A Guide to the PROPERTY OWNERS

of the village of

summit hill

mauch chunk township

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Located on the top of Sharpe Mountain (also known as Pisgah Mountain) about 9 miles from the Lehigh River and Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill was one of the earliest coal mining villages and the site of the discovery of Anthracite Coal in Northampton County by Philip Ginder in 1793. Born as a company town of Josiah White’s Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. (LC&N) about 1819, the village grew slowly at first. Besides the early coal quarries, the western end of the Gravity Railroad (later known as the Switchback RR) was located here, and as mining grew in the adjacent Panther Valley plains brought the coal up from the valley to Summit Hill where they were sent to the Lehigh River by the Gravity Railroad. Most of the rail operations were along what was then Railroad St. The railroads are long gone, and this street is now known as Ludlow St.

The following is an alphabetical list of the property owners from the Beers Atlas of Carbon County. Click on the link below this table to go to the actual 1875 map of Summit Hill.

Property Owners A to J

PROPERTY OWNER	STRUCTURE	STREET	BLOCK	SIDE OF STREET
Allen, Samuel	Store	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Allen, Samuel	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Arner, J. D.	Building	White	Market to Poplar	South
Arner, T.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	North
Arner, Wm. R.	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	South
Aruck, T.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	South
Bigley, A.	No structure	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	South
Boyd, E.	Building	Market	White to Hazard	West
Boyd, Mrs.	Building	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
Boyd, Mrs. Wm.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Boyle, C.	Building	White, cor./w Pine	Pine towards the east	South
Bynon, J.	Building	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	North
Bynon, J.	Building	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	North
Bynon, J.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Christman, J.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Clark, James	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Clauss, N.	Blacksmith shops	Rail Road, cor./w Oak	Pine to Oak	North
Cunningham, P.	Building	White	Poplar & westward	North
Davis, J. S.	Building	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
Davis, J. S.	Building	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
Davis, L	Building	White	Oak to Chesnut	South
Davis, L	Building	White, cor./w Oak	Oak to Chesnut	South
Davis, T.	No structure	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	South
Davis, T. P.	Building	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	North
Donahoe, Dr.	Building	Hazard, cor./w Chesnut	Oak to Chesnut	North
Dougherty, J.	Building	Rail Road, cor./w Chesnut	Oak to Chesnut	North
Dugan, J.	Building	White	Pine to Oak	South
Dugan, T.	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	North
Dugan, T.	Building	White	Pine to Oak	South
Evangelical Church	Church	White	Market to Poplar	South
Evans, D.	Building	Rail Road	Pine to Oak	North
Evans, F.	Building	White	Oak to Chesnut	North
Evans, Wm. H.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	North
Fanley, J.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	South
Fink, B.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Fisher, C.	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	South
Fisher, C.	PO & Store	Rail Road, cor./w Oak	Oak to Chesnut	North
Fisher, J.	Building	White	Oak to Chesnut	South
Fisher, Thomas	Rising Sun Hotel	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Fleming, S.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	South
Fleming, Wm.	Building	White	Oak to Chesnut	North
Flemming, J.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Folk, A.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	North
Ford, J.	Building	White	Pine to Oak	North
Friedman, L.	Store	Rail Road	Market & westward	North
Galaher, P.	Building	Rail Road	Northeast end	West
German Church	Church	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
German Church	Church	Hazard, cor./w Chesnut	Chesnut to Market	South
Gould, G.	Building	White	Pine to Oak	North
Griffith, N.	No structure	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
Griffith, N.	No structure	Hazard	Chesnut to Market	South
Griffith, N.	No structure	White	Chesnut to Market	North
Griffith, N.	No structure	White	Chesnut to Market	North
Haldeman, J. & H.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Hannon, Thomas	Building on two lots	White	Pine to Oak	South
Harris, J. R.	Building	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	South
Hart, J.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	North
Henry, J.	Building	Market, cor./w White	White to Railroad	South
Henry, Wm.	Building	Market	Railroad to White	East
Hoffman, C.	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	North
Hoffman, K. B.	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	South
Hogg, S.	Building	White, cor./w Market	White to Hazard	North
Houser, A.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	South
Houser, D.	Building	White	Pine to Oak	North
Houser, Mrs.	Building	Rail Road	Market & westward	South
Houston, P.	Building	Rail Road	Pine to Oak	North
I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows)	Building	Rail Road	Oak to Chesnut	North
Ichter, C.	No structure	Rail Road, cor./w Market	Chesnut to Market	South
Inglesner, S.	Building	Rail Road	Chesnut to Market	North
James, E.	Building	Rail Road, cor./w Chesnut	Chesnut to Market	North
Johnson, J.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	South
Johnson, J.	No structure	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	North
Jones, J.	Building on two lots	White	Pine to Oak	South
Jones, J. R.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	South
Jones, J. R.	Building	Hazard	Oak to Chesnut	South
Jones, J. R.	Building	Hazard, cor./w Chesnut	Oak to Chesnut	South
Jones, W.	Building	White	Chesnut to Market	South

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Go to property owners R to Y

Click here to go to the 1875 map of Summit Hill

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Transcription by Bill Auld

Proofing and web page by

Jack Sterling

2002