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  • Stocking Stuffer at the Centre Furnace Mansion

    Ring in the holiday season with the Stocking Stuffer Magical Holiday Market, a treasured tradition at the Centre Furnace Mansion. This event takes place on Friday and Saturday, December 6 & 7, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday December 8, noon – 4:00 p.m. We invite the public to experience the magic of the…

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  • Phil Hallock

    Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m. Encyclopedia Live Talk by Laurin Goad Davis, Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m.,At the Centre Furnace Mansion, State College, PARSVP RequiredVisit CentreHistory.org or call 814-234-4779. Laurin Goad Davis is an architectural historian working in the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library at Penn State. Her talk will focus on Philip…

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  • Slavery & the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania

    Talk and Book Signing by Cooper H. WingertSunday, September 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.At the Pennsylvania Match Factory in Bellefonte, PA RSVP RequiredVisit CentreHistory.org or call 814-234-4779. Cooper Wingert, historian and author of 10 books about the Civil War and the Underground Railroad, will present Slavery and the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania, Sunday,…

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  • Legacy Day of the Civilian Conservation Corps: Company 1333 – Camp S-63, Poe Valley

    SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2024: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.at Poe Valley State Park View or download Press Release PDF Poe Valley State Park, Centre County, PA – The Centre County Historical Society is pleased to partner with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and William Marcum, local historian and research authority on the Poe Valley…

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  • Centre County Explorers Day

    YOUR PASSPORT TO CENTRE COUNTY HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES SUNDAY JUNE 9, 2:00—5:00 p.m., CENTRE FURNACE MANSION RAIN OR SHINE! The Centre County Historical Society is holding a Centre County Explorers Day for visitors of all ages at the Centre Furnace Mansion on Sunday, June 9, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to pick…

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  • 29th Annual Centre Furnace Mansion Plant Celebration

    SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024, 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.RAIN OR SHINE! State College, PA – The Centre County Historical Society warmly invites the community to join us for the 29th Annual Plant Celebration sale hosted by the Centre Furnace Mansion Gardeners, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the historic Centre Furnace Mansion from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.…

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