NORTH 2nd STREET, NEWPORT  PA

Meyers Residence & Busnesses were built by Sam Meyers in 1907 and the double building has been the family home and the Myers Funeral Home and Furniture Store since that time Meyers Residence & Busnesses were built by Sam Meyers in 1907 and the double building has been the family home and the Myers Funeral Home and Furniture Store since that time N2nd1_MyersStore.jpg (34381 bytes) N2nd1E3.jpg (39343 bytes) N2nd1E2.jpg (35987 bytes) Site of Blacksmith in1873. Victorian home built in 1880; was once a music store, food bank, card shop, restaurant

41 N 2ND-BUILT 1800S;HOME OF THE FETTERMANS WHO RAN A FERRY ACROSS THEJjUNIATA N2nd1W2.jpg (44225 bytes) N2nd1W3.jpg (30886 bytes) 57 N 2nd - Home thought to have been built prior to 1829. Past owners include Daniel Rider Keims, Rippmans. As the story goes the second floor was a hideout for slaves. Today it is Lowe's House of Antiques N2nd1W4.jpg (59855 bytes) N2nd1W5.jpg (43454 bytes) N2nd1W6.jpg (118598 bytes)

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N2nd2W1.jpg (35985 bytes) N2nd2W2.jpg (41193 bytes) 123 N 2nd St. Original clapboard structure was built in the 1860s and featured a wrap around porch and a second-story porch in the back, which was later enclosed to contruct the existing bathrooms. The house sits on one of the few double lots in Newport. 129 N 2nd - Louise Beard Memorial was built in 1889 by Mr. & Mrs.Horace Beard and was the site of many brillant and festive soiree at the turn of the century. In 1938 the house was bequeathed to the "town's people by Katherine Leiby Howe Beard as a memorial to Louise Beard and is maintained by the Newport Revitalization & Preservation Society. The second floor houses a fascinating museun of Newport memorability from the early 1800s through 1930. N2nd2W4.jpg (49899 bytes) N2nd2W5.jpg (47988 bytes) N2nd2W6.jpg (44279 bytes) N2nd2W7.jpg (40473 bytes)

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