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WHEREAS, The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg, in the County of Westmoreland, and the Borough of Bunker Hill, two boroughs, duly incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. are adjacent and are of such compact and contiguous territory as to form one muni- cipal division, and
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH. West Second Street. Erected 1891.
WHEREAS. The said boroughs are desirons of being consolidated into one borough, so that all the property. rights, franchises and privileges now vested in both of said boroughs may be transferred and vested in the new borough formed by such consoli- dation, as provided by Act of Assembly, approved the 6th day of June, 1893, entitled "An Act to provide for the consolidation of boroughs and the government and regula- tion thereof,"
Now this joint agreement, made and concluded this 29th day of January, A D. 1894, by and between the Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg. in the County of Westmoreland, of the one part and the Borough of Bunker Hill, of the other, witnessetb that it is hereby agreed that the aforesaid Boroughs, to-wit: The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg, in the County of West- moreland, and the Borongb of Bunker Hill shall be consolidated into one Borough and shall embrace all the territory now comprised in both of the Boroughs aforesaid.
That the Borough formed by such consolidation shall be known as "The Borough of Greensburg."
That said Borough of Greensburg. so formed by said consolidation, shall be divid- ed into five wards, the territorial boundaries of which shall be as follows:
Ward number one shall embrace all that portion of the present Borough of Greens- burg which is situated west of Main Street and north of Pittsburg Street.
Ward number two shall embrace all that portion of the present Borough of Greensburg which is situated east of Main Street and north of Pittsburg Street.
Ward number three shall embrace all that portion of the present Borough of Greensburg which is situated east of Main Street and sonth of Pittsburg Street.
Ward number four shall embrace all that portion of the present Borough of Greensburg situated west of Main Street and south of Pittsburg Street.
Ward number five sball embrace all the territory now embraced in the present Borough of Bunker Hill
That this agreement shall be submitted to the qualified electors of each of the said Boroughs, on Tuesday. 20th of February, 1994, which election shall be held by the regularly constituted election officers in and for said Boroughs, and in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this Commonwealth regulating elections by the people.
In witness whereof, the Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg, in the County of Westmoreland, has caused this agreement to be signed by its Chief Burgess, and attested by the Town Clerk and has caused its coporate seal to be here- unto affixed, and the Borough of Bunker Hill has caused this agreement to be signed by its Burgess and attested by the Secretary of the Town Council and has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed.
J. COVODE REED. Chief Burgess of the Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg, in the County of Westmoreland.
A. G MARSH. Town Clerk.
G. W. MILLER. Bnrgess of Borough of Bunker Hill. J. H. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
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In conformity with the provisions of the foregoing agree- ment, a vote was taken at the general election on Tuesday, February 20, 1894, in both boroughs on the proposition for consolidation. The result of the ballot in Greensburg was as follows :
RESIDENCE OF MR. J. RAPPE MYERS. North Main Street. [ 107 ]
WARDS.
1
2
3
4 Total.
For consolidation.
182
80 61
129-452
Against consolidation.
61
37 48
87-233
Annexed was the expression of the electors of Bunker Hill borough :
For consolidation 150
Against consolidation 14
It being evident that a very large majority of the citizens desired that thereafter the two bor- oughs should be one, and the same being officially reported to the Chief Executive of the Common- wealth, the union was consummated in the form sub- joined :
LETTERS PATENT-Greensburg and Bunker Hill-Consolida- tion: In the name and by the authority of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Department.
To All Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting :
WHEREAS, In and by an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth. entitled, "An Act to provide for the con- solidation of Boroughs and the government and regulation thereof," approved the 6th day of June, A. D. 1893, it is inter alia provided in the first section thereof that two or more Bor- oughs, duly incorporated under the laws of this Common- wealth. of such compact and contignons territory as to form one principal division, may he consolidated into one Borough. And it is further provided, in section two of said Act that the Town Council of each Borough may enter into a joint agree- ment, under the corporate seals of each Borough for the con- solidation thereof; and that such agreement shall be submitt- ed to the qualified electors of each of the said Boronghs at an election to be held therein, provided the returns of which election shall be endorsed upon the joint agreement, and the agreement so adopted, or a certified copy thereof, with all its
endorsements, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Com- monwealth, and, upon the filing thereof, the Governor shall cause letters patent to be issued, under the great seal of the State, erecting the said consolidated Boroughs into one corporation, by the name set forth in the joint agreement: and
WHEREAS, It appears from the certified copy of the joint agreement entered into by The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borongh of
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM C. PEOPLES, ESQ. North Main Street.
