Lisburn located in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County will host a Village Tour on May 17th, 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM. Lisburn is located on Rt. 114 halfway between Mechanicsburg and New Cumberland and the cost is $10.00 for advance tickets and $12.00 at the door. There will be 14 sites in and around Lisburn. Please start your tour at Lisburn Community Fire Company Social Hall where you will receive your receipt for pre-order or to purchase your tickets. At the social hall you will find a pictorial history of Lisburn Village with some great pictures and refreshments.
For pictures of each location, please see our website: http://www.villageoflisburn.us/Tour_stops.html
Lisburn’s earliest settlers, Indians and slaves are said to be buried at the Lisburn Cemetery located on the Yellow Breeches. Take advantage of this opportunity to have a tour of the cemetery by the current caretaker and learn about some of those interred here.
The Lower Allen Township EMS will be on hand at the Fire Station for free blood pressure checks. The Firemen of Lisburn Community Fire Company will demonstrate the present apparatus and gladly talk about their new engine which is to be delivered in October of this year.
The houses/businesses on the Village Tour include:
1) Jan Jarrett’s circa 1820 home at 1740 Main Street, Lisburn with a large addition including a reproduction of the original summer kitchen fireplace.
2) Earl Blust Studio at 1029 Oak Hill Road, Lewisberry features Earl’s paintings throughout the home which was built around 1800. Earl is the only remaining member of the original Seven Lively Arts of the Harrisburg area.
3) Wendy and Thomas Sawyer’s circa1816 brownstone farm house at 981 Oak Hill Road, Lewisberry features an addition by the previous owners using only period materials.
4) W. S. Carey Electric at 1781 Main Street, Lisburn is a converted mill originally built in 1751. This stop will only include the outside of the building.
5) Gene & Terrie Hosey’s circa 1812 home at 1633 Main Street, Lisburn began as two buildings connected by a kitchen in the 1920’s. The backyard includes brick pathways and a fish pond.
6) The Church of God at 1621 Main Street, Lisburn was built in 1878. Pastor Larry Billet and his wife along with life-members of the church will greet you and be able to discuss not only the history of the church, but Lisburn as well.
7) Marietta Egervary and Terry Fackler of 1609 Main Street, Lisburn have converted a 1917 church into a beautiful and unusual residence.
8) Michael Jarrett and Patricia Crogan have upgraded their 1840 red brick farm house at 1624 Main Street, Lisburn since their purchase in 2001.
9) Greg and Christy Black purchased their home at 1421 Main Street, Lisburn in 2004. The original home and barn’s deed states it was built in 1904; however, appear to be much older. They have done extensive updating inside, and added many features outside including stone work, a front porch, a pool, patios, pool deck and a pond in the back yard.
10) The Lower Allen Township Barn was built in 1847 by George Barber and purchased by Lower Allen in 1963 as part of their township park. They have remodeled it into a public meeting place and social hall.
11) Tom and Julie Waddington’s home is located in Lisburn Estates at 1540 McCormick Drive and was built in 1970. The home includes a wonderful screen porch on the back that overlooks the Yellow Breeches Creek.
The Village of Lisburn in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, is celebrating their 270th Anniversary Celebration this year with numerous events. To read more about these events, please visit their website at www.villageoflisburn.us . These events will help fund a new book about Lisburn and the Lisburn Community.
For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact Mary Ellen Banks @ 697-5003, 1780 Main Street, Lisburn, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055; or you can email LisburnVillage270@Comcast.net. Please help support us in raising money for other events planned in 2009 including a Founder’s Day Picnic in October and a final 2009 New Year’s Eve drop.
Posted by Mary Ellen Banks - Tour coordinator
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2 comments:
I just wanted to congratulate the Village of Lisburn and its wonderful residents on a fabulous historical house tour. My husband and I and our friend who is herself an owner of an historical Lisburn home, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learned a great deal about the area.
Although none of us are natives of this area we felt the community members who opened their homes really wanted to share with us and other visitors all they knew about their own homes and the area in general and what they were still trying to figure out.
Bravo to Mary Ellen Banks, the Lisburn Village and we wish you a great celebration.
We're so glad you enjoyed the tour, and wholeheartedly agree that thanks and congratulations should be given to the tour committee, headed by Mary Ellen Banks, and the residents of our town.
Thank you for your kind comment, and we hope to see you at our other celebratory events!
~The Celebrate Lisburn! committee
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