Fred D Smith Collection of Photos of Spring Street

Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

The Fred D. Smith Collection of Photos and Postcards One Block West of the Diamond: Spring Street

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North Spring Street, Bellefonte, PA
Spring Street, looking north from near Howard Street. Fred D Smith Collection

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Quaker Meeting House ~1900

on Stoney Batter, just off Spring. Built in 1831 and used until World War I. Now the Knights of Columbus

The home of Daniel Bush on S. Spring St. between Bishop and High. Go to the Virtual Walking Tour, Stop 30, Bush Residence, to see how it looks today.

The Bush Home on Spring St. was remodeled for the Markland Hotel, and later for the VFW.

Former house at the NE corner of Bishop and Spring, destroyed in 1961 for a gas station. Many historic structures were lost in that period.

This was the home of Henry Brockherhoff, builder of the Brockerhoff Hotel and a wealthy merchant, banker, and landowner. The front door of the house was rescued and now is at the State Museum of Pennsylvania.

Old Post Office

100 block of N. Spring

Methodist Church

at Howard and Spring

First Presbyterian Church at Spring and Howard Sts.

First church building in Bellefonte. Originally a simple structure, it was remodeled in 1839 to a Greek Revival style, but torn down and replaced in 1868.