Emporium Borough

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The Emporium Borough Hall is located at 421 North Broad Street, Emporium PA 15834; phone: 814-486-0768.

Beginnings [1]

Emporium, county seat; population 3,036; incorporated 1861; altitude 1,031 feet above sea level; first settled in 1811, as Shippen, name changed through deference to an old tradition; in 1785, an agent of the Holland Land Company, owning large territories in Pennsylvania and New York, removed the bark from a tree where the town now stands, and carved the word, "Emporium." A typical mountain town, the streets follow the winding way of Driftwood Stream, or climb the mountain side where magnificent views of scenic grandeur await the beholder. Best architecture, the Episcopal Church, brown stone, English chapel design, Cram & Ferguson, of Boston, architects, built in 1901; other denominations have modern brick buildings. The large brick courthouse, built, 1890, is in a park on the hillside, overlooking the town; in the grounds is monument to soldiers of the Civil War.

Archambault, A. Margaretta, ed., A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, 1924

Polk's 1882 Gazetteer

Emporium. The seat of justice for Cameron county is a prosperous borough of 1,250 inhabitants, located on the B. N. Y. & P. R. R.at its junction with the P. & E. Div. Penn. R. R., 99 miles northwest of Williamsport, and 121 southeast of Buffalo, N.Y.,in a mountainous district heavily timbered with hemlock. Prominent among its manufactories is an extensive tannery which manufactures annually $200,000 worth of leather, which, in addition to 1 brewery, a flour mill, 4 saw mills, 1 foundry and a shingle mill, comprise the principal manufacturing industries of the place. The borough has substantial business blocks, good county buildings, an opera-house with a seating capacity of 400, 6 hotels, 4 churches — Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian — 1 graded school of 3 departments, and supports 2 weekly newspapers, the Independent and Cameron County Press. Lumber, leather and ties are its chief exports. Ex., Am. and Union. Tel., W. U. Hollis T. Taggart, postmaster.

American House, Octave Lebrum, Propr.
Blumell Francis, brewer.
Cameron County Press (weekly), C B Gould, propr.
Catlin Charles, lumber mnfr. C
Catlin Dexter P, groceries.
Cook Lewis G, hotel.
Creton Thomas, hotel.
Crever B H Rev, (Methodist).
Davison James M, stationer and confectioner.
Dingman James D, barber.
Dodson M D L, dentist.
Edgcomb, Douglass & Co, general store.
Emporium Independent (weekly), S S
Hackett, propr.
Fay Charles C, propr Charles Hotel.
Felt J Pitt, flour mills.
Franc Wm, saloon.
Frank John W, prothonotary.
Gifford Jonathan, justice of the peace.
Gould Cornelius B, publisher Cameron
County Press.
Graham Henry W, barber.
Hackenberg Wm & Co, clothing.
Hacket Seth J, groceries.
Hacket Seymore S, propr Emporium Independent and wagonmkr.
Hacket & Sons, saw and shingle mill.
Hamilton, Martin & Co, tannery.
Haup Angustus, blacksmith.
Heilman Russell P, physician and drugs.
Heisler & Balcon, general store.
Hirsch Able, jeweler.
Housler Franklin, sheriff.
Hughes Wm, constable.
Hurtean E M Mrs, general store.
Hyde Samuel C, lawyer.
Johnson John C, lawyer.
Judd John M, Attorney at Law, Insurance Agt, Asst County Treas, Court House.
Kraus & Bros, saw mill.
Lamont Alexander, saloon.
Larrabee Marcell M, bookseller.
Lebrum Octave, Propr American House. -
Leet Frank D, lawyer.
Leet & Co, general store.
Logan John, Ex agt.
Lynch Mattie Miss, hotel.
McCarty Daniel, blacksmith.
McDonald Angus A, saloon.
McDonald Daniel S, saloon.
McGee Wim, saloon.
Mantania Albert, grocer.
Metzger George, jeweler.
Metzger J Clark, District Attorney, Ins Agt, Fire, Life and Accident, 4th.
Morrison Wm, shoemkr.
Morro Isador,. saloon.
Mundy Frank, harness.
Narbey John, blacksmith.
Nelion F R & Co, Mnfrs Saddles, Harness. Collars, Whips, Blankets, Bells, etc, Allegheny ave.
Newton & Green, lawyers.
Olmsted D E & Co, dry goods.
Olmsted Herbert C, grocer.
Parsons John F, general store.
Robertson John F. foundry.
Rockwell Hiram C, grocer.
Sarps Charles, blacksmith.
Sehlecht John, furniture.
Seger Nicodemus, tailor.
Seibert & Son, Shives House.
Shives Frank, general store.
Smith Wm. wagonmkr.
Snyder John W,dentist.
Taggart Hollis T, postmaster.
Thompson Walter B, barber.
Walker George A, hardware.
Weller Charles, grocer.
Wiley John S, saw mill.
Zacharias Bruce Mrs, milliner.

R.L.Polk, Pennsylvania State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1882, Philadelphia