Washington Street (looking South from High Street) in Waynesburg

Name/Title

Washington Street (looking South from High Street) in Waynesburg

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.56

Description

Washington Street (looking South from High Street) in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The edge of the Greene County Courthouse can be seen in the left-foreground and the church steeple is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mary Beth Pastorius, local historian, contributed that the first structure south of the alley on the right is the blacksmith shop of Joseph Wiley Jr., the brother of her great-great-grandfather James Wiley. The building on this site as of 2012, is Baily Insurance and was earlier the first location of First Federal.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1876

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Greene County Courthouse (Waynesburg, Pa.), Waynesburg (Pa.)--Church buildings--Methodist Episcopal Church, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Washington Street, Wiley family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN027-0001-0032

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Greene County Places Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection, Waynesburg - Places - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Notes

Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. Source Citation: Washington Street (looking South from High Street) in Waynesburg, item no. GCHS-AN027-0001-0032, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).