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Greensburg, of the County of Westmoreland, and the Borough of Bunker Hill, for the consolidation of said Boroughs, together with the returns of the election held for the ratification of said joint agreement by the election of said Boroughs, on the 20th day of February. A. D. 1894. as filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. that a majority of the electors of each of said Boroughs, voted in favor of the ratification of said joint agreement; and
WHEREAS, The requirements of the above recited Act of the General Assembly have been fully complied with hy the said The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Greensburg, in the County of Westmoreland and the Borough of Bunker Hill.
Now, therefore, know ye that I, Robert E. Pattison. Gov- ernor of the said Commonwealth. in compliance with the provisions of the said Act of the General Assembly. and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do by these presents, which I have caused to be made patent and sealed with the great seal of the State, hereby constitute and erect the said consolidated Boroughs into one corporation and do hereby constitute the same a body corporate and politic by the name, style and title of The Borough of Greensburg, and by the same name to be vested with all the rights, power and privi- leges. with full force and effect and subject to all the duties. requirements and restrictions specified and enjoined in and by the said Act of the General Assembly, approved the Gth day of June. A. D. 1893.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg this 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and of the Commonwealth the one hundred and eighteenth.
ROBERT E. PATTISON, [L. s.] By the Governor, A. L. TILDEN, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Borough Officers,
In the succeeding pages are presented the names of borough officials, provided for under the "old chart-
er," so far as they have been obtained, from the incor- poration of Greensburg, in 1799, to the year 1894, when the consolidation with Bunker Hill took place. Although the list is not complete, it is as nearly so as much patient labor and wide research could make it. The minute book of the
Board of Burgesses, prior to 1858, has been missing for a number of years. Moreover, the records of the Quarter Sessions court do not contain the names of the borough officials elected annually as seemingly intended in Section 3 of the Act incorporating the borough :
Year
CHIEF BURGESS.
BURGESS.
ASSISTANT BURGESSES.
TOWN CLERK.
HIGH CONSTABLE.
1799 George Armstrong.
Simon Drum ..
Jacob Hugus. Robert, Cooper, Thomas McGuire ...
John Morrison .. . .
Alexander Stewart ..
1800 Joseph Cook.
Robert Cooper
John Hanna, James Brady, Robert Graham.
John Morrison.
Alexander Stewart ..
1801 George Armstrong.
John Wells.
Henry Coulter. Henry Weaver, Andrew McCulley ..
John Morrison.
Alexander Stewart.
1802|John Young.
Peter Horbach
Simon Drum, Daniel Bacon, Nathaniel Williams
Nathaniel George.
Simon Singer.
1803 George Armstrong
John Young .. .
John Kuhns, Daniel Bacon, Andrew McCulley
John M. Snowden
Simon Singer.
1811 Simon Drum, Jr ..
John Wells ..
Simon Singer. Samuel Guthrie. Robert Williams
John M. Snowden
Simon Singer.
1812 George Armstrong
Samuel Gutbrie.
John B. Alexander, Abraham Horbach, John Williams
Walter Forward.
Simon Singer
1813 Abraham Horbach.
Simon Singer
THE KELLY & JONES COMPANY'S MANUFACTURING PLANT. South Greensburg.
Year CHIEF BURGESS.
BURGESS.
ASSISTANT BURGESSES.
TOWN CLERK.
HIGH CONSTABLE.
1814 John Wells.
John Kuhns
John Fleeger, Wm. S. Graham, Robert Graham
Richard Coulter
Simon Singer
1815 John Kuhns.
John Wells ..
Robert Graham. Jacob Kerns, Simon Singer.
Richard Coulter
1816 John Wells
John B. Alexander.
Samuel Singer. Jacob Kern, John Kuhns.
Richard Coulter.
1817 John Wells ..
John B. Alexander.
Robert Williams, John Fleeger, Samuel Singer John Fleeger. Robert Williams ...
William Friedt.
1819 Richard Coulter
James Brady
Jacob Turney, Robert. Williams. John Kuhns.
Jacob M. Wise Jacob M. Wise ..
John Williams
1821 Richard Coulter
David Maclean.
Jacob Turney. Peter Fleeger, W'm. Johnston.
Peter Fleeger, Frederick Macklin, William Herwiek.
Dr. John Morrison
Dr. Jno. Morrison.
