Results of the Chesapeake Bay Mapping Initiative in Pennsylvania

A few years ago, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), in collaboration with the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay and the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership, launched an ambitious project called the Chesapeake Mapping initiative (CMI). The purpose of the project was to identify and map older and historic places that reflect African American history in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.

The project in Pennsylvania focused on adding new resources in the southcentral counties in the watershed: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York. The National Trust also has summaries of the Maryland and Virginia projects.

NTHP hired a team of consultants to develop and execute a crowdsourcing platform and survey to identify places within that 7-county region associated with African American history and culture. The crowdsourcing platform, which used a custom WikiMap, was paired with public meetings to encourage participation and raise awareness about the project. Survey work was completed using Surveyor to add new places to PA-SHARE.

Members of the public contributed over 200 entries to the WikiMap. Knowledgeable local experts contributed their time and expertise to this National Trust project and without their assistance, the project wouldn’t have been able to capture as much information as it did. PA SHPO appreciates their time and contributions.

Of the 200+ identified locations, the consultant team identified 126 places for additional work: 52 places and six historic districts were surveyed and added as new resources to PA-SHARE, 47 places and six historic districts had existing records in PA-SHARE and these records were updated with this new information, and 15 were identified as potential archaeological sites.

Following is a table of the buildings and historic districts that were surveyed or supplemented from crowdsourced contributions. If you are curious about any of these places and would like to learn more, you can search for them by resource name in PA-SHARE following these steps (more detailed search instructions are available on PHMC’s website):

1. Go to https://share.phmc.pa.gov/pashare/landing. If you already have a PA-SHARE account, sign in. If you don’t, click “Register for an Account” to quickly create a free Basic account from the PA-SHARE landing page. If you don’t want to create a free account, click “Proceed as Guest” and follow the instructions. Please note that Guest and Basic users have limited data views and access to attachments.
2. Once in PA-SHARE, click on “Search” near the upper left corner of your monitor. Search will open the “Quick” search fields by default on the left side of your monitor.
3. Find “Resource Name” about halfway down the list.
4. Copy the resource name from the table below and paste it into the “Resource Name” field.
5. Click Search.
6. All resources that match that that name will appear in the results grid below the map. Select the resource in the grid and click on the GoTo icon to open the resource record.

Note: There may be instances where you’ll see several places listed in the grid with that resource name. If that occurs, scroll down to the end of the grid results and select the place that has the same municipality and county shown in the table below.

