Phares
- Hess, John Warren
- High, Sanford Dale
- History of Elizabethtown College
- Hoover, James B.
- Garb Law Article
- Graybill, Samuel Groff
- Groff, Benjamin G.
- Grubb, Paul M.
- Leffler, Carlos R.
- Masters, Frank Milton
- Meyer, Jacob Gibble
- Miller, Wayne L.
- Musser, Benjamin Garber
- Myer, Elizabeth
- Nicarry, Wayne A.
- Ober, Henry K.
- Plain Dress Article
- Plain Garb Article
- Raffensperger, Horrace P.
- Reber, Daniel C.
- Rider, Joseph P.
- Ritcher, Abner Augustus
- Royer, B. Mary
- Schlosser, Ralph W.
- Schreiber, V. Lester
- Steinman, John F.
- Thompson, Troy M.
- Wenger, Christian
- Young, Galen S.
- Ziegler, Jesse C.
- Zug, John
- Zug, Samuel R.
Historic Walking Tour of Marietta: Student Historic Property Reports
- Abraham Cassel Residence
- Alexander, Ingram, Rutherford, Carroll House
- Anderson - Nagle House
- Bailie, Eagle, Hiestand House
- Barr Spangler Residence
- Benjamin Long Tippling House, Marietta & Susquehanna Trading Company
- Benninghaus Tobacco Warehouse and Heistand Lumber
- Bernard J. & Mary Duffy Myers House
- Bink Meat Market & Slaughterhouse
- Bopp Westenheffer Cantor House
- Calvin A. Schaffner House (East)
- Calvin A. Schaffner House (West)
- Carpenter, McElroy, Roberts House
- Case - Musser House
- Cassel Stence Auxer Traub House
- Charles Spangler Residence
- Clark-Mehaffey Residence
- Coble Grosh House
- Colonel James & Martha Duffy Manse
- Compass and Square Inn
- Cooke, Bucher, Waller House
- Crim - Buchanan House
- Eby, Haur, Leese, Albano House
- E.D. Roath House Eagle's Nest
- Engle, O'Conner, Byers, States House
- Fletcher, Musser, Weaver Manse
- George L. Cassel Residence
- Gohn Rudisill Ramsey Zuch House
- Goodman - Bowman House
- Goodman, Houston, Heistand, Cornman, Brown House
- Goodman - Libhart House
- Grosh - Fairfax Residence
- Grosh Stibgen Summy House
- Grosh Summy Bucher Carroll House
- Haeffner - Miller Brewer's House
- Henry Cassel Residence
- Henry B. Cassel Residence
- Hiestand, Goodman Mansion, Wickersham Academy, Marietta Academy
- Hiestand - Hess - Kulman House
- Hiestand Lumber Company
- Hiestand Vanderslice Manse
- Hipple Bahn House
- Hipple - Baker House
- History of Marietta
- Hopkins, Hipple, Gleason, Kulman House
- Huston, Bowman, Hiestand Marietta Community House
- Huston McCleary House
- Indian Queen Hotel
- John W. Rich Residence
- Kendig - Glatz House
- Koehler Eppley House
- Kramer Eagle House
- Leader Heistand House
- Long, Shillow, Longenecker, Weaver House
- Marietta & Susquehanna Trading Compnay; United States Bank of Marietta
- Mathias Ranck House
- Mayer Bakery Cushman House
- Mehaffey - Grosh Residence
- Mehaffey - O'Brien House
- Musselman - Simons House
- Musselman, Watts, Simons Mansion
- Musser, Reich, Shumaker House
- Myers, Simons, Lombard Mansion
- Pennsylvania Canal Hotel and Ferry House
- Reichenbaugh - Schaffner Residence
- Reinhart - Libhart House
- Rinehart, Waller, Frey House
- Reuben Welshhan House
- Rigler - Vondersmith House
- Rinehart - Hinkle House
- Roath - Frey Building
- Roberts Tavern - Hipple Houses
- Rueben Armstrong House
- Rusing, Spangler, Schlosser House
- Schaffner House
- Sheidley - Mack Brewmaster's House
- Sheidley, Mack, Mouk Brewery Park Hall
- Shelley, Huston, Cresswell House: “Westerly on The Square”
- Shoenberger & Musselman Mansion
- Snyder - Bell House
- St. John's Hotel & Hotel Marietta
- Stahl Sagris House
- Steckler - Chummy House
- Stibgen - Erisman House
- Stibgen - Musselman Manse
- Stibgen Rectory of St. John's Episcopal Church
- Sultzbach, Mountain, Lombard, Stoner House
- Sunnybank Hiestand Manse
- Tinsley - Libhart House
- Watts Riverview Manse
- White Swan Tavern
- Whitehill - Erb House
- Whitehill - Spangler - Rich House
- Witmer's Cross Keys Hotel Marietta Bank Exchange
- Wolfersberger Maulick Houseal Raebuck House
- Zanker - Belle Residence
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