1825 Richard Coulter
A. W. Foster
Jabob Turney, Jehu Taylor, John Fleeger.
Dr. Jno. Morrison.
John B. Hornish
Lewis Morford.
Lewis Morford.
John Y. Barclay.
Arthur Carr, Randal MeLaughlin. F. A. Wise. Arthur Carr, Abraham Horbach. John Kuhns.
Dr. Jno. Morrison.
1830 John Y. Barclay
Richard Coulter
John Kuhns, Arthur Car, Abraham Horbach
Dr. John Morrison
1836 John Y. Barclay 1837 Randal MeLaughlin
Jacob M. Wise.
James Goodlin, Sammuel Kuhns. William Ramsey
Randal Mclaughlin, John Kuhns, Thomas Armstrong Randal MeLaughlin. John Kuhns, Thomas Armstrong John Kuhns. Samuel Kuhns. Joseph Russell. Benj. Highberger, Jacob S. Steck, Thomas L. Drum .. Dr. S. P Brown, Simon Cort, John Kuhns .. H. Gilchrist, J. L. Turney.
Jacob M. Wise, James Goodlin.
D. K. Marchand, Hugh Arters, Henry Kettering. Israel Uncapher. D W. Shryoek, H. D. Foster .. Edgar Cowan. S. S Turney, Jno. Armstrong. Jr.
James C. Clarke
James C. Clarke.
James C. Clarke.
James C. Clarke.
John Loor.
John W. Turney
Alex. MeKinney.
C. II. Stark Henry Kettering. Israel Uneapher James C. Clarke. C. H. Stark J. A. Marchand Simon Detar. Samuel Alwine. C. R. Painter Samuel Alwine. J. H. Welty. John M. Smith Samnel Alwine, Sr R. W. Singer .. Lewis T. Bolt .. H. S. Coshey. Samuel Alwine.
F. Y. Clopper, Lawrence Winsheimer, Eli Fisher, James F. Woods. John D. Coflin, Samuel Alwine .. William Dixon, William M. Given. A. A. Stewart. E. J. Keenan, A. A. Stewart, Thos. Donohoe. Z. P. Bierer. G. A. Allison, R. W. Singer. J. J. Hazlett, Cornelius Miller, Adam Baer. W. F. Rock, D. J. Cline, John M. Smith.
R. M. Reed, John H. Highberger, Peter Welsh Frank Sarver. D. J. Cline, James H. Welly. Joseph Bowman, Eli Beek, George L. Turney. R. M. Reed. John Kuhns. C. H. Stark. Solomon Tranger, W. H. Hacke. Simon H. Baker. Lewis Kline, F. V. B. Laird. Lucien Clawson. J. W. Turney. William Dixon. F. V. B. Laird. James K. Stuart, Peter Sipes, Joseph Bowman. John Kuhns. J. F. Dick, Lucien Clawson. . . A. B. Brown, F. Y. Clopper, J. C. McCausland. [ 110 ]
H. C. Marchand Andrew Ross ... Reuben Shrum. Reuben Shram. Renhen Shrum Reuben Shrum Reuben Shrum Caleb A. Steck Caleb A. Steck John L. Fishel. A. G. Marsh A. G. Marsh J. M. Laird. W. K. Wise. W. C. Holmes J. M. Laird. J. A. Marchand. F. V. B. Laird John I. Fishel. F. S. Rock . Thomas MeCabe. Thomas MeCabe.
John Langhrey
1852 Daniel Welty
John Laughrey
John Linghrey John Bricker ..
Michael Hawk.
Jeremiah King Samuel Stump, Jeremiah King. Jeremiah King. Geo. W. Long .. Peter Everett. Dan'l Hawk Thos. Poulson Peter Everett. Peter Everett ..
Carl Myers. Carl Myers Thomas Poulson. Cyrus MeQuaide. Cyrus McQuaide .. Charles Harkins. Alex. Stitt ...
Samuel West Samuel West.
1826 Richard Coulter. 1827 .John Y. Barclay 1828 Eli Coulter ..
Eli Coulter ..
F. A. Wise, Arthur Carr, Randal MeLaughlin
Dr. Ino. Morrison
Dr. John Morrison
Peter Fleeger. John Porter. John C. Williams.
Peter Bossart Peter Bossait.
1839 John Y. Barclay.
Dr. S. P. Brown.
Henry G. Kiehl.
1840 John Y. Barclay.
Dr S. P. Brown
Jacob Welty
1842 Joseph Russell
Henry G. Kichl.
