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  1. Peggy Shippen's Social Circle

Edward Shippen's Stone House *

52 West King St, Shippensburg, PA

This Edward Shippen was Peggy Shippen's grandfather. He was the founder of Shippensburg. The "strong stone house" referred to on the marker is now the home of the Shippensburg Historical Society, which refers to it as the Stewart House. Shippen built the original portion of the house, in which he stayed while superintending his interests here. His primary residence was in Lancaster, PA.

Follow this link to see the original application for the National Register of Historic Places: http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/H001165_01H.pdf

See the website of the Shippensburg Historical Society: http://www.shippensburghistory.org/
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View of the Shippen House<br />
By JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0  <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0</a>)], via Wikimedia Commons
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View of the Shippen House
By JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

  • View of the Shippen House<br />
By JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0  <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0</a>)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • View of the house as seen on the historical society's website
  • Braddock Expedition Marker, as seen on hmdb.org<br />
This marker refers to Shippen's "strong stone house", and is located several blocks west of the house on West King St, near Morris St.
  • Setting of the marker in front of the rock outcropping, as seen on hmdb.org
  • There are two identical historical markers in Shippensburg, one as you enter from the east and the other from the west. This is the eastern marker, located on East King St (US 11) just east of Walnut Bottom Rd (PA 174), as seen on hmdb.org
  • Setting of the eastern marker, as seen on hmdb.org
  • The western marker, located on West King St (US 11) at Park Heights Av, as seen on hmdb.org
  • Setting of the western marker, as seen on hmdb.org
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