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...preserving the HISTORY, HERITAGE, and SUPPORTING ARTIFACTS
of the Grove City Area since 1998.

 
  The History of Grove City
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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The Grove City Annotated Timeline is presented by decades.
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    Background  
 
 

Mercer County Formation and Development

  • Indian Settlement
  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix
  • A National Humiliation
  • Donation Land
  • Settlement
  • Early Public Houses
  • The Establishment of Mercer County
  • Development of Townships in Mercer County
  • Development of the Communities in Mercer County
  • Black Settlement in Mercer County
 
 

 
 
 
Living Conditions of the Early Settlers
 
 
1700

 

 

1797-1799

  • Venango Path
  • Early Settlers
  • Valentine Cunningham
  • Cunningham Gristmill
  • William Montgomery
  • Deniston Family
 
 
1800
 

 

 

1800-1809

  • Mercer County Census
  • Settlers
  • Cunningham Sawmill
  • Wolf Creek Township
  • Wolf Creek Tax List
  • Road from Mercer
  • Early Taverns
  • Glenn Mill
 
 
1810-1819
  • Robert Moore Gristmill
 


1820-1829

  • 1822 Map
  • Old Stone House
  • Johnson's New Lodge Inn
 


1830-1839

  • Subscription School
  • Free School
  • Methodist Meetings
 

 

1840-1849

  • Wolf Creek Post Office
  • Pine Grove Village
  • Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Presbyterian Church
  • Springfield Township
  • Creation of Lawrence County
 

 

1850-1859

  • 1850 Map with Pine Grove
  • Black Furniture and Undertaking
  • Pine Township
  • Liberty Township
  • James Cunningham House
  • Union Hotel
  • Thompson Preparatory Classes
 

 

 

1860-1869

  • Civil War Recruitment
  • Francis Marion Craig
  • Civil War Veterans Return
  • John R. Cunningham
  • Dickson Private Academy
  • Erie and Pittsburgh RR
  • Norman Maxwell
  • Joseph Newton Pew
  • Craig, Dale and Company
 

 

1870-1879

  • Business Census
  • Montgomery Broom
  • Shenango & Allegheny Railroad
  • Telegraph Service
  • Ketler "Select School"
  • McKay Carriage Company
  • Pine Grove Presbyterian Church
  • Academy Building
 

 

 

 

1880-1889

  • Grove City Borough Incorporated
  • Burnett Coal Vein
  • Lock Mill
  • The Pine Grove Bank
  • Pine Grove Telephone
  • Filer Hotel
  • William J. Harshaw
  • Telephone Service
  • Grove City Banking Company
  • Hallville Mine
  • Union Heat and Light Co.
  • Rhodes and Redmond
  • Grove City College
 

 

 

 

1890-1899

  • Broad Street Fires
  • McCoy and Peasale
  • Uber House
  • Christ Reformed Church
  • Mission of the Holy Cross
  • Imperial Company
  • Water Works Established
  • Carruthers-Fithian Clutch Co.
  • Bessemer Gas Engine Co.
  • Roman Catholic Mass
  • Coyer Mines
  • Harshaw Real Estate and Insurance
  • First National Bank of Grove City
 
1900
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900-1909

  • Bessemer Foundry Co.
  • Mount Olive Baptist Church
  • Hunter Dairy
  • Municipal Electric Plant
  • Grove City Fire Department
  • Coal Mining
  • Grove City Savings and Trust
  • George Junior Republic
  • King Planing and Supply Co.
  • Barmore Lake Association
  • Orrin Osborne Bashline
  • Grove City Hospital
  • Carnegie Library
  • Fire Hydrants
  • The Nickelodeon
  • Wayside Inn
  • The Commerical Club
  • DeFrance Drug Store
  • Moon Brothers Garage
  • PA State Guard Armory
  • Slippery Rock & Grove City RR
  • Hercules Specialty Co.
  • First Baptist Church
  • Grove City National Bank
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Grove City Street Railway
 

 

 

 

 

 

1910-1919

  • Good Citizens League
  • Dysentery-Typhoid Fever Epidemic
  • Coal Mining
  • Bashline and Rossman Hospital
  • Grove City Country Club
  • Police Department
  • Bessemer Motor Truck Co.
  • Pioneer Diary
  • Merry Widow Train Wreck
  • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Standt Fatal Air Crash
  • Grove City Creamery
  • Johnstone Foundries
  • Grove City Brass and Bronze
  • 8CO Broadcast
  • Nemo Bottling Works
  • Anderson Insurance
  • Dairy Cattle Shows
  • Industrial Directory
  • Union Telephone Service
  • GCC War Effort
  • Kelly Sisters
 

 

 

 

 

 

