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Life and Customs in Meadville, 1842
Meadville’s Diamond Park as it may have looked in the early 1800s In the central part of a letter headed Meadville, Dec 18th, 1842, my great, great grandmother Agnes Kennedy (née Craig), described her life...
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Meadville’s Other Major College
The Unitarian College, 1908 From the mid 1800’s up through the early 1900’s Meadville had not just one college in the city, but two–Allegheny College and the Meadville Theological School. This was unique as most...
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Mary Jane Tryon’s Intriguing Quilt
Mary Jane Tryon Somewhere in the 1840’s, Mary Jane Tryon made a quilt. As she sat piecing together the small, intricate blocks, she could never have imagined the impact her quilt would have 168 years...
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Shadows of the Past
On December 7, 2015, the Crawford County Historical Society took ownership of the James and Elizabeth Tarr Mansion, thus saving it from planned demolition. In that moment, thanks largely to the support of the community,...
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Eleanor Davies and Recollections of Life at the Baldwin-Reynolds House
The Baldwin-Reynolds visible from the pond in the spring months Eleanor Davies is one of Meadville’s oldest residents and was a personal friend of John and Katherine Reynolds. She was the speaker at the museum’s...
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Two Fires: Demise of the Cullum House
When fire damaged the three-story apartment house at 390 Liberty Street in January of 2014, many were surprised to learn it was nearly 200 years old and had survived a similar fire 70 years ago....
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Old Grey: The Tale of the Reisinger Rifle
Editor’s Notes: James Monroe (“Roe”) Reisinger’s family came to the French Creek area from Lancaster via Beaver County. Descended from Hessian immigrants who arrived about 1750, the family settled in the 1840s along French and...
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