1843 Jacob Welty
1844 John Armstrong 184: N. Y. Brady 1851 |Daniel Welty
Jehu Taylor Richard Coulter A. Rumbaugh H. Brenneman. S. B. Ramsey. . D K. Marchand
Jacob Weltv. William Mckinney. Jehu Taylor.
Dr. Jno. Morrison.
Dr. Ino. Morrison. Dr. John Morrison Dr. John Morrison H. C. Marchand. H. C. Marchand.
Henry G Kichl
1841 Richard Coulter.
Henry G. Kichl
lIenry G. Kich]
1853 Richard Coulter. 1854 Richard Coulter.
1855 Richard Coulter
1856 Henry Kettering 1857 Jas. C. Clarke ... 1858 Fas. C. Clarke ... 1859 Jno. W. Turney 1860 Jno. W. Turney 1851 Z. P. Bierer. 1869|4. P. Bierer. . 1863 Henry Kettering. 1864 Henry Kettering. 1865 Henry Welly.
1856 James C. Clarke. 1867 Jacob Turney. 1868 Henry Kettering 1869 James Borlin. 1870 Ira Ryan .. 1871 John M. Smith. 1872 L. Wiasheimer. 18:3 John L. Holmes. 1874 John M. Smith 1875 James Borlin. 1876 John M. Smith 1877 Philip Kuhns 1878 Hugh Ward. 1879 John M. Smith. 1880 James C. Clarke.
A. G. Marsh A. G. Marsh A. G Marsh. A. G. Marsh A. G. Marsh W. C. Loor .. W. C. Loor .. R. B. Patterson. R. B. Patterson F. U. Rohrer. J. A. Sampsel
Christian Drum. Daniel Grant Daniel Grant.
1818 John Kuhns.
Eli Coulter.
Daniel Grant.
Peter Fleeger, David Kuhns, George Shiras.
Alex. W. Foster.
Jehu Taylor. James Fleming. F. A. Wise.
Dr. Jno. Morrison
1829 Ali Coulter ..
John Y. Barclay,
John Kuhns,
Richard Coulter
1822 Richard Coulter 1823 Richard Coulter
Daniel Grant.
Edgar Cowan, John Armstrong, Jr., Samuel'S Turney Edgar Cowan, John Armstrong, Jr .. S. S. Turney Samuel Alwine, John Loor, W. H. Markle ..
Edward J. Keenan. C. R. Painter, Daniel Kistler, Jr. lohn Loor, Daniel Kistler. John Morrison. Daniel Kistler, Jr , Joseph Greer .. Z. P. Bierer.
Year
CHIEF BURGESS.
BURGESS.
ASSISTANT BURGESSES.
TOWN CLERK.
HIGH CONSTABLE.
1881 J. E. Gatehell.
John M. Smith
H. Byers Knhns, William Walthour. Charles Diehl.
..
James E Keenao.
Emanuel Noel.
1882 Z. P. Bierer
Jacob Turney.
P. S. Kuhns, Henry Laughrey, Joseph Tinman.
Jas. K Clarke
Alexander Stitt.
1883 Z. P. Bierer.
C. H. Stark ..
J. T. Kirkwood, Henry Laughrey, Alex. Gress.
G. E. Kuhns
Michael Hawk.
1884 S. R. Patterson
John M. Smith
J. R. Bell. J. W. B. Kemerer. Jno. Walthour.
C. R. Miller.
Carl Myers,
1885 H. S. Ackerman
Richard Coulter.
James C. Clarke. Edward Keenan, F. C. Gay
D. S. Ferguson.
Carl Myers ..
1886 L. W. Doty.
F. Y. Clopper.
Adam Turney, F. C. Gay. Alexander Eicher. G. E. Kuhns
Emanuel Noel.
1887 J. A. Marchand.
A. M Sloan
Charles F. Ehalt, James E. Keenan, R. A. F. Lyon
W. W. Keenan
Carl Myers.
1888 J. A. Marchand.
D. Musick
John Bomer, John Stoker. John B. Kuhns ..
Cyrus Gross.
Carl Myers.
1889 F. Y. Clopper.
A. M. Sloan
H. S. Coshey, Joseph Bowman. Gen. W. Kline
Cyrus Gross.
Carl Myers.
1890,John C. Keffer
O. R. Snyder
William Orr, Samuel Alwine, Sr , John M. Keener .... A. G. Marsh.
