Sunday, September 18, 2011

Thank you, WPA

It turns out that the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey includes at least two structures that had significance to my family's history. Accessible through the Library of Congress are photographs and architectural plans of  "The Old Brick Church", which still stands in Wysox, Pennsylvania and the Kintner Mill, only a portion of which exists today.


William Jennings and Harriet Strope (my 3rd great-grandparents) were married in the Wysox Church in the 1850's (the exact date is not in front of me presently). The Kintner Mill which operated in North Mehoopany, Pennsylvania was owned by the Jennings Family for many years. I have been to both sites, but never inside.

Old Brick Church, State Road 187, Wysox, Pennsylvania
More information about the church can be found starting here.
Kintner Mill, North Mehoopany, Pennsylvania
More information about the mill can be found starting here.