This, the first schoolbuilding in the town is also the name of a Color.
What is "the Old Brown School"
100
The town's first fire company, organized in 1870 and chartered way back in 1872.
What is The Columbia?
100
These two Main Street Department stores each had a Santa Clause on hand in December to greet children.
Who are Newberry's and Woolworths?
100
Earliest Roman Catholic Church Parish in Shenandoah.
What is The Annunciation?
100
Just a few miles from Shenandoah, it was considered a marvel of the engineering world. Its powerful engines were the world's largest until the building of the Panama Canal.
What is the Mahanoy Plane?
200
The opening of this school building in 1918 was delayed a semester due to the outbreak of the virulent Spanish Flu. It first served as an emergency quarantine hospital.
What is the New North White Street High School / later known as the Cooper High School.
200
Fire Company founded by the town's Irish in 1885.
What is The Phoenix Fire Company?
200
Most got their toasters, bathroom scales, and towels at the N. Main Street Outlet ... not with cash but by trading in filled books of these.
What are S & H Green Stamps?
200
Its first historic church was located toward the end of West Center Street.
What is St. Michael's?
200
Early prosperous Polish citizen who moved to the new Heights was a rare indivudual to have one of these... he shared it with the public.
What is a Swimming Pool?
300
Shenandoah became the Blue Devils, this was the mascot of Shenandoah Catholic High.
What is "The Mighty Atoms?"
300
Last of the town's Fire company's to be established. Founded in 1915 as proudly seen on its cornerstone.
What is The Polish American?
300
There were at least 3 establishments in which you could get food (eat in or buy to cook yourself ) of the north side of Washington Street.
What are Neapolitan Pizzeria, Park Restaurant, Genetti's Supermarket? Peck's?
300
The town's ethnic population of a particular culture grew so drastically, a new church and parish was needed to tend to its spiritual needs. Name the new Roman Catholic parish established to serve these people in the south end of the town.
What is St. Stanislaus?
300
Part of the town officially, but still apart in distance... it provided Shenandoah with it's #3 Fire Company.
What is Turkey Run? Defender Hose.
400
The North Main street School which served for a long time as the town's public Junior High Building took on this Presidential name.
What is the George Washington School?
400
After the mine subsidence of 1928, this company is forced to move from its original site. It received $60,000 in reparations from the Girard Estate and relocated to the site of the defunct Price Hotel.
What is the Rescue Hook and Ladder?
400
It is here where you would grind your own 8 o'clock Coffee Beans to your specific preference?
What is the A & P Supermarket?
400
Born in Tyrone, Ireland, the Rev. Wesley Boyd served as pastor at this church from 1912 to this death September 4, 1965.
What is Bethel Primitive Methodist?
400
It's school building housed students before the building of the Heights school. It also had a famous ball field upon which the likes of Ty Cobb played when barnstorming.
What is Weston Place?
500
Located on the NW corner of Jardin and Cherry, across from St. George's church.. it is referred to as the Jardin Street school, but also had this nickname.
What is the Penny School?
500
This business in the First Ward... the East End provided ornamental ironwork railings for you porches.
What is Boly's? Boly Alshon.
500
It is the name of the now defunct German Catholic Parish of the town whose church was damaged by mine subsidences.
What is Holy Family?
500
St. Aiden's church was up in Lanigan's Patch. Lanigans was later officially re-christened by this name in honor of the daughter of despised President of the P & R C & I Franklin Gowen.