Chesapeake Mapping Initiative: Field Surveyed Properties in Pennsylvania

Resource Name	Address	Municipality	County
Abraham Brian Farm	Hancock Avenue	Cumberland Township	Adams
Gettysburg Hotel	1 Lincoln Square	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Herrigan House	428 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Armstrong House	226 Lincoln Lane	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Becker House and Store	245-249 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
137 South Washington Street	137 South Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
256 South Washington Street	256 South Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
268 South Washington Street	268 South Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
270 South Washington Street	270 South Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
414 South Washington Street	414 South Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Clay House	85 West Stevens St	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Devan House	415 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Dr. Basil Biggs House	155 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Drowry House	124 West Middle Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Erb House	210 W. Middle Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Foster House	135 West High Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Gantz House	261 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Hankey's Grocery Store	201 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Herrigan House	344 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Hopkins House	219 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Jackson House	320 (326) S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Jenkins House	215 W. High Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
King House	315 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Mathews House	211 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
McGee/Penn House	231 W. High Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Roberts House	253 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Smith House and Garage	241 S. Washington Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Thomas House	225-227 W. High Street	Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Third Ward Historic District		Gettysburg Borough	Adams
Huntington Friends Meeting House	300 Quaker Church Road	Latimore Township	Adams
Menallen Friends Meeting House	1107 Carlisle Road	Menallen Township	Adams
Cyrus Griest Farm	370 Quaker Valley Road	Menallen Township	Adams
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District		Mount Joy Township, Highland Township, Mount Pleasant Township, Cumberland Township, Straban Township, Gettysburg Borough, Freedom Township	Adams
St. Paul AME Zion Church			Adams
Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad		Multiple	Chester, Lancaster, Montgomery, Delaware, Philadelphia
Cumberland County Courthouse	2 Court House Square	Carlisle Borough	Cumberland
Pine Grove Furnace			Cumberland
Brown House	267 Briggs Street	Harrisburg City	Dauphin
First Zion AME Church		Middletown Borough	Dauphin
Judytown		Steelton Borough	Dauphin
Midland Cemetery	206 Kelker Street	Swatara Township	Dauphin
Mary Ritner's Boarding House	225 East King Street	Chambersburg Borough	Franklin
Lebanon Cemetery		Chambersburg Borough, Hamilton Township	Franklin
Caledonia State Park: Office Building	PA 233	Greene Township	Franklin
St. Paul AME Church	30 West King Street	Waynesboro Borough	Franklin
Christiana Machine Company	11 Green Street	Christiana Borough	Lancaster
Zion Hill		Columbia Borough	Lancaster
First National Bank	170 Locust Street	Columbia Borough	Lancaster
Columbia Historic District		Columbia Borough, West Hempfield Township	Lancaster
Fulton Opera House	12 N Prince St.	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Lancaster County Courthouse	43 E King St.	Lancaster City	Lancaster
National Caramel Company Factory	453 S Lime St.	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Crispus Attucks Community Center	404 S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Trinity Lutheran Church	31 S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Lydia Hamilton Smith House	23 E. Vine Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Charles Moton House	515 Howard Avenue	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Saint James Episcopal Church	103 N. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Lancaster YWCA	110 N. Lime Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Barney Ewell Park	446 S. Christian Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Barney Ewell Plaza	123 N. Queen Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Conestoga Elks	452 S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Dr. Copper House and Office	420 S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Mr. Vic’s Family Styling	442 S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Polite Family Home	540 North Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Shreiner-Concord Cemetery	242 W. Chestnut Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Thaddeus Stevens House and Office	45 S. Queen Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
Urban Redevelopment in Southeast Lancaster	S. Duke Street	Lancaster City	Lancaster
S. Duke Street African American Commercial District		Lancaster City	Lancaster
Stevens Greenland Cemetery	1000 S. Duke Street	Lancaster Township, Lancaster City	Lancaster
Lancaster City Historic District (additional documentation)		Lancaster Township, Lancaster City, Manheim Township	Lancaster
Stone Arch Bridge	E. of Green Street	West Sadsbury Township, Christiana Borough	Lancaster
Anthracite/Goosetown		Cornwall Borough	Lebanon
Ono Cemetery	27 Main Street	East Hanover Township	Lebanon
St. John’s AME Church	1244 Walnut Street	Lebanon City	Lebanon
Cumberland Street Historic District		Lebanon City	Lebanon
Washington Street Neighborhood		Lebanon City	Lebanon
Mount Lebanon Cemetery	235 Maple Street	North Lebanon Township, Lebanon City	Lebanon
Fawn AME Zion Church Cemetery	177 Alum Rock Road	Fawn Township	York
Fawn AME Zion Church	177 Alum Rock Road	Fawn Township	York
Truman Fells Farm	19022 Five Forks Road	Hopewell Township	York
Mt. Olive Cemetery/River Hills Cemetery		Lower Chanceford Township	York
Chanceford AME Church Cemetery	Fulton Road	Lower Chanceford Township	York
Schley Alley Cemetery	Schley Alley / Pump Street	Manchester Township, North York Borough	York
Redlands Friends Meeting House	700 Old Quaker Road	Newberry Township	York
Baptiste Farm		Newberry Township	York
Joseph Garretson Farm		Newberry Township	York
Lebanon Cemetery		North York Borough, Manchester Township	York
Trinity AME Zion Cemetery	Pikes Peak Road	Peach Bottom Township	York
York Historic District		Spring Garden Township, York City	York
Mt. Pisgah Burial Grounds/Stone Church Cemetery		Wrightsville Borough	York
1897 Iron Bridge Piers	Susquehanna River	Wrightsville Borough, West Hempfield Township	York
Beth Israel Synagogue/Holy Chapel Church of God in Christ	129 S. Beaver Street	York City	York
48 E Market St.	48 E Market St.	York City	York
116 E King St.	116 E King St.	York City	York
Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum	123 East Philadelphia Street	York City	York
William Penn Senior High School	101 W College Ave	York City	York
Bethel AME Church		York City	York
105/107 South Duke Street	105/107 South Duke Street	York City	York
221 E. King Street	221 E. King Street	York City	York
Bracey House	215 S. Penn Street	York City	York
Chapman House	135 S. Queen Street	York City	York
Crispus Attucks Community Center	605 S. Duke Street	York City	York
Dr. Bowles House	145 S. Duke Street	York City	York
Emmanuel Church of God in Christ	825 E. Princess Street	York City	York
Goodridge Barber Shop	106 (110) N. Duke Street	York City	York
International Athletic Club	139 S. Newberry Street	York City	York
Robinson House	457 Salem Avenue	York City	York
Shiloh Baptist Church/Truth Tabernacle Seventh Day Adventist Church	617 E. Princess Street	York City	York
Stephens Agency	250 S. Harrison Street	York City	York
Voni B Grimes Gym	125 E. College Avenue	York City	York
Frey’s Avenue Redevelopmemt		York City	York