A souvenir commemorative plate issued in 1967 for Elizabethville Sesquicentennial, 1817-1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Clockwise, starting at the top, the plate features the following buildings and scenes:
- Old Stone Church, built in 1835 to provide worship facilities for the Salem Lutheran and Reformed Churches
- Memorial Park
- The Eisenhower home erected in 1834 by Jacob Frederick Eisenhower, grandfather of former President Eisenhower.
- School House built in 1894
- East Main Street looking west from Moore Street in 1908
- First house built prior to the founding of the town in 1807. It’s still standing on the southwest corner of Bender Street and West Main Street
- “The Corner Store,” Market and West Main Streets, built by Joseph Bender in 1858, has served the public for over 100 years
- Memorial Park
The Elizabethville Area Historical Society has a limited number of these plates available for sale. The historical society web site has details on how to order.
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