Carl Myers
Fear. Chief Burgess.
Burgess.
Assistant Burgesses.
1891|John B. Keenan. . |J. A. Marchand .. |
Alex. Gress. Daniel Bierer. ..
1892 F. C. Gay ...
Frank Goodlin ...
John Bomer, W. S. Byers ....
1893 J. Covode Reed. . . F. H. Bair.
L. Offutt, Henry Coshey, .....
1894 William Snite. .. . J. W. Pollins.
James Cochrane,.
Fear. Assistant Burgesses.
Town Clerk.
High Constable.
1891|John M. Keener.
A. G. Marsh.
John Wilhart .... .
1892 Samuel Bierer.
A. G. Marsh.
G. W. Hazlett ...
1893 Alex. Gress.
A. G. Marsh
G. W Hazlett ...
1894 Edward Donohoe, L. Offutt. A. G. Marsh.
John Wilhart ...
William Friedt was the first Tax Collector of the borough, acting in that capacity during the year 1801. The total amount of the tax duplicate, for borough purposes, in that year, was $122.87}. Simon Singer performed the duties of Collector, as as well as those of High Constable, in 1802. In that year the aggregate tax assessed was $250.71. This marked increase, over the preceding year, was evi- dently regarded as excessive, as the sum at no time during the ensuing eighteen ycars, reached $200. The greatest amount of the borough duplicate, from 1801 to 1845, was in the year 1830, when it attained the proportions of $297.96.
RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE W. GOOD. Alexander Street.
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DOITIST
DENTIST.
BROWN BUSINESS BUILDING. Main Street.
GREENSBURG SCHOOLS.
A Record of More Than One Hundred Years of Educational Effort,
N OTWITHSTANDING the perils and hardships which confronted the early settlers of Greensburg and vicinity, they were not in- sensible to the importance of providing some means of education for their children. The school house was built only a few years after the block house. Although many of the pioneers themselves had not enjoyed the advantages of schools (of forty applications for pensions, presented by Revolutionary war veterans to the Westmoreland courts, be- tween the years 1820 and 1830, which have come under the writer's notice, nineteen signed their names in English, five in German and sixteen made a mark) they were evidently unwilling that their offspring should be similarly deprived.
A log school house, of a type similar to that of the cabins of the first settlers, in and adjacent to Greensburg, was erected at an early period on the spot where the small brick building now stands, near the spring, iu the old St. Clair cemetery. It was built by a fund subscribed by residents of the neighborhood. While the exact time of the erection of the log school house is not known, there is good reason to believe that it was be- tween 1784 and 1787. In a deed (reproduced on another page of this vol- ume) conveying that ground to the Burgesses and inhabitants of the bor- ough of Greensburg, executed April 18, 1803. William Jack characterizes the log cabin as the "old school house."
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RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN S. SELL. Corner South Main Street and Maple Avenue.
One Thomas Holliday was a schoolmaster in this locality prior to 1788. In that year, as shown by an old account, he was paid £2 aud fifteen shil- lings for tuition by the administrators in the settlement of a decedent's estate. Michael Huffnagle and Robert McConnell (the former then Pro- thonotary and Clerk of the Courts, and owner of the lot now occupied by the Barclay office building) in a bill of goods bought of Wendel Keller. merchant, of McCallistertown. on September 1, 1789, purchased "twelve spelling books, twelve primers and twelve Dutch spelling books." A single man. named McQuoin, was a schoolmaster in and about Greensburg in 1789 and 1790. John McClelland, who settled in Greensburg in 1791. and resided here until his death in 1846. aged 92 years, was a schoolmaster and weaver. William Roseberry, who lived in this neighborhood in 1795 and 1798 was likewise a schoolmaster and engaged in that occupation.
In addition to the English school, conducted in the log cabin. there were also several German, or, as they were more commonly called, Dutch schools, in the vicinity of Greensburg, in 1788, and for many years there- after. One of the Dutch schools was situated about one mile southeast of the town. £ In 1839 a tract of land, including the ground on which the Dutch school house was located, was exposed to sale by the Sheriff. Some of the citizens of that neighborhood formally protested against the school house property being embraced in the proposed sale, setting up as a claim that it had been in possession of the patrons of the school for more than thirty years. The writer has seen an article of agreement, bearing date of April 8. 1799, indenturing a youth of this vicinity as an apprentice to the trade of a blacksmith, which bound his master to send the young man "four months to the Dutch school," during the term of his apprentice- ship.