1920-1929

  • Speakeasy Era
  • Memorial Park
  • Radio Broadcast
  • Burdick Newspapers
  • Geoge J. Howe Grocery
  • Montgomery Builders
  • Margaret Williams
  • Cooper-Bessemer Corporation
  • Grove City Floral Company
  • W.M. Bashlin Co.
  • Five Filer Bros.
  • Carruthers Park
  • Rotary Club
  • Kiwanis Club
  • Church of the Beloved Disciple
  • GC College Upper Campus
  • GCC and Olmstead Bros.
  • Penn Grove Hotel
  • Bowie Coal Company
  • Kelly Flight
  • Guthrie Theater
  • Cooper-Bessemer Merger
 

 

 

 

1930-1939

  • Chestnut Street Bridge
  • Wendell August
  • James McCausland
  • Natale Rossi
  • Arthur Armour
  • Ted Uber
  • James DePonceau
  • Palmer Smith
  • Arthur Palmer
  • Book Davis Company
  • Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian
  • Grove City Machine Shop
  • Young's Dairy
  • Cunningham Funeral Home
  • Grove City Alliance Church
  • Original Grove City Airport
 

 

 

 

1940-1949

  • Grove City Fire Dept. Charter
  • GC National Guard Activated
  • GC College Naval Training School
  • Cooper-Bessemer Wartime
  • SS Grove City Victory
  • GC Joint Consolidated School District
  • Holter Bus
  • Henry T. Limberg Company
  • Filer Auto Body
  • Christian Science Society
  • Lions Club
  • Grove City Highland Band
  • Hall Lineman's Supplies
 

 

 

1950-1959

  • Grove City Area Credit Union
  • McMullen Bus Station
  • Hovis Trucking
  • Arcweld Manufacturing Co.
  • Pine Grove Golf Course
  • Grove City Community Library
  • Grove City Bowl-O-Drome
  • Costello Candies
  • General Electric
  • McGill, Power, Bell, and Associates
  • Willow Hills Golf
 

 

 

1960-1969

  • Pine Instrument Company
  • SATEC Systems, Inc.
  • WEDA
  • Calcium Chloride Sales, Inc.
  • Allied News
  • Grove Manor
  • Bryer Appliance Store
  • Filer Heating and Plumbing
  • WSAJ-FM
  • Mercer County Vo-Tech
  • Interstate 80
 

 

 

 

 

1970-1979

  • General Electric
  • Armstrong Cable Television
  • Grove City Municipal Airport
  • United Community Hospital
  • Joden Jewelers
  • Jubilee Christian School
  • Grove Manor
  • Thomas Construction
  • Tri-County Industries, Inc.
  • College View Towers
  • Neely, Cashdollar and Assoc.
  • Adobe Mining Co.
  • FORTA Corp.
  • Osborne Landfill
  • Hillcrest Nursing Center
  • Steigerwald's Inc.
  • Wendell August Forge
  • By-Natale
  • Meals-On-Wheels
 

 

 

 

 

1980-1989

  • General Electric Diesel Plant
  • Pine Grove Square Plaza
  • Ithen Global
  • Borough Building/Public Library
  • YMCA
  • Riverside Market
  • Grove City Paving
  • Florence E. MacKenzie Award
  • Grove City United Way
  • TMS Physical Therapy
  • County Market
  • Pine Twp. Engine Company
  • Grove City Agway
  • Red Rose Inn
  • Trader Horn
  • Davevic Benefit Consultants
 

 

 

 

1990-1999

  • Grove City Literacy Council
  • Ivex Packaging Corporation
  • Strawberry Days
  • GC Factory Shops - Prime Outlets
  • Carbis Walker and Associates
  • US Investigations Services
  • Cooper Cameron
  • Liquor sales in Veterans Clubs
  • Grove City Realty
  • Grove City Water Plant
  • Cooper Cameron Corp.
  • Grove City Area Historical Society
  • Earth Sun Moon Trading Co.
  • Superior Ambulence
  • Gear Racewear, Inc.
 
2000
 

 

 

 

 

2000-2009

  • GC History Society Building
  • Slovak Folk Crafts
  • Downtown Renovation
  • GC College Facilities Expansion
  • Cooper Industrial Commons
  • Born 2 Run
  • Grove City Sears
  • Central Heating and Plumbing
  • Liquor Sales to General Public
  • Blue Ribbon Tavern
  • Alcoa Reynolds Packaging
  • Graham Memorial Veterans Bridge
  • Garden Avenue Fire
  • Downtown Murals
  • Wolf Creek Restoration
  • Hazy Construction
  • Siegfried Construction
  • Hovis Auto and Truck Supply
 

 

2010-2019

  • Premium Outlets
  • Wendell August Fire
  • Olde Town Sculpture project
  • Library Addition
  • Tri-County Landfill
  • Downtown Sculptures
  • Grove City College Project
  • Grove City Credit Union Project
 
 

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