First the bench from Sunday, then the pieces from Tuesday, now today the whole thing. What is it? It is the Spring Lot Gazebo on West King Street near Spring Street in Shippensburg, PA. The following is from a booklet called Olde Shippensburg by Matt Miller and Bill Burkhart (1980).
"The lot, which once contained a constantly flowing spring, was deeded to the Borough of Shippensburg on September 24, 1825 by Joseph Burd, the second proprietor of Shippensburg."
"The gazebo which still stands on the lot today was erected sometime in the late 1800's and a drinking fountain was installed there by the Borough in 1919. For many years the people of the town stopped by the spring for a cooling drink until a rumor that the water might be coming from under the Spring Hill Cemetery got started in the 1920's."
The spring also supplied water to the Smith Hotel (now Market Cross Pub) through water lines made of 10 inch yellow pine logs with a 3 inch bored hole through the center. This lasted into the 1950's.
Nice place for a family picture.
Haney, be careful what you believe that Bill wrote, I found doing my research on the SFD that 99% of the fire stuff he wrote was wrong. I think he just took peoples word for it when they told him something. I can verify everything I write about the SFD.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bradley
ReplyDeleteThat is why I quoted the book and listed who wrote this.