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A Final Look at the Masonic Hall
Everyone remembers The Fun Shop on Independence Street in downtown Shamokin, but few knew of the incredibly beautiful meeting hall that resided above the famed store. The Masons took over the property, which previously housed the Shamokin YMCA, in 1909 and constructed an impressive meeting hall for their organization. When the Masonic building burned to…
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Stevens School
The Stevens building received its present name, January 10, 1876, by resolution of the board, “in honor of the great defender of the common school system,” Thaddeus Stevens. Prior to that date it was known as the Newtown school. On the 5th of May, 1857, the township school board decided to purchase lots No. 8…
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