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TLE
MASONIC TEMPLE. Erected 1871, Remodeled 1898. Main Street.
First School Exhibitions.
Immediately following the incorporation of Greensburg as a borough, the Burgesses were referred to as trustees of the log cabin school. Whether they were recognized as such merely by common consent, or were vested with that authority by some form of law, is a matter that cannot now be readily deter- mined. It is known, however, that the Burgesses acted in that capacity after the transfer of the lot on which the school house was located, April 18, 1803, by virtue of it then being borough prop- erty. The humble structure was sub- sequently always designed as the "Bor- ough school house."
James McLean announced in The Farmers' Register, on May 10, 1800, that "A Grammar or Latin and Greek school has been opened at or adjoining the borough of Greensburg, (on Mon- day. the 28th of April last), under the care and tuition of the subscriber, who GREENSBURG'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE. Erected About 1785. will. if applied to, board his pupils." On April 15, 1801, this information was laid before the citizens of Greensburg. through the medium of The Register:
"A quarterly examination of the scholars of the grammar school, under the tuition of Mr. McLean, will be held on Tuesday, the 16th instant, at the school house in this borough; and on the day following, they will deliver orations on various subjects in the Court House. The exhibition will commence precisely
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at 12 o'clock. The presence of the trustees, and the friends of literature is requested."
By the same journal the public was furnished with the fol- lowing intelligence, on February 13, 1802:
"The trustees and friends of classical learning are requested to attend a quarterly examination of the scholars of the Greensburg grammar school, at the school house, on Thursday, the 16th instant; and, on the day following orations, on various subjects, will be delivered in the Court House by the young gentlemen. The ex- hibition to begin at 12 o'clock."
Deed for "The Commons."
A copy of the deed, already referred to, trans- ferriug "The Commons," as the lot embracing the Borough school house was popularly known for a half century, is presented below at length:
Know all men by these presents that I. William Jack, of Hempfield township, Westmoreland county. Pa., Esquire. being desirous to promote the welfare of the borough of Greensburg, have given and do hereby give, grant and confirm to the Burgesses and Inhabitants of the said Borough of Greensburg, in the County of Westmoreland, all that lot or piece of ground within the said borough, beginning at a post on Front street, thence north fifteen degrees west sixty feet; thence north seventy-five degrees east two hundred and fifteen feet: thence south fifteen degrees east sixty feet; thence south seventy-five degrees west two hundred and fifteen feet to the beginning, containing forty-nine perches and two-tenths parts of a perch of land, to-
GREENSBURG'S OLDEST (STANDING) CHURCH BUILDING. Corner South Main and West Fourth Street. Covenanter Church. Erected 1820.
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gether with the use and benefit of the spring adjacent to'said lot and free right and passage thereto, being the same lot which was hereto- fore appropriated for the use of a school and upon which a log tene- ment house was erected by and at the expense of the Inhabitants of the said borongh and of its vicinity.
RESIDENCE OF MR. JAMES A. BENNETT.
Corner East Pittsburg Street and Talbott Avenue.
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Also, all that certain other lot or piece of land, within the bounds of the said borough as laid out in the Act of Assembly erecting the same, beginning at a post, thence north eighty-eight degrees west one hun- dred and ninety-eight feet, north thirteen degrees west one hundred and sixty-five feet and one-half foot to a post in the line between the said William Jack's land and William Best's, thence south eighty-eight degrees west by a lot. given by the said Best to the said borough, two hundred and thirty-five feet. thence south two degrees west one hundred and sixty-five feet and a half to the place of beginning. containing one hundred and thirty-one perches. To Have and To Hold the said first described lot to the said Burgesses and Inhabitants to and for the use of them and their successors forever for the purpose of erecting, when convenient, thereon a house and other proper buildings for the instruction and educa- tion of the youth and the accommodation of the teacher who may be employed. reserving nevertheless the rights of the Inhabitants and others, subscribers to the old school house, until the same be waste and unfit for that use, and To Have and To Hold the said described lot to the said Burgesses and Inhabitants to and for the use of them and their successors forever to erect thereon as soon as con- venient a house for the public worship of Almighty God, the administration of the sacraments of the Christian Re- ligion and preaching from the sacred Scriptures of Truth, not less than sixty feet square, to be set apart as a site, on the southwesterly part of the said lot, for the said house of worship and ground adjoining, and the residue of the said lot for a place of burial